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Bringing Back the Blog


Hello and welcome back everyone :)

Today I came to announce...

...Fika Baku is coming back! Are you excited? 

Today, I just want to chat a bit. As you know, I didn't plan on keeping up FB at first. My first year of college was coming, so I didn’t want to be worried about this blog or if I would be able to post frequently enough. 

My plan was to apply for this popular magazine on campus and use that as a way to keep up with writing. So, I slaved away on my application and a few days later, I got an email saying I got accepted as a writer.

At first, I was super excited. I love this magazine and had my heart set on being a part of it ever since I binge-read everything on their website. Let me say though, my first article hasn't even been published yet, but I already know that writing under other people is NOT for me. Having to pitch an idea, get it approved, have it edited by someone, and then re edited by someone else, all before getting published is SO exhausting. It’s just not fun having to go through other people.

Plus, I found that choosing what to write about becomes 10 times more stressful. With magazine writing, everything has to be “click worthy." Brainstorming turns into a literal storm of questions and doubts: Is this idea good enough? What if the editors don't like this idea? Will people want to read this?

I couldn't help but to think back to FB. Here, I don't have to worry so much. Even though FB has been limited by grading criteria up until now, I could still be myself. And I miss that. 

Going forward, I want to use FB as a place where I can be myself, as cliche as that sounds. While it was fun writing fluffy posts and having photo shoots every week, I also want to write about college, love, reality, art, friends, loneliness, TV, beauty, life-- so many things!

College has really given me the fresh start and fresh perspective I desperately needed. I want to bring that fresh start here too.  

Welcome to the new Fika Baku. 

Until next time, 

Bye everyone :)

Comments

  1. AnonymousOctober 31, 2020 at 12:32 AM

    Keep up the enthusiasm ☺️

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  2. Beauty OverloadNovember 1, 2020 at 12:07 AM

    Ugh I wish I could write a magazine, that’s literally the job I’m going for. But I do get that annoying part of being under someone and have to go through that editing process...blogs are the best escape. We got great blogs babe.

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