One of the reasons why I took so long to come back to blogging was because I couldn't blog. It sounds stupid, but it was as simple as that. I had so many things weighing on my mind and the pressure to write a post that people would read was enormous. When I first started blogging, it was so easy to sit down in front of my laptop and just post what I thought was good. You didn't have to worry a lot about your photography and there were so many chats you could join on Twitter that inspired me to keep going. That's all changed. These days, people start a blog not as a hobby but with the aim to succeed and get all the 'goodies' that all the successful bloggers get.
When did blogging become so flashy?
Part of me wonders why we have to have perfectly edited pictures, feel we must break the bank trying to get better equipment to help us get those views and be noticed by brands. To be honest with you, I was terrified of my blog. I had this awful jealously inside me every time I went on social media and was welcomed by press trips, blogger mail of luxury items and CAPS LOCK OF EXCITEMENT TO GET THAT NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS!
I don't really care about people getting excited because I get excited for them! I love being able to send all my love to that person because I know how hard they had been trying to get to that milestone. Yet, that green-eyed monster is always lurking, telling me that anything that I write/tweet will never be considered blog-worthy. People will swipe past me like I'm nothing but that bit of fluff on your jacket.
That's why on this Valentine's Day I'm trying to discover away to love me and my blog.
Yep, I'm starting right from scratch especially on this site but maybe that's what I needed. To go right back to where I began four years ago and re-discover my blogger voice. It is very difficult to go on Twitter and Instagram sometimes when I see all the success, but I'm going to do my best not to focus on what others are doing and instead focus on myself.
Wish me luck!
Daisy xoxo
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