[…] scars that can still hurt me.

As I said on the first day of this journey, there are some days that are painful to remember.

Those kinds of days leave a mark. I felt my body landing and crushing on the concrete floor.

Those marks are for life. When I overcame the situation, they can become an inspiring story to tell. But some of them, they become a weight that I carry on my backpack.

Calm the storm, know how to pick myself up, because I am a survivor.

Once I go back to business as usual, I may forget things happened. There will be one day, I go back in time, and I review the days after the earthquake.

The first impact might be the point to remember that time I experienced.

The learnings that come from it are those scars I wear proudly, but when I touch them closely, I can feel the pain.

I might not have a lot of experience myself as a blogger, but I can speak from the experience I got when I write code. Developers, we usually have our guidelines that we need to follow.

Take for example 42school’s The Norm:

The Norm asks you to create simple pieces of code, where the unique task of each piece can be clearly understood and verified, and where the sequence of all the executed instructions leaves no doubt.

The Norm asks you to use a specific look and feel […]. This will allow you to smoothly have a look at other’s codes that will look familiar, and get directly to the point instead of spending time reading the code before understanding it.

Each time that someone else, including you, has to fix a bug or add a new feature they won’t have to lose their precious time trying to figure out what it does if previously you did things in the right way.

Even though we can set some baseline rules, when doing peer reviews, we have to highlight and suggest ways to improve the written code.

I would assume when doing professional writing, the same rules might apply: piece can be clearly understood, get directly to the point…

You may have noticed, from the posts I wrote so far, I might not have set a lot of baseline rules. Although, I have tried to keep them simple.

Dear reader, thank you for trying to understand what I am sharing through this blog.

I was drained on Friday. I put the laptop at the top of the shelf, buried under the plushies.

I thought that I had to do some things before the week starts, but I didn’t do them at the end, and I think it was for the best.

Spending time doing things you like, taking care of the family and pets, anything but working.

Monday came, and I had so much energy that I finished what I had in mind to complete today. No starting early, no staying up late, just the usual 9-to-5 schedule.

Although this week might be a bit short, Friday is a bank holiday. Still, I think I got a good start, so hopefully I will have energy to go for the remaining days.

Fellow reader, you got this! You can do it!

I became the person who I am today, Sunday, March 29th, 2026, because of those days.

Some of those days, I am grateful that they happened.

Some of those days, I regret about the decisions I didn’t take to avoid them.

Regardless of what I feel about all of those days, they are part of me: fond memories that can still make me happy and scars that can still hurt me.

I can’t say today, Sunday, March 29th, 2026, will become one of those days, but I am happy to start this ‘unerasable’ journey with you.

Hang in there, fellow reader; posts are on the way!