Introductions and tasters.

Hello! I'm Joanna and I already have a blog which you can find here: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/little-insignificant-blogger2 . But since I am the most indecisive person ever,  I have decided to move to this lovely website! I have done this to motivate myself to write more and a couple other reasons. On my blog you will find rants, thoughts, maybe some creative writing and whatever else I may come up with. To give you a taster, here is the last post of my previous blog:

Wait... are you telling me it’s okay not to want children?

Firstly, let’s think about why other people may not have kids…

You basically give up your whole life to bring them up! You may have to change your job so that you can provide for them, change your lifestyle and friends. But hey, as long as it makes you happy, right? But does it? You’re constantly worried about them, tidying up after them, worrying whether you’re raising them ‘right’ – it doesn’t sound very fun. Suddenly you’re life is no longer your own and it turns towards one purpose only. But hey, it’s worth it. Seeing them grow up, have adventures, do things you didn’t have the chance to…

Let’s face it, a lot of people look forward to having children so they can pass on their wisdom and make sure their kid’s lives are better than their own. Humans are obsessed with improving things and getting better; for example, why is Flappy Bird so addictive? Because you constantly want to beat your last score. Being a parent is like living life again in a different form and this time you want to do it BETTER (hence super controlling parents, who don’t quite understand that it’s not THEIR lives that they’re living.)

As well as this, most people have children in order to pass on their genes, so they feel like a part of them lives on because people don’t like the idea of being forgotten – of becoming nothing when they die. Their entire existence evaporates with the people that knew them. And so, out of fear, we procreate - not only to carry on the family blood but humanity itself, because how could we let humanity end? Another instinct carved into our souls; keep the race going. 

I don’t want to be a slave to human conventions or to human fear. I don’t need to leave behind a child to carry on living in my name because I believe that if you are a nice person and surround yourself with kind people then there is no need to be afraid of loneliness. There is so much to do in this short life and so many things to see. I want to get it right now, by being happy and being myself!

You don’t have to take everything society says for granted. Question what people say to you, think about if you agree with it and if it is what you really want! Having said this, if it is what you want then go for it and don't let anybody stop you!