30
I turned 30 this week. It feels weird. My milestone birthday forced me to reflect on my life a bit, especially my 20s. I am fortunate to hold within me countless great memories spent with friends and family. I would be lying if I said I truly have no regrets, but one thing I have learned over the recent years is that the only purpose that regret serves is to distract us from the present. That’s not to say that I love every decision that I have made, however, I try to reflect once on such decisions, figure out why I made the choice I did, why it was sub-optimal, and how I should change my decision framework next time to choose better. I still catch myself sometimes in regret mode. Old habits die slowly I guess.
One decision that I am very happy about is this blog. I started this blog in 2005 with no real purpose than to put some of my thoughts on various topics into some sort of written form. Sort of like a journal. Over time, I gained a small audience, including many friends or acquaintances, some of whom I actually met because of this blog. Unfortunately, my blogging velocity has been very poor for the past 3 years or so. Startups and then business school have gotten in the way I suppose. Not a great excuse, but it’ll have to do. =)
As a 30th birthday gift to myself, I moved the blog onto a new host and started fresh with the latest WP and a totally new theme. I decided not to hit the reset button on the old content because I decided that I really am proud of many of my archived posts and, since, the topic of this blog isn’t changing, I figured no harm in keeping it. Moreover, a few of my posts get some decent SEO traffic.
Anyway, blogging has led me to meet many great people, learn a lot, and mold my personal brand. Hence, reviving this blog is a top priority for me. Wish me luck!
