Pre-deployment Jitters: How Do I feel After Creating my First Blog?

Creating my first ever blog at Wix.com

July 31, 2019: I have initially created my blog for the SEA-Teacher Project and it is absolutely tiring most especially for perfectionists like me. I really had to edit the nooks and cranny of each feature.

At first, I was dumbfounded when I entered the world of blogging: it's like building a house, only it is done virtually. When I was creating the blog, I treated it as an "interior design" task. I made sure that the homepage is aesthetically beautiful similar to a living room. The pages and page sections are like the rooms in the house. Hence, it must be in the right sections according to its type. Of course, the colors and the layout are the design of the house itself which must be coherent!

To be honest, I was a bit ambitious when I started doing it. I was thinking of a magazine blog-type at the back of my mind. But when I was in the middle of doing it, it was too complicated for me to set-up. I didn't really know where to put some of the pages or even know how to name them. I also didn't know how to customize some of the features. But then again, I was too motivated to finish at least half of it. Finally, it was done.

After finishing it, I suddenly felt the nerves tingling down my spine. My thoughts instantly zoomed into the future - the preparations, the flight, the jet lag, the practice-teaching, and a whole lot more! I feel nervous and excited at the same time. It's as if I am going to a championship game or something. But what I'm thinking right now is to do things step by step and to enjoy every moment of it. This is a "once in a lifetime" experience and I need to juice it out.

Oh well, good luck to me and to all of the SEA-teachers in Southeast Asia. I hope we can do it extraordinarily well. God bless us! That's all for now. Terima Kasih!

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