Update, October 2026: This post inspired a new reflection: Six Years Later: Revisiting My First Blog Post I need to express myself. To show up in the world. Share what’s present for me, and feel a response from people with whom it resonates. And I figured that starting a personal blog could be a good option. I tried using personal pages on Social Media (Facebook and Instagram). But none of those actually worked for me for many reasons. 1. I don’t like limitations in the tools