Once something is on the internet, it is basically there forever.
That is not always a positive thing, but sometimes it can turn out to be fun. Today I found my very first blogs through the Wayback Machine, and it was quite the trip down memory lane.
Somewhere in 2009 I started a blog, back then still called Alxndr.nl, and it was a very different time. It was the era of Hyves, text messages and, for me personally, a period in which I enjoyed life a lot.
I was about twenty years old and had given myself the image of a talented writer with a love for music, drinks and women. And you can definitely read that in the texts I wrote back then.
I read one blog in which I wrote about people who get up early to go walking in nature. I thought that was bizarre and ridiculous.
And now?
My alarm goes off at 06:30 by default, and I absolutely see the benefits and joy of walking.
I have changed quite a bit over the years, become a little wiser - I hope - and adjusted many opinions. Fortunately, I also found plenty of blogs filled with lovely memories. Those are the texts I have now placed back on my current blog.
Back then I wrote about the time I stood on stage with Green Day, had an opinion about punk rock, and scribbled about the many other concerts I still went to at the time.
As you can tell, it was mostly about music.