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Blogging Life: Been Away For So Long I Dropped Off Google
When I started blogging actively around 2011 on my own domain (.com) and not just on free sites (2005-2011), my traffic went up exponentially and I ranked on the first page of Google for years. Then cancer happened and after … Continue reading
Blogging and The Search Engine Optimisation Trap
Since I’ve embarked on blogging I’ve learnt so much. I know now that if you have a blog with decent traffic, but if you abandon it for some reason, Google knows, and traffic will plummet after a couple of months. … Continue reading
Miss Travel So Much
My father instilled in me a love for travel and some of my best memories are of car rides to Malaysia with him in the seventies. After I lost him suddenly, I was plagued with situational claustrophobia and panic attacks. … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings, Singapore Living, Travel
Tagged blogging, Life, Malaysia, personal, thoughts, travel, travel writing, writing
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What Type of Blogger are You?
I often wonder about this and I feel like I have multiple personalities as I blog about a spectrum of things ranging from the seemingly superficial and frivolous, to issues that truly bother me. Blogging is free therapy for me. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing, Singapore Living
Tagged blogging, Life, Living, midlife, personal, Singapore, thoughts, writing
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Thinking About How to Revive Myself
I had a plan to blog about my most recent trips to Danang, Perth and Sydney, but the amount of photos I took make the task overwhelming. But I will attempt it bit by bit. Hope I can point out … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Midlife Musings
Tagged blogging, cancer, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, Self publishing, thoughts, travel, writing
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Revealing Too Much?
My partner who is extremely private and protective, was wondering if I was revealing too much about my diagnosis. I kinda grappled with that myself for a moment, which is why it took me so long to start writing about … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged cancer, chemo, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, writing
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I Have Cancer: Synchronous Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer
This feels unreal to me, even now, after months of knowing. Felt surreal and indulgent as I typed out that title. It’s why I have not been writing in ages. I’ve only had the energy to update my Instagram with … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Midlife Musings
Tagged blogging, cancer, chemo, endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, personal, writing
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Work in Progress
I get troubled when things are not perfect. I need to start looking at life as work in progress. Always under construction with room for improvement, and I should not let anything hold me back. I should’t wait to be … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blogging, motivation, perfectionism, perfectionist, procrastination, work in progress, writing
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So Much Backlog
This is the problem with not blogging soon after you experience something. Memory fades and you get overwhelmed by the mountain of pictures you have now accumulated. To look at it positively, at least I won’t be running out of … Continue reading
Trying to Blog using the WordPress App
My blog has become a ghost town of sorts. I know I’ve left it alone and I can almost see the tumble weeds blowing in the desolate space. Trying to get the momentum going again. And since I’ve found it … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged app, blogging, GoDaddy, habit, personal, WordPress, writing
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Being Personal on a Blog
Often to write something personal feels like giving away a piece of yourself. But it is rewarding sometimes to be vulnerable and reveal your innermost thoughts. Lately I find myself so reluctant to do so, and feel like the blog … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged age, blogging, confidence, lack of confidence, personal, thoughts, vulnerability, writing
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Feels Like I Have Abandoned the Blog
My partner keeps asking me why I haven’t been updating my blog. Apart from the computer that keeps crashing and the tiny font on the iphone that’s hurting my eyes, my wifi being down (yup, excuses), I just basically lost … Continue reading
Been Stuck, & About Those Library Books I Need to Return Pronto
The words haven’t been stuck but I’ve been reluctant to share what’s on my mind as it all seems just too self-indulgent or worried my private thoughts may be misconstrued. Now and then I do get depressed and anxious over … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing, Midlife Musings
Tagged anxiety, blogging, books, library, personal, research, stuck, thoughts, travel, writing
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My Blog: Things to Focus On
1. Be Real, Humble, & Down to Earth 2. Find & Focus on Happiness 3. Document Memories for the Future 4. Aim towards improvement, but don’t wait for perfection before hitting the publish button or my blog will be blank … Continue reading
The Little Things in Life & Happiness
I find that when I write I tend to appreciate the little things in life more. When you don’t record things down they tend to get lost and you don’t appreciate them as fully. Well for me at least. I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing, Health & Wellness
Tagged gratitude, happiness, journal, music, writing
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Getting Back into Writing Mode
I need to repeat this to myself – “Just write. It doesn’t have to be perfect”. And I’m lucky I have a very forgiving audience. Somehow when I was writing a lot in the past it came easy to me … Continue reading
Time is Precious
I haven’t been writing from the heart. Being afraid of revealing too much and loosing my privacy. Writing from the heart is what comes naturally to me so that’s why I’ve been having writer’s block. It’s a self imposed state. … Continue reading
Exercise & Writing Routines of Famous People
I am very keen on studying routines of famous successful and happy people and trying to emulate them. It’s so often that I start off the day with great intentions but end the day with the awful realization that I … Continue reading
Internet Break
Sometimes I feel it’s important to take an internet break. For me it’s just to rest my eyes and recharge myself. Find my writing is getting stale and I need to read and live more before I get back to … Continue reading
My Hopes for Blog Posts in 2013
1. That I put more effort into each post – in terms of clarity, and usefulness of content (but not so much effort or perfectionism that it stops me from posting at all) 2. That no post I write feels … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged blog, blogging, clarity, motivation, posts, thoughts, writing
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Conflicted: Thinking Out Loud About Blogging & Income
It would be awesome to blog full time and get paid for it, but I am deeply conflicted. I want my posts to remain 100% objective and to be honest, if I did advertorials or even if I was invited … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging & Writing
Tagged advertorial, blog, blogging, conflicted, honesty, money, selling blog, writing
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