19 Marriage, Motorcycles and Blogging do not mix well

Marriage and Motorcycles do not mix..

Before I got married, I definitely had this premonition, and after 2 years of conjugal life, it has sadly come true (at least in my case).

Before marriage

Mine was a long distance relationship; therefore prior to marriage I never got the opportunity to test out whether my wife could also share my enthusiasm for motorcycles.

Like most people, even I had this romantic image of a Boyfriend and Girlfriend duo riding into the sunset of a motorcycle. Maybe the romantic image is not just an illusion created by motorcycle manufacturers; maybe young couples do enjoy riding on a motorcycle as it gives them the freedom to be close to each other without offending the moral police.

But like I said, I never got the opportunity to take my better half out for a motorcycle ride before our marriage.

After marriage

I am not saying that the romance disappears post marriage. But when you start living 24/7/365 with your better half, you soon realize that there are much more to a married life than riding into the sunset.

You either need to buy the monthly groceries, or need to go to a shopping trip and return with shopping bags or need to entertain the family friends/relatives.. so on and so forth.

My wife has already started nagging for a car and I have also decided to get one very soon in a couple of months. In fact, I feel guilty for not being able to get one right after my marriage (Dowry..?? Don’t even get that idea, it’s a strict No.. No.. for me).

But amidst all this, my plan of getting the Kawasaki Ninja 250R has been almost dashed. In fact I am also planning to sell off my current Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi to finance the car purchase.

But my better half understands my attachment and enthusiasm for motorcycles, and I am sure that she would understand when one fine day I finally will get my favorite set of 2 wheels. Till then, this blog should keep my enthusiasm alive for motorcycles.


But, even then..

Balancing Blogging & Marriage is a tough task

The married ones would definitely sympathize with me that after marriage, setting aside some quality time just for your "selfish" self is almost impossible.

There is always some bill to pay, some things to buy, some friends/relatives to visit (or some friends/relatives visiting), some good movie to see etc.

Not to mention to finish the assignment that boss wants’ you to deliver before the weekend.

And the best part about all this is that, this is the current status even when the little ones haven’t arrived and also when you are still not that high up on the corporate ladder.



Maintaining a blog with regular, periodic posts requires a lot of time and commitment. To publish a single original blog post, it takes on an average of 3-4 hours.

1. First I need to think/dream about motorcycles all the time and keep myself updated with what’s happening in the world of Indian two wheelers (which actually comes without any effort to me).

2. Second I need to type the thoughts into words and structure it in the simplest way to make it easily readable.

3. Third I need to support most posts with relevant pictures so that the posts are not monotonous, easy to the eye and presentable.

4. Fourth, I need to provide the supporting links of the news sources, if any.

5. Fifth, I need to check the posts for corrections.

Reading through the post might just take someone 2-3 minutes, but to publish one takes 3-4 hours out of my married life. I am certainly not thinking to quit updating this online motorcycle dairy of mine, but in future the frequency of posts would certainly come down.



So..

The status quo right now for me is that managing "Marriage, Motorcycles and Blogging" is taking quite an effort.

Just wish me luck that I become better at time management and also become financially capable to finance a car loan, a house loan, start saving for my retirement and also get an exciting 250 (+) cc motorcycle for myself.

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