A few years ago, I had thought about doing a blog with my manager about outlet shopping since we both are bargain-hunter shopaholics, who would travel to different outlet centers across the U.S. during our business travel. I talked to my brother, whom I affectionately called “Kid” (he was my kid brother), who strongly encouraged me to do it. He even told me about a friend of his whom he encouraged to start a SF fashion blog, Closet Luxe. My manager and I looked into domain names, started working with an artist on our graphics, but ultimately never followed through. Partially because life, work and laziness happens and also because we didn’t go outlet shopping as often anymore – I started spending my money on travel rather than things and my boss started trying to minimize “things” in general. Don’t get me wrong, I still shop especially for bargains, but nowhere near the level I used to – and I do intend to post about things I buy for sure!
Friday, the 13th in November of 2015, my kid brother passed away and that traumatic event has forever changed me and my life. Since his death, as I’m sure many others have in this similar situation, I started to live my life differently, knowing tomorrow is not guaranteed.
Shortly after his death, I had the pleasure of meeting and staying with Christina of Closet Luxe for a few days. We talked about my brother of course, and his words rang thru my head – he was always encouraging people to pursue their passions. Then, as I had lunch with another friend that same week, I said to her I don’t know what my passions are. As that conversation progressed we talked about my travels and I thought about how many times family and friends would ask me travel related questions and admire my travel gear or tricks. As a true introvert, writing comes naturally to me and if I had more time, I would love to journal about my life. As these thoughts floated thru my mind, I said out loud, maybe I should blog about my travels and her reaction, “I would totally follow your blog!” So I started a travel blog. I wrote a few entries and shared it with only a couple people, but never really went public with it. After my first few posts, I never returned to it.
Here I am again at wordpress, creating a new blog with a new name and new goal in mind. I’m no longer focused on travel, but rather the journey I’m on to find my my passion(s) in life. Since I’m not exactly sure what that is, I plan to write about a variety of different things I enjoy and like, precisely the reason why I chose the word gibberish which is defined as “meaningless writing”. Of course I had to add another ‘G’ in front of the word to coincide with my nickname “Gigi” and brand this blog as my own. It is my hope through seemingly meaningless rambling posts and some interaction with my followers, eventually I may arrive at the meaning of my life and discover my true passion! And through this process if I entertain or even affect the life of at least one reader, no matter how insignificant, that will make this all the more worthwhile. Welcome to GGibberish!
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