So everyone’s trying their best during this weird phase we’ve been going through. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about (maybe you live under a rock or something haha), the Earth is currently affected by this pandemic situation caused by a virus that’s called Covid-19 or New Corona Virus. I’m not gonna lie, Cardi B got us the real deal:
So, wilst everyone’s trying their best to keep it together during quarantine time, some people are getting creative, or something like that. And that’s why I am here with this brand new website and Instagram too.
But I’d be lying if I said that I came up with this idea during quarantine. I praise those who are being creative and witty during this period, but my mind, like most of people I know is like a huge blank paper… Or something scarier, given the world situation. I’m merely letting out an old desire of mine to give a shot at this blog thing… again. So yeah, it’s a restart. And don’t we all love some new beginnings, the refreshing feeling, the excitement… Oh yeah, we do. Even during a pandemic crisis.
You see, most of my live I’ve been writing journals. I’ve lost count how many I wrote. Since I was a child, it all started with “Dear Diary”.
The time has passed, technology came into my life and I loved it but this moment of writing my feelings, just me, a pen and piece of paper… Is just precious. And also I love my handwritting too lol.
But then a new situation came: as I became an adult, I started to move out a lot and if you, like me, have experienced the dreadful moment to pack up your things and literally carry you whole life inside boxes from a place to another, you begin to make decisions regarding your own stuff. I still have some journals with me, but the time that I’ll have to get rid of them all will come, but that I’ll explain later.
And let’s get real, journals weren’t enough. I started blogging in 2008 and felt in love with this universe right away and never left. Truth being told, there were times that I got a little bit bored and even upset with the whole thing, faced too many crisis about what I wanted to share, what kind of content I would like to create, etc. I did posts, videos, IGTVs, everything that I could lay my hands on. I invested in some equipments, always thinking how I could improve. But then again, I got stuck with an amazing amount of work and felt drained, unmotivated and eventually stopped blogging, videos, etc.
So, here we are now and although it might seem more of the same, I’ve decided two main different things on this project:
- I will not abide to one single topic: Because we are many things all in once and throughout the years I’ve noticed that the main reason I got bored was because I was always talking about one single thing topic all the time. Yes, I love fashion but I’m not a fashionista. I dress to feel pretty too, but mostly to feel comfortable and therefore, confident, therefore pretty. Does that makes sense? I would love to talk about fashion, and art, series, music, books, even politics! And yes, it’s possible to do all that and I’m committed to make all that happen. It will be bored-proof! Or I hope so…
- Writing everything in english: Ok, so this will be challenging. Since portuguese is my mother tongue, the reason for me to do that is merely for practicing the language. That being said, native english speakers or teachers may excuse some mistakes that I’ll eventually make here and there, please feel free to correct me anytime! The bigger the merrier!
Now that I’ve clarified why I’m writing all of this in english, some of you might be thinking: if she decided to do english posts, why did she name the blog “Clarice Diaries” instead of “Clarice’s Diary”? Ok, maybe no one questioned that haha but I wanted to explain anyway: I used my name as an adjective, a mere description of the object, like… dinner tables? Lol
Well, I guess that’s the end of today’s post, what do you think? Hope to see you around. 🙂