BACK AFTER 4 YEARS!

 

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where is she coming from right?. I know, I know, I know. I know it’s been really dusty in here and I can’t just show up with the next blogpost like I never left. My last post here was 26th April 2019 and I’m showing up just a few days shy of 4years later🫢

Where has Plangdes(plangdaily) been? What has she been up to? Why did she leave? and why is she returning?. If I were you I’ll probably have the same questions on my mind and maybe even more. I promise I’ll clear your doubts/concerns. But first this is me saying I’M BACK!!💃🎊🎉. 

Genuinely I’m not sure if I’m excited or nervous or both. Excited because I’m back to writing on my blog (though I stopped blogging, the writer in me didn’t stop writing). You bet I’ve written a lot outside of my blog to even make up a book series and nervous on the other hand because I hope I don’t leave again.

So from the top- why did I leave almost as soon as I started?. I’d say I really thought since I was a good writer and a student in the medical field, what else was left for a young, passionate writing medic than to jump on her laptop and open a blogger account?. I soon realized that things don’t work that way and In fact I wasn’t even ready to have a blog because the little research I did before jumping on blogger was not able to sustain me. I realized soon also that because I am a medical student does not automatically make me a good health writer neither a passionate one at that. True I love writing and I live for journaling but it dawned on me that with my choice of niche, writing became more of a chore than a hobby and that was when I hit rock bottom with my blog. 

With my journals, I write about any and everything- my topics aren’t limited neither do I have to sit and think for hours what to write. Every time I pick my journal (which is quite often), I put pen to paper, and the words just flow but with my blog on the other hand, I decided to narrow myself to a niche that I had no prior knowledge on how to manage it appropriately as a writer. I thought my school background will give me an edge in my chosen niche but it rather required alot of research and effort to first come up with topics and then the body text. Hence writing that used to be so effortless for me became almost a burden. I couldn’t keep up so I had to drop blogging and face my studies.

Which brings me to the second question. What have I been up to?. Well your girl graduated the university and is now a fully registered and licensed Medical Laboratory Scientist in Nigeria. I conquered final year in the pandemic 2020 but got inducted into the noble MLS profession early 2021. I did my 1year mandatory internship from 2021-2022 and my 1year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from 2022 and about to round up in a couple of months in 2023. Yeah that has been my educational journey and another good news is your girl is now a YouTuber yeah!😁💃. Surprisingly I didn’t abandon YouTube like I did my blog. I’ve realized that I am indeed passionate about the creative space as I am about writing. I took cue and lessons from my blog and didn’t limit myself with YouTube. I’m doing what I love with YouTube and I’d say I’ve been on there for quite a minute (2years and counting!). These are the major updates amidst so many other small and big wins and or lessons.

So the last and I’d say the most important question right now- why am I returning to blogging?. Writing has always been dear to my heart and right from primary school I’ve always been that child that kept a dairy/journal. And writing will always be dear to me just as my faith is. If you aren’t aware, this is me letting you know that I am a Christian and I love God so much. I’m so passionate about Jesus (have been right from a long time ago and I will always be so help me God).

I have been directed to return from over a year ago but I have lackadaisically dragged my feet the entire time. I have written in my monthly goals for so many months “revive my blog” for over a year now but somehow I have managed to excuse my way through not doing it and graciously in the middle of my prayer tonight (p.s I’m writing this at 3:23am), it was laid heavily on me to literally pause the prayer and get my blog running. So between 12 and 3am, I have been trying to dust off the entire blog that has been laying fallow for almost 4years now!.

Stay with me through this long read please. I promise it’ll be worth the read. God asked me clearly “what is in my hands?”. This is not the first time God has asked me this question and yet again tonight for the nth time God asked the question again and as usual I gave an answer and even went ahead to list what were the things I was holding and by reflex, writing will always be one of the first things I’ll mention and God attacked my ‘laziness’ towards using the value of writing that he has placed in my hands. To cut the long story short dear reader, that is why I’m here at this very moment. I would have easily left this entire thing including this comeback epistle to be done “tomorrow” but the action was required of me now! Hence…

If you read the banner/header above correctly, then you must have read that this blog is my online dairy. Yes you read that right. I’m obviously not here to spill my entire life or journal but it’ll just be a glimpse or hopefully a little of what I’ll be led to share eventually cutting across a range of topics that I genuinely pray someone will find resourceful and be blessed through.

I’m no longer writing from a niche that’ll require writing to be a chore to me. This very blog is so dear to my heart and I’ll literally treat it as my baby because really writing is dear to me. This is just an online dairy so I can’t promise you a particular niche but I can promise you that hence forth, every post will be worth the read. I will be writing as the spirit leads and as I am instructed and just maybe we might have our health and lifestyle content here and there☺️ but please no pressure. I am back to making writing a hobby and no more a chore.

P.S if you follow me on Instagram you’ll most likely see the lengthy captions that really should have been here. Not the less subscribe, follow me on Instagram for more content and on YouTube for more exciting stuff. God bless you❤️

Love

Plangdes

(Plangdaily)