The ‘prodigal’ blogger

Hi

Remember me?

This is very embarassing. Its been a while, a long while. Like what? A whole 2 years and a month wihout blogging.  No one ochecked what’s up, ouch but that’s okay really.

But yea, hi again. My name is Fikile Nomadlozi Nyathi. A personal blogger. I blog what l want, what l feel, what l see, A BLOGGER OF CHOICE.

I have been meaning to write for an embarassingly long time but it just couldn’t happen. I kept on telling myself I will blog but that went on for two years. And within that period a lot happened, part of which contributed to me being MIA.

So lets get a little personal and open up shall we?

Part of 2018 and 2019, I was battling with school. That sh*t is from the devil. Final year was no joke for me in terms of balancing my school work. There were days that really sucked. I don’t like pressure, it suffocates me which is why I will never lie in my C.V and add; “can work well under pressure” lol. Because of that I had to make sure that I submit my work on time and meet the deadlines to avoid work piling up and in the end killing me. which worked I guess coz I submitted my final year project on time.

2018 again, I was working on finishing my debut novel (Yes yes, I am a published author now) which we had started in 2017 during attachment, its a co-authored piece with as former classmate. That added to the pile of work that needed my attention. This is a story for another day.

School finished, I graduated (best female graduating student in the department of Publishing studies, whoop whoop). Now you’d think I had the time to blog right? A dark cloud of writer’s block befell me. I am not the greatest writer there is but it hasn’t been a difficult task for me to put pen on paper, in this case; to put fingers on the keyboard I guess. For some reason though, I just could not do it. There was also a mix of hesitation and hopeless conviction that I will get back to it soon, no need to panick…but 24 months later there was still nothing. There were times I wanted to blog about my book but I couldn’t bring myself to doing it. A writer’s block is heartbreaking honestly.

So these are the things that kept me from blogging for two years and I am not sure if it makes sense but it is what it is.

For the next blog (I WILL BLOG!), we will be catching up. Telling yall of what has been happening. In the meantime, keep safe and stay at home.

PS: Below is a picture of myself, just for a reminder *wink*