Welcome to my blog
Hello!
(or, as WordPress would say, “Hello, world!”)
This is my first post! The exclamation is legit; this blog is the beginning of a huge personal challenge and I hope that this rookie enthusiasm of mine can translate to the readers.
(who am I kidding? This post will be read by one or two people. Three at most. Four if I brag.)
I’m thirty years old and I am from Lisbon, Portugal. I am a reader, an aspiring writer, mother, wife, traveler, full-time worker.
Welcome.
E a menina?
Starting a blog is something that I should have done eight years ago, or something. Actually, I started three blogs before this one which never got to have published posts. Because then I didn’t have the time or some other idea would show up or I felt that I had no material for a blog, just for a diary.
Until I had a baby girls and turned thirty. That’s a confusing and exciting life stage for most women I know. We have grown-up concerns, challenges and interests. Some of us are married with children. We work full-time in demanding jobs with increasing responsabilities.
Despite that, if we go to a coffee shop, they still ask us “and for you, miss?” (“e a menina?” in Portuguese).
This feels weird and accurately reflects the ambiguity of this stage where many of us are. It started to look like an interesting umbrella under which to include a group of ideas and thoughts that I have.
I decided to commit to the blog.
For whom I will write
For everyone, of course. I don’t want to exclude readers, because I hope some of the content will be pretty universal.
But it is undeniable that I write first and foremost to women who are in the same life stage that I’m in. My point of view is that of a young woman (isn’t it weird to say “young woman”? Does anyone say “young man”?).
What I will write
When I started to tell people about starting a blog, the first thing everyone asked was “what’s it about?”.
I held myself to the “lifestyle blog” tag, so that I could speak of different subjects, mas some of them are dearest to me. The contents will reflect my interests and ideas.
Other names that I considered for this blog
I didn’t check if they are taken. So if they’re available, feel free.
- Who Let The Thoughts Out?
- Miss Thirty
- Esferográfica
- Read me
What I will do
I want the freedom of writing about whatever I feel is relevant at each moment, but I will say that many of the following topics will be in for sure:
– Books
– Working
– Being a mother
– Nora Ephron
I will write as I speak. This means that, in Portuguese, I may use words and phrases in English. This is out of laziness as well as informality in writing. I am an advocate for Portuguese expressions, but in some cases they don’t quite express what we want to say.
What I won’t do
I will not be a moralist, because who has the patience? I will not be condescending, because I hate when they do it to me.
Being a blogger
I don’t know enough about blogging, but I learn fast and challenge accepted.
The fact that I am new at this also means that I will blog my own way, starting from a blank slate.
Even before I begin, I can foresee the amount of work this takes, if it’s done well. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the bloggers who have been around longer and doing a good job.
My invitation
Let’s talk. If you like it, follow, share and comment!
I have a feeling this is the start of a beautiful friendship.
E a menina?
