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+title: A big anniversary
+author: nek0
+tags:
+- english
+- meta
+- personal
+description: A lot of time has passed since I started this blog…
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+
+Hi folks!
+
+I recently had a look inside the [archive](/archive.html) of this blog and was quite surprised to
+find out I have been maintaining it for 10 years now. That's quite a long time for human standards.
+
+On this occasion I started to reminisce about the past ten years and the ups and downs I had in
+this period of time. There are very mixed feelings when looking into the past and even more when
+trying to tell the future.
+
+I feel like I have lost my purpose of being somewhere along the way, but the one I had was not
+doing me good either. It gave me a direction whereas now I feel aimless, but it wore me down to
+the bone and made me neglect myself. Nowadays I still have the tendency to disregard my own needs
+-- old habits die hard -- but i'm no longer peer-pressured into thinking that it's alright and
+that I need to wear me down even more to succeed. On the contrary even, my friends point out my
+flawed thinking and convince me to take care of myself.
+
+Speaking of friends, I feel thankful for the people in my life. Those I keep contact with from
+long before and those who came along during the journey. The diversity of life reflected in them
+and all the different experiences I have had with them tought me a lot. Often I feel guilty of
+being a burden to them…
+
+Change is probably the one lasting constant of life. I hope to change for the better in the future
+and never lose my passions.
+
+Ten years ago I wouldn't have dared to make up characters and stories to share them publicly.
+Nowadays I'm publishing [my own webcomic][remnants], where the first chapter has just been
+completed and the second one is about to get ready for release. And I have ideas and plans for
+more chapters to come.
+
+Excuse me my rambling in this blog post. It's just something that occupied my mind lately.
+
+Keep calm and wash hands.
+
+[remnants]: https://comics.nek0.eu/remnants/