Erratic Engineeress is now 5 years old!

I was going to say that it feels like yesterday when I was writing the 4th blog anniversary post, but then I realized that I had already started the 4th blog anniversary post with that. I guess time really does fly faster when you get older. It is funny though, because I am turning 30 this year and I don’t feel old(er). My body may feel a bit older with some added wrinkles and I am perhaps less impulsive and more at peace than I used to be, but mentally I am still stuck somewhere around 23. Not at that maturity level, thankfully, but “in my 20s”. However, I have learned a lot since then and I feel more comfortable and content despite all the stress and lingering doubts in the recent years, so I wouldn’t trade this even if I could go back. Huh, I guess I really am ready to turn 30 – somebody told me that 2024 is the Chinese year of the dragon, so I am claiming this as my year.

Similarily, Erratic Engineeress is ready to turn 5 years old. I feel like this blog and my writing have matured a lot with me in these 5 years. I’d say it has aged like a fine wine, but I don’t really like wine, so let’s say it has aged as well as a fine piece of Parmesan cheese. What started out as a travel whirlwind has evolved into an slower and unpredictable, but still somehow cohesive mess, which really reflects my soul now. Since nothing in my life turned out the way I imagined it in my supposed life plan (and all the better for it!), it makes sense that this blog didn’t either. As this is a hobby and I don’t need to define a specific niche topic in order to make it super successful, it is now a conglomerate of all my interests and well, I guess I am a bit proud of myself for being this interesting. 🙂

I hope that you’ve found something to peak your interest in my erratic corner of the Internet too, and I am once again expressing my sincere gratitude to all of you who come to read my posts and engage with them. I really appreciate it and value your time spent here, so thank you!

I wish I could give you all a gift for sticking with me for 5 years, but I don’t really make that kind of useful, downloadable content, so maybe you can just agree to imagine that I bought you a cup of coffee and we had a nice chat together. Because without all of you reading out there, I am just screaming my thoughts into the void.