Brain stop, I'm starting

Battling reason and the persistent need to excel.

Hi, my name is Manasi (call me Ma-nuh-see) and this is my first substack post. I am a flustered 24 year old young woman from India with many interests and fleeting fancies. I crave competency in everything I do and often fall short on it- more on that later.

I haven't always wanted to write a "blog" or even share my experiences online for all to read. Writing down my thoughts in my journal at the end of the day is hard enough. Only the realest of the real people in my life have access, that too limited, to a few useful morsels of my recent consciousness, with me putting an expensive paywall over more personal ones. So.

When I fist got this intense itch to start my own blog, which was a whopping two weeks ago, I threw myself headfirst into all things blogging, making email lists, web hosting, spending money to earn some yada yada.

It was fun, (in the beginning) exhilarating even, to have something of my own, that I could spend time and energy into to create things of value, helping people, making a difference.

Cue analysis paralysis

A week passed on and I was still researching. My brain was filled up to the brim with Reddit posts on blogging, blogs on Search Engine optimization and Keyword Research, so many things I’m probably forgetting as my laptop fights a battle of its own on 11% battery (electricity is down right now, a rarity)

Needless to say, I was overwhelmed.

The state of overwhelm is one where I’ve spent most of my life so I didn’t want that for another good thing I like in theory. Writing.

Now

I was close to quitting an hour ago after a quick compulsive google search on Adsense. The information on the internet is evil if I say so myself.

All of this must mean nothing to you, just another person speaking into the void. As clueless as I am about Substack, matter-of-factly and on purpose, this space is going to be my mouth piece into the universe. Stay on for reflections on life, technology, culture and more from a know-nothing but eager friend. (It’s back, my laptop lives to die another day)

Like, share, comment and subscribe if you find me even a little interesting.

Subscribe and forget about it really, it’s free and who knows how long until I hang on. Wow, this is the worst pitch ever—Moving on, this Newsletter “Winging It” will be a weekly affair, as I get my hooks into this thing.

This is it for now. Namaste and have a beautiful Sunday.