I have a confession to make. I thought I could do this segment weekly but each week, I find myself scratching my head vigorously for new drabble ideas. And more often than not, I feel like I'm just vomiting out nonsensical streams of words in a vain attempt "to drabble". AND EVEN WORSE, my writing has become boring and repetitious. I have managed to post one weekly since starting the blog because truthfully, some of those were things I wrote some time to a long time ago taken from my phone notes, diary, brainstorming notebook, word drafts, and whatnot.
In addition to all that, I have also found myself plagued with ideas on what to post for #FreeThoughtFriday, enough to last for at least the next two months. The major problem is that, some of those ideas stem from events that happened to me recently but since I already have things queued for the following weeks, those ideas would have to be pushed to much later on. By doing that, the post loses its meaning and relevance to what's happening in my life at the moment. If I continue at this state, I feel like I would be forced to write about general floating topics which does not allow me to go in-depth because whatever it is does not relate to my current thinking-state while writing. However, this is not a goodbye to the #WednesdayWritings segment nor an announcement for a halt in blogging activities. The only thing that will change from now on is that I will not be posting drabbles on a weekly basis anymore. It's schedule from here thereon would become more erratic. Instead, I'l be posting normal blog posts (which I used to only post once a week under #FreeThoughtFriday) more often. Consequently, I am still deciding what to do with #FreeThoughtFriday. I'm thinking of either getting rid of it as a segment altogether just because I won't be posting relevant content to it just every Friday any longer, or, changing the type of content that goes under the hashtag-- what change? I don't know yet but something that's enough to distinguish it from my normal posts. In the meantime, I will be blogging with a new schedule, and that's Mondays and Wednesdays. Byee!
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Hello! This is the first #ThrowbackThursday which is a feature I will be every last Thursday of each month. Since this is my first #ThrowbackThursday in Unhesitant-- my brand new blog from which you are reading this on, I will be doing a feature on my old blog (justinedoesib.weebly.com/). Although I am no longer updating the "Justine does the IB" blog, it remains special to me. I consider it to be my very first blogging site. It is an online portfolio of the various stuff I have been busy with throughout my IBDP years. Since I was sure no one was reading it, if you look hard enough, you would find some very personal rant sessions and self-consolation sessions in there.
Originally created for the purpose of being a CAS portfolio, it became so much more than that. My classmates often told me that I was spending way too much effort on something that wouldn't even be graded but amidst the stress and deadlines associated with the IBDP, I craved for a creative outlet. When I was still in MYP, especially Year 10, creative writing was my expressive outlet. 'Awry' had been the result of it, in addition to various stories I have posted online under anonymous usernames (they shall remain my little secrets :P). However, creative writing required time and energy above all things which I neither had while I was in the IBDP. Whenever I had energy, I didn't have time for there were more urgent and important things I needed to attend to. Whenever I had the time, I didn't have the energy for all my mental juices have been spent on homework and various assessment tasks. A blog, which I was confident no one would read (or even if they did, I did not particularly care), was informal and quick. It was like an online diary. Whatever I had in mind, at the moment, I could just write it. Granted that there are not very many blog posts in "Justine does the IB" at the moment (I have since deleted some), I still consider that blog a necessary component to my sanity while being under the IBDP. Additionally, that blog contains so much memories--- just look through the Gallery section and you'll see. |
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Special hashtags to watch out for:*** the following are specialised blog entries that have no set schedule compared to the usual bi-weekly postings.
#WednesdayWritings - drabbles, poetry, prose, short stories--- creative and expressive writing in no one's style.
#ThrowbackThursday - the cringey, the I-did-that? moments, the tear-inspiring, and the embarrassing moments of the past gone by--- available only here so shhhh...
#FreeThoughtFriday - a collection of 3AM thoughts for your collective amusement and might get you asking wtf?!
to see older posts:To view some of my older posts, there is a "previous" button hiding just below the bottom left corner of the last post of this page.
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