Throwback, comeback, and version 2.O?

Firstly, to my 4 subscribers – thank you. I definitely sound like a YouTuber here, but honestly. You still haven’t given up on me, when I certainly did.

The last post on my blog, which I thought was a ‘short story’, was published in big 2022. That was the year Vikram released. That was the year LCU was making waves, and Kollywood looked so promising. That was the year I got my heart broken, too, but it is a conversation for another day (trust me, you’d love that one).

Certainly, things have changed in the last 4 years. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma play only white ball now. Maniratnam and Kamal Hassan reunited to give one of the biggest regrets of Tamil cinema. Lokesh Kanagaraj, who was touted to be the industry’s next big thing, became an overnight troll (read: Coolie disaster). Personally, I’ve gone from drinking 15 beers in one sitting to a meagre 2 now. Well, I think I’ve gotten all the bad things covered.

On the bright-side, some things couldn’t go any better. On the personal front, moved to a different continent to start from scratch, started running (slow and steady), and learned the difference between “yeah, nah” and “nah, yeah”. The age of AI is here, short-form content is booming like never before, MS is still lightning fast behind the stumps, and finally, the stigma around mental health is slowly wearing off. What a time to be alive! (#SorryNotSorry)

But honestly, when I last wrote a spin-off short story, I never thought that would be my last attempt at saving my love for writing and posting content for my non-existent audience. It’s been almost 4 years officially, and the only regret I have is that I should have started investing in Gold. Maybe, not the only regret. I also wish I had written more. My 4 mailing list subscribers would probably disagree.

At this point, you might actually start wondering – “what the hell is he trying to say?”

Is this a throwback post for 2022? Maybe.

Is this a post saying Sunil’s giving a comeback to writing? I don’t know just yet. But what I know is that I wanted to take the pen and start writing again. I didn’t want this website to die. Put some blood (not really), sweat and tears into creating this.

I am writing this post to remind myself (and anyone else who might benefit) that the biggest thing that set you back in 2022; the thing(s) which you thought you would never overcome. The stuff you don’t talk about, that often. You actually went through that. You made it. You probably have a smile on your face thinking about the struggles. This is proof that you get through 100% of the supposed worst days of your life.

Now give yourself a pat on the back, you cheeky son of a gun, and tell yourself:

Not finished. Just not yet 🙂

I hope to write more often. I don’t have a thousand untold stories, but I do have a few extremely hungover tales that might be interesting over a yarn. See you on the other side once again, pretty soon. Also, there are no ’emdashes’ in this post, with some possible grammatical errors. It can mean only one thing – I’ll let you ponder over that.

Is this going to be version 2.O? Possibly.

Will I disappear after this post?