Welcome to my New Site

Hello All, and Happy New Year once again!

You will notice that you are no more on the site ‘toslowliving.wordpress.com’ but on ‘toslowliving.com’. It gives me much joy to share that I have finally made the commitment leap to move to a self-hosted website. If you are wondering what self-hosted means, it’s basically that instead of simply enjoying writing on a wordpress-hosted platform where I didn’t need to worry about anything, now I will be spending time, money and effort for the right to call a corner of the internet my own. It’s not very different from the euphoria of getting married or buying a home- where you sign up for greater commitment, much more responsibility and work, in return for the joy from a sense of ownership as well as belonging. 

It’s very early days for this site, and quite like those other life situations, I have no idea what I am doing, but my intentions are good and I am trying my best. With that said, I would request you as reader to please let me know any feedback you have about the site, especially if you find issues with access, readability, commenting etc.

I wish to thank my previous site, which feels to me like a real person I am saying goodbye to, even though all content has been transferred over. We served each other well, but for a number of reasons it was time to move on.

I’m excited to note that it’s almost three years since I started blogging. I started not so much from a reason as from an urge- I had an urgent need to pause, reflect, and hear myself. I had an urge to create a space for my thoughts, feelings and memories.. and an urge to not keep them hidden but to see how they would interact and survive in the world outside my own mind.

That I did not realize it’s been as long as three years already, is testimony to how much I have been enjoying myself. The more I write, the more I am able to make meaning of the day to day life. Some days that seem like another piece of coal, have been polished by  leisurely examination into little pieces of diamond. The more I write, the more I know what I think (even though one may assume that it would be the other way round). And what has come to me as an unexpected thrill- is to hear the thoughts of friends and strangers in response. This exchange is powerful because it starts from a place of intimacy already created by the written word. I look forward to all of this and more.

Onward.