Why I started blogging in 2026

Hello everyone and welcome to my first ever blog post. For a long time, I've always wanted to start a blog. I just didn't know where to begin. You see I have been writing ever since I was younger but it was mostly private just for me. So doing something like this is defiantly way out of my comfort zone. You see I am a wheelchair user and I love traveling the world. But traveling in a wheelchair isnt easy at all. There's always some sort of barrier that we come across. Whether the buildings not accessible or there's no ramp cut outs in between the pavements. There is just a lot of planning and organizations that we have to do to ensure that everything goes smoothly.

For the last 10 years of my journey as a wheelchair user I began to realise that the universe isnt made for us. Its sad but I never gave up. I always found some way of getting out and about in public because in my eyes travel is for everyone. I would also like to mention a few amazing disabled travel bloggers I have been reading lately and they have defiantly made a huge impact on me and my journey. So after I became paralysed, I hated going out. I was super embarrassed because I didn't want anyone to see me like this. But after reading blogs from fellow wheelchair users, I became much more confident in myself. Simply Emma was the first blogger I read. Her blogs are incredible filled with so many useful information. From wheelchair travel guides to lifestyle, there is always something to find that will open up the whole world to you.

The reason I have just started blogging myself is because I am always so worried about what other people think of me. Would they judge me for doing this? Would people I know make fun of me? A lot of questions run through my brain every time I write. Is my writing even good enough for blogging? It's hard but I do try and ignore these feelings. But this year, I made a promise to myself that I will never let anyone make me feel this way again because like I said I really want to take blogging a lot more seriously now. Build a community, collab with brands and help as many people as I can. That's my mission.

I am at the point of my life now where big things are starting to happen. I'm finishing college in July which is a really scary thing to me. I suffer from a lot of anxiety and if something doesn't plan the way I want it to, it just stresses me out all year. The one thing that's causing me this anxiety is that I have no idea what I want to do when I leave.

I do feel a lot of pressure around everything lately. But the one thing I know for sure is that I am not ready for university yet and that's ok. Maybe in the future things may look different but for now I'm happy just staying at home, writing away.

I think after that realisation, its definitely put less weight on my shoulders. But to me this is all such a huge transformation in my life. So why not blog about it to.

What I'm trying to say is, please please don't ever listen to other peoples opinions. I have done this my entire life and let me tell you it's exhausting. If you want to start a blog do it. If you want to go to university do it. Just stop keep asking other people how to live your life I mean you never know what opportunities could happen next if you don't follow your dream.

I hope you enjoyed this first little blog post. I really appreciate every single one of you.

Love Robyn