I have been very used to “trying new things” by adding more and more things. For example: tried writing a book, tried publishing & marketing, tried being consistent on Instagram, tried a bunch of courses, etc. But this year is the first time I tried something new by removing something – the pressure to blog… Read More Hello from a serial experimenter
Recently, I’ve been seeing some discontent on Instagram about their new layout because it’s prioritising video (or as someone else put it: turning Instagram into another TikTok) and making it hard for Instagrammers to read captions. That got me thinking: Are book blogs poised for a comeback? In general, I think there are two ways… Read More Discussion Post: Are Book Blogs Poised For A Comeback?
I don’t know if it’s the areas of the Internet that I hang out in but I realised that I don’t really see many generalist blogs. Most of the blogs I follow tend to fall into a certain niche: book blogs and tea blogs being the main ones. So I’m wondering, what is the best… Read More Discussion Post: How Niche is Your Blog?
If you have email updates for this blog, you probably got a deluge of updates – I’m so sorry about that! I decided to move most of the archives about my time in Japan over here too. I’ve realised that those five and a half years were an important time for me and I’d like… Read More Blog Archives – Update in Progress
I’ve been thinking about moving to a self-hosted wordpress blog for quite some time. But I’ve never had the courage to do so because I heard that it’s insanely difficult to move from Blogger to WordPress. So when I came across this post by WP Beginner, I was most interested in the free offer to… Read More Moving from Blogger to WordPress with WP Beginner (Review)
Finally taking the step to consolidate as many of my blogs in one place as possible. Going forward, all blogposts will be found here. I’ll leave all my Japan stuff and previous book reviews up, but I’m definitely bringing my tea stuff and some of my favourite book reviews and Japan-related posts over here. I’ll… Read More New (Website) Beginnings