LUXOMME

Was my last post actually in 2019? That's a long time. 

I haven't forgotten about this blog though. I've just been so busy with everything else in life and I guess also grown up where the things I used to blog about seem entirely irrelevant these days. I struggled with that loss of branding and loss of consistency with what felt like was an abrupt change between what my life was then and what it is now, so much so that I've hesitated to start blogging again. 

Looking back, this probably all started after I was accepted into medical school when I took down at least 10 years worth of blog posts for fear of professionalism concerns, although really, all I wrote about was "what's in my bag", and "study with me for my grade 12 finals". You can apparently still read about all the things I used to keep in my bag, but I've definitely removed the one where I take you on an angsty week of studying for finals. Very glad we are done with that. 

There's been a few updates I guess since then. I've finished medical school. Started residency. Made it through an entire pandemic (almost) without too many tears. I've also gotten really into cooking and embarrassingly tik tok, which I swore I would never download. I post a little too much on instagram in my spare time. Oh, and my entire family has upped and permanently moved to Toronto, leaving me completely nomadic between Winnipeg and Toronto. 

That pretty much sums it all up.

I think now that I've taken a break for two years, it's appropriate time to restart. I was pleasantly surprised when I checked my site stats today to find out that this blog still got upwards of a thousand views a day. Wow. And that's with zero content in the last two years. Not sure who all of you are who still read this lonely neglected blog, but it's nice to know there's a few of you out there who enjoy the content written by 26 year old me. 

I'm going to start doing this again. I don't know what it will look like or what I will post. It'll be less polished like an influencer blogs and much closer to a written stream of consciousness of things that are happening in my life. I've always thought of this blog as a journal, so even if no one reads this, at the very least, it'll be a documentation for me to look back on in 10 years. 

Come join me if you'd like?

Naomi.