Blog till you Drop

Friday 20th June 2014. Home alone. In the wee small hours of the morning. Sitting at my office in almost complete darkness. Glued to the flickering screen of my computer, spending my holidays slacking off as much as possible to make up for all of the last year's productiveness.

"I love blogging" I thought to myself. Hmmm.. I cleared my throat. "Well, at least I love the idea of blogging, as I've never been an official or, indeed, a very active blogger or blog watcher before." Too many a time I wanted to start my own blog but something would always halt me like the lack of time and the ability to make up a ton of excuses like this one. Apparently, it had become clear to me that I had the PFCAD Syndrome. Procrastination-favouring confusion and absence of determination syndrome.

In the midst of my blissful procrastination I started again to do some research on something I'm crazy about. English pronunciation. Pronunciation websites, pronunciation videos made just for kicks, pronunciation channels on YouTube made by serious professionals, articles, pronunciation books and book reviews, you name it.. 

After two mugs of coffee and one cup of tea, what I realised was that the free pronunciation websites and YouTube channels weren't much helpful in what I think they had been set out to do, and that is to help somebody with poor pronunciation improve through self-study in that domain to ease their communication in English. Most of them were ineffective, boringly structured and unfriendly to the user; allegedly helping you to improve your accent or pronunciation by presenting only bits and pieces of relevant information in a completely random, fragmented manner.

And then it just dawned on me..

"I'll do it!"

That very moment my chaotic, dark bedsit was instantly lit from one corner to the other by a huge, blinding bright light buld. Made my eye pupils contract. Shed light to all my blog-related concerns and problems. What should I write about? What do I want to blog about? What do I enjoy doing the most? It all was now crystal clear..

"I'll make a blog about English pronunciation!"

Brainstorm. Two million five hundred thirty six thoughts and ideas crossed my mind. It will be a blog about.. a straight-forward guide.. a complete pronunciation course.. Blown away. It'll have an accompanying YouTube channel.. complementary.. Carried away. Then social media support.. more, more.. Excited more than I could possibly say. All of a sudden, wide-awake. Hyper. Creative. Insanely enthusiastic. Like a mad scientist listening to the first breath and heart beat of their Frakenstein monster. 

Friday 20th June 2014. Home alone. In the wee small hours of the morning. Lying in my bed. Cloud nine.

"I'll blog about it till I drop" I thought to myself, called it a night and fell asleep.. with a smile.