My Kafkaesque Life consists of 3 blogs with same design: Main blog, quick-post blog and photo blog. They're all part of my Kafkaesque family, please subscribe to all of them for the best reading experience.
✰ WHY THE NAME KAFKAESQUE: When I started blogging, I named my blog after my real name. However, a few months later I was involved in some online bashing, because I protected someone and got all the hate from certain people. Because it stressed me out a lot, I decided to delete my old blog and start over with a fresh name and a new concept. At that time I had less than 50 visits per day and only few real followers. I uploaded a new template and modified it to fit my design. And I decided to name it My Kafkaesque life. That was also a time, where I just broke up with my ex girlfriend and felt a little lost and distorted. I remembered one of my favorite German writers Franz Kafka, who's eponym Kafkaesque is sometimes used to describe concepts, situations, and ideas reminiscent of his literary work. The term, which is quite fluid in definition, has also been described as "marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity (Kafkaesque bureaucracies) and "marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger" [source]. That's how I felt then, but not anymore. However, I like the name, because it's unique. I know many people don't know its meaning, nor do they know how to spell or pronounce it right, but I don't care, I want to be unique. Whatever you may say about my name, at least it's not boring and common like so many other blog names.
✰ MY BLOG'S BEGINNINGS: This blog started as something undefined. A diary maybe, some random notes... I have no idea, why I started it. I remember I just broke up with my ex at that time and wanted to start something new. That was March 2008. I wasn't even serious about the whole blogging thing. I once attempted to blog in 2006 and also lost interest pretty quickly. But in 2008 I kept on and had more and more fun while blogging. I thought: Wow, I can write whatever I want, it's my private space online. Cool. So I wrote a lot of crap in the first year, maybe 5% is still read worthy today. In 2009 my style changed a little, I started to post some travel posts from my time in Malaysia, but I didn't follow other blogs and I also didn't have any followers. I can say I blogged for myself and I wasn't online a lot. Then came July 2009 and that aforementioned incident and I decided to rename and redesign my blog. I put more thought into it. And I started to follow many other blogs in August 2009. Those bloggers came back and became readers. End of 2009 was the peak of my online bonding. I met so many new friends and became known among some 50 to 100 bloggers, with whom I still keep in touch today.
✰ MY BLOG'S EVOLUTION: Then came 2010 and a new beginning. I decided to fly to Taipei to meet my new girlfriend and completely start over. Unfortunately I had to return back to Europe after 3 months. But I had the best time of my life and couldn't stop blogging about Taiwan. I became a little more known Taiwan blogger at that time and my subscribers increased, but the comments became less. But I didn't and don't care. I decided to become an informational blogger and my style is to pay attention to the details, provide good info and post the best photos. I found my way of blogging. By definition I am a travel blogger, but I don't want to be defined by a single attribute. And that's why I'm going to keep my blog's name "My Kafkaesque life", because I reserve myself the right to blog about whatever I want and feel in the future. My blog reflects my personal changes, but I don't write about everything that happens in my life here. This blog is a part of me, but it's not the whole me. I keep a fine line between my real person and MKL, my internet alias. In August 2010 my blog reached its peak of popularity: My Visit Taipei! post was found by a Taiwanese celebrity, who linked to my blog and I had over 50.000 visits in that month, my top month to date. I wonder, if I'll ever repeat that success, but who knows. I'm only blogging for something more than 2 years. Anything's possible. Wish me luck!
✰ MY BLOG'S TOPICS: Although I reserve myself the right to blog about whatever I want, I do blog about some topics more often than others. I think travel has become my no 1 topic in the last year and I must say I really enjoy writing about the trips I make, because I truly cherish them. Not only do I want to write down what happened on my trip for the sake of memory, I also want to share my experience and give good info to those who plan to travel to the same destination. I love photos! How many times I google info about some places and I don't get decent photos! I hope my blog's strength are the awesome photos I make. My no 2 topic must be my thoughts and observations a variety of topics, but a lot of time about Asia or some global issues. I guess it's my fate to be somewhat connected to Asia, not only through my travels and my girlfriend, so many people with whom I become friends recently are from that part of the world and I'm really eager to explore the continent and learn about all the cultures and people from there. Somewhat related to that are my posts about women, of which many are Asian, but that's not only because they appeal to me, I also hope to introduce some great Asian models and photographers to my Slovenian people, because Asia (especially East and Southeast Asia) and Asians in general are not really very well known in my country. I am different. I travel, I live between continents and I hope my unique experience will help my people to understand that part of the world better. Apart from these topics, I also blog about some of my interests like the Chinese language, Swiss watches (big Breitling, TAG and Tissot fan) and skyscrapers. But sometimes I just write silly short stories or some funny stuff, because I feel bored. Although I want my blog to be like a neat easy-to-use website (check all my pages), I can't always be 100% serious, can I? My blog allows me not to, because it's still a blog, not a professional website.
Quote by Franz Kafka
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