Notwithstanding that I was firmly intent in keeping this blog fully bilingual, after trying so many plug-ins, add-ons and so on for WordPress (and after trying to take time to write one myself), I came to the conclusion that the effort was, well, fruitless.

Amongst many a reason for deciding to drop the idea, and a few more I could come up with, only two stand to be enough for my decision:

1. It’s easier to write in one language and keep consistency; one of the excuses I find myself uttering for not posting is that “oh, then I’ll have to translate, it’s too much work… to have it good enough, I must spend double the time, or more, in each post”. A known procrastinator of all things personal, the less excuses I give myself to push schedules, the better. And I like blogging, so let’s make an effort this time…

2. I already have a Blog in Portuguese. My Insonia also suffers from lack of attention because of my guilt feelings about not writing here. So, there it is my opportunity to also keep that blog consistently updated and keep up with the quality of my writings in my mother language. :)

Note that I am truly bilingual. Though I am Portuguese, and that is the language of my parents, I did learn English since I was little. As such, I do have a justification, right? :-D

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