I could never leave you
So you know yesterday when I wrote about whether or not I would continue on with blogging or end it all and sprinkle the ashes of my blog into a gust of wind? Well, I meant it.
Last night, I sat my patootie down and gave this blog some good hard thought. I needed to pinpoint why something that I had previously enjoyed doing was now causing me stress. It’s definitely not because of the people who read my blog. With the exception of one person who needs to take their happy pills, all of my readers are so super duper supportive and amazing and kind and funny people - which I was proved again with your heartfelt e-mails yesterday.
After pondering a bit about this issue, I realized that it really is me, not you. Somewhere along the line, I started doing regular posts like Factual Mondays, Daily Lovely, GPOYW, Smile Friday, Mean Girl Quotes Thursday, etc. I would literally spend hours working on a factual monday and scouring the internet for a good product find, and if I missed a post or couldn’t deliver, I felt bad, like I’d let people down. I was constantly thinking about what to blog, worrying about blogging on a regular basis, and making sure I was reading other people’s blogs, and it was stressing me out! This blog had invaded almost every aspect of my real life (crazy, party of one), so much so that in recent days it was no longer a fun thing to do, but a source of anxiety.
So here’s what I’ve decided to do going forward:
1. You can definitely still expect posts of my outfits from me. I love me a good outfit and I like talking about it with like-minded peeps.
2. When I feel like it, I’ll also post about what’s going on in my life, share a fun internet find, etc.
And that’s all I can promise. No one is paying me to blog ((though I would certainly not turn down some $$$$$ from a rich sponsor who wants to pay for my car!!! DO YOU HEAR ME OUT THERE, RICH SPONSORS? I can do anything except sing and dance.)) And this blog is not meant to be a source of stress for me or for you. It’s meant to be a place I can come to write (if I feel like it), post pictures (if I feel like it), and share (if I feel like it).
Most of the time, I really do love my life and if I can pass that joie de vivre on to anyone else, I think that’s just super. So, I’m defintely not going to kick the blogging can just yet. I’m just going to take a bit of a breather, focus on what’s important, and I still promise to share some snippets, thoughts and ideas here and there. Deal?
