A Foray into the Unknown

Obviously, I am new to the blogging community and generally figure that I have the sort of life which doesn't warrant blogging about. But recently I have decided to give this thing a go, if not only as a nice way of airing out frustrations with life in England, commuting in London or other minor annoyances of the modern day world.

So just to set the scene, I have grown up with technology, having gone through the early years of social media site such as bebo, myspace and facebook but have never had a sizable following (or ever a meager one for that matter!). I am past all the school years, university and am now into, what is called, adult life with a house and a spouse. I'm one of those quiet people, shying away from the attention, lurking in the corners of rooms and avoiding social occasions at almost all cost, probably the sort of quiet person others say are always the ones to watch... however, if you did there wouldn't be a whole lot to see.

I have had a good life so far, good education, stable close group of friends and a wonderful fulfilling relationship which is still going as strong as it was 10 years ago. I went to Uni to study engineering and came away with a boring 2:1 degree which lead me to the (realistic) job I wanted as a kid. Reading that back as I type it, life has been very good, so you'd think there wouldn't be a huge amount to complain about, but this is the modern era we are talking about. First world problems are the biggest and most numerously talked about and serious issues are ignored and passed up. People seem to care more about what 'celebrities' are up to than what their own friends or family are.

I love my tech and the buzz of the internet, but I have never got a handle on the pull of social media. I have used the early starters in the 90s and 00s before facebook took a handle on the title. I have toyed with the idea of twitter, but the thought of having to vocalize everything little thing in my head for the world to see seemed 1) scary, 2) inappropriate and 3) boring as hell for anyone to view. I've looked many times into how to create vlogs on youtube, constantly reading over 'how to create a successful blog' posts and reviews but then coming to the realization that 1) I need a decent personality for it, 2) I need a better and more audible voice, and 3) I need to be better looking and more memorable/likable, so decided that it was not a good idea.

So that is a little about me to set up this blog space, I know it hasn't really delved much into the potential on-goings of this blog, topics or the likes but I will keep this space fluid to suit my needs and maybe those of the readers.

I can mention though, the 2nd post will be on the topic of social media, especially after watching the Netflix show Social_Animals.