Lately, I have been writing about lessons from books I read mixed with my thoughts on them. It was fun until I wrote my 20th blog post on the same topic. I guess eventually everything becomes monotonous if you repeat it enough times.
Pumping out new blog posts every other day is stressful, especially when it needs heavy research. I have been considering mixing some new topics here, but wasn’t sure how. Until I read the following post on threads:

My life isn’t interesting enough to write about it every other day. It’s easier on micro-blogging sites since you can just write a 4-line summary of your day, but that won’t work on blogs (unless you are a celebrity; your fans might want to know what you are doing every hour).
But who says I have to document my present life? I don’t have to tell stories in chronological order. I can just tell stories from my 30+ years old life. Surely I have some interesting stories to tell?
Documenting my past life
I brainstormed for 5 minutes and managed to think of a few stories:
- My first interview experience.
- The best hike I went on.
- My favorite manga.
- The time when I wanted to befriend a Jinn.
I have to admit, the list above sounds boring (except for the last one maybe). I am sure I have more interesting stories, but can’t seem to think of any at the moment or explain them in one line.
But that’s fine. The ideas will come when I sit down to write them. They always do.
Telling a story over speech, based on situational context, is easier than on paper. Perhaps it’s cause I never tried doing it before. This will be an interesting writing exercise.
At the least, it will provide an opportunity to experiment with a new writing style. I focus on being concise in my writing, but it makes it very dry. I thought of adding stories to make it more engaging but held back for fear of sounding like story-in-food-recipe.
With memoirs like blogposts, I can practice storytelling via writing.