Finished reading: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 📚

Kept me interested, but didn’t blow me away. I wanted more depth or suspense. Fans of family secrets and complex relationships might enjoy it more.

Finished reading: No and Me by Delphine De Vigan 📚

I loved it! It’s such a beautifully written book that manages to be sad, funny, and interesting in a perfect mix.

Finished reading: No Time Like the Future by Michael J. Fox 📚

Inspiring and beautifully written. He manages to be both funny and vulnerable, which makes it feel very real. Left me hopeful. Highly recommended!

My blogging journey

Inspired by Juha-Matti Santala’s post, Short History of My Blogging Journey, I decided to write a little about my own blogging journey — which has been a bit bumpy, to say the least. I started blogging about 20 years ago using Movable Type, which was pretty much the only tool available at the time. After about a year, I switched to WordPress. My first blog was called Smidigt (Swedish for “easy/handy”).

Why write?

I’ve been thinking about why I write… Is it a call for attention? A hope that it might lead to something “big”? A fear of missing out? To be honest—yes, that was true in the past. And it felt good, for a while. But then, it started to itch… A constant sense that nothing was ever good enough, no matter how successful things looked from the outside. Always chasing the next thing, trying to unlock the secret to “success.