[English Version] Motivation: Why I Created This Blog?

 In this section, I want to share a little about why I created this blog.

It actually started very simply. This blog is my journaling space. A place to store my learning process, my worries, my questions, and reflections that don’t always get the chance to be spoken out loud. Writing has become a form of self-reward for me a small way to appreciate myself for the journey I’m currently walking and the one I’ve already been through.

Since I was young, I’ve always loved discussions. My parents know this very well  I’m the second child, quite stubborn… actually, very stubborn. I genuinely enjoy exchanging ideas, seeing different perspectives, sometimes even debating a little (or a lot). I love conversations that make me go home with a new way of thinking.

But not every discussion can happen anytime we want. So this blog became my version of dialogue. Maybe it’s written, but to me, it still feels alive.

There’s also a personal side that has shaped this journey. I have a sleep issue that comes and goes. Because of that, I can’t freely consume coffee or caffeine like most people do. That experience made me more aware of how my body responds to food, drinks, and lifestyle choices. I started to realize that the body has its own language and it speaks quietly, but clearly, if we’re willing to listen.

As someone who studies and works around nutrition and public health (even though my undergraduate thesis was actually in sports clinical nutrition.. yes, really 😄), I’m used to looking at health from a scientific lens: metabolism, nutrient requirements, macro and micronutrient balance, evidence-based practice.

But the more I learned, the more I realized that health doesn’t stand on numbers and data alone.

I became curious about more holistic approaches, including the concept of Yin and Yang balance and the flow of Qi in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Not to replace modern science — not at all — but to expand the way I see things. To understand that the body is not only a biological system, but also an interconnected energetic one.

My personal experiences with sleep, caffeine sensitivity, and constantly searching for balance made me understand something important: every body is unique. Not everyone fits the same pattern. Not every recommendation works universally.

Through this blog, I want writing to become a bridge between modern nutrition science and traditional wisdom, between data and lived experience, between theory and personal reflection.

I’m not writing as someone who has everything figured out. If anything, this blog is proof that I’m still learning.

I hope this space can become a place to discuss, to question, and to slowly but meaningfully find balance together. 🌿


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