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I’m displaced. Taking a hiatus from blogging for the time being

2020-02-05 / / 0 Comments
The ongoing fighting around Tripoli has finally knocked on our door. We’ve been evicted for what I like to think is for our safety out of our area (which turned into a military area)..

Breaking the silence

Despite the fact that we were displaced for over a month this is the first time I’m actually addressing it. I’ve tried reaching out for help on social media but that hasn’t been fruitful; if anything it was pretty much draining. Needless to say that I’m also taking an off time from social media as well.

 

Status quo

We’ve since moved around until we found a semi-stable place in a coastal town near Tripoli. Waiting and hoping for a time our area opens up so we can go back home safely. Whenever that happens.
I am overwhelmed by what is going on. The fact that we had to leave home and everything behind. Rent and living expenses. Overthinking what would become of the house and the area? When would this damned war end?

 

Going on hiatus

This post is more or less pointing out the obvious. I am in no shape to continue blogging in the same capacity or magnitude like I used to.

This is a hiatus from blogging until further notice, hopefully we can go back home soon and put everything behind us.

 

I always called this place: Hope Street

Final words

I am indeed very grateful for everyone that reached out to me offering to help. People like these make me feel like hope isn’t all lost in this country and its people.

444,444 Views!

2019-07-28 / / 0 Comments
This is a special number. An all four lineup!
It’s a good time to stop and reflect about where has my blogging journey took me so far, and what stops I’m yet to take.

Gotta admit, I lied..

I once said that views don’t matter. Well they do. They are a measure of my influence and how much am I relevant on the World wide web. This number is equivalent to how many times someone stopped by the blog to read. Which is an idea I still find fascinating after 7 years of blogging.

The number four

In Japan the number 4 is pronounced in a way similar to the word “death” and many people there think of it as a number of bad luck. I’m not Japanese and don’t believe in these superstitions. However, I have other things I believe in that they probably don’t think of or care about – Wednesday hate much?

The next big thing?

Oh yes! The big 500,000. I have been waiting for this for far too long. I will write a post to celebrate that milestone in due time. 

Do views really matter?

They do, but not as much as you think. I could refresh like a madman trying to boost my view count or even ask a friend to do so every now and then. But what impact or change is going to happen from empty numbers like that? When a reader contacts me saying that they found what they are looking for or had a good time reading a post of mine. I feel like I’m on top of the world!

What do I want out of blogging?

I want to have a vibrant blog that people frequent to read and learn new things. I want to have thousands of views each day. And I’d absolutely love to make some money out of my blog. It’s true that I’m no where near where I want to be. Yet when I look at where I’ve started, I came a long way and that in it self; is an achievement. 

It all boils down to one thing

I started this blog to help people solve problems I’ve faced, and to express my thoughts and tell my stories. So far it has been a wonderful experience full of ups and downs.

Thanks for reading this post. Onto more milestones together.

لم أدون منذ فترة!

2019-04-13 / / 0 Comments
تحية لقرائي اﻷعزاء من كل مكان، أعلم أعلم! لم أقم بتدوين أي شيء طيلة شهر أبريل.

لكن كالعادة، لدي أعذار جيدة جدًا لعدم التدوين بشكل منتظم!

في البداية أعاني من وعكة صحية أثرت على تركيزي وقدراتي على الإنتاج والإبداع، شبيهة جدًا بأعراض الحساسية التي إنتابتني في هذا الوقت من العام الماضي وجعلت التدوين عبئًا ثقيلًا على نفسي.

 

هناك بعض اﻷمور التي لا يمكنك الإستعداد لها مهما كنت ماهرًا في التخطيط!

ومتاعب السيارة التي لا حصر لها، كتبت عن ذلك مسودة قد أنشرها في وقت ما (وأغلب الحال أني لن أفعل!).

كما أن هناك حربًا طاحنة إندلعت في طرابلس منذ عدة أيام، لم يكن توقعي خاطئُا عندما قلت أن تلك الحرب لن تكون اﻷخيرة.

وطبعًا، أنا غارق في العمل حتى أذنيً!

للأسف الإهتمامات والهوايات هي من يدفع الثمن، لا أملك الوقت لأفعل ما أحب لأنني إما مشغول جدا، أو أضيع وقتي فيما لا ينفع. وما بين الإثنين فرق شاسع!

هناك عدة مسودات جاهزة تحتاج لبعض الوقت لكي تنشر، أمل أن أقوم بنشرها قبل شهر رمضان، اللهم أهله علينا باﻷمن واﻷمان، والسلامة والإسلام، والتوفيق لما تحب وترضى.

حتى ذلك الحين، تقبلو معذرتي.

Reaching 400.000 views on my blog!

2019-02-05 / / 0 Comments
What a journey, what a milestone! So much to talk about, so much to celebrate!
I know, I know! I said I will only celebrate the most important milestones, etc: 500K, 1 million views and what not, but honestly who can wait that long?!

I’ve been meaning to talk about something for a while, so now is a perfect time to address it.

7 years in the making

You may know that I’ve been blogging for nearly 7 years, a lot of people admire how consistent I am with writing, and some wonder: How on earth am I so persistent with writing?
I’ve blogged about being a consistent blogger a few years back. But I myself don’t follow those tips to the bone. I could sit and draft ten posts in one super brainstorm session and then stop for a month (especially if I’m busy with work), and I sometimes post daily, I don’t have a regular flow.

I am consistently quitting and falling, I’m just good at getting back up, rekindling the flame of passion and moving forward without anyone witnessing luckily, blogging to me isn’t a fad or a phase, it’s a second nature now. 

 

Behind the scenes

My readers have no idea how many times I came close to calling the whole thing off! I am ashamed to admit that I’ve went for months and for nearly for a whole year without publishing a single post.. For shame!
And yet here I am, 400,000 views, 460 posts , and 7 years after it began. Somehow still going and still standing.

I know that 400,000 views aren’t much, some blogs achieve that in a month, and bigger sites get that in a day, and you know what? I don’t care!

A moment of gratitude

I appreciate what I have, I’ve had a wild ride. I’m glad that everything I threw at the wall worked somehow and got me here now. I had my ups and downs, my moments of doubt where I didn’t know why I did what I did. So a post like this reminds me of why I started to blog to begin with.

I’m grateful to be able to share a piece of my mind with the masses, connect with people from all over the world. Share knowledge and make a difference in people’s lives. If someone told me 10 years before that I’d be able to do that sitting at my desk I’d laugh at them! But here we are!

What blogging has done for me

Blogging has opened doors for me, given me advantage where I had none, I actually had people calling wanting to hire me, just because they liked what I write on the blog! How did I improve my writing? Via blogging, talk about organic reach!

I can’t give up writing, I need writing! Writing is how I express myself.. I write to breath, I write to think, to fly and to dream.
If I give up writing the world won’t lose much, but I would lose a whole lot!

Thank you for being a part of my world, for sharing my ups and downs. For making this fantastic journey possible, it wasn’t easy; I’d call it bitter – sweet. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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