Hi everyone!
This site has been around for 2 years now (WHAT? Where has that time gone?!)
It's been a crazy few years and I have decided to actually prepare myself for the anniversary post by adding to this post every month or so (starting in December 2015!) I feel like I owe you a lengthy post and what better way to do it starting now! In case I forget - thank you to all you readers/page viewers, we may not be a huge number, but the amount is just lovely for me!
This site has been around for 2 years now (WHAT? Where has that time gone?!)
It's been a crazy few years and I have decided to actually prepare myself for the anniversary post by adding to this post every month or so (starting in December 2015!) I feel like I owe you a lengthy post and what better way to do it starting now! In case I forget - thank you to all you readers/page viewers, we may not be a huge number, but the amount is just lovely for me!
The Beginning:
Okay, that sounded like a very dramatic title to have - when in reality, it isn't going to be too crazy! I had this wild idea to go back and read a few of my blog posts when I first started out - starting with my first post: 'Starting out...' (how many times can I repeat start?)
Remember when the blog used to look like this?! I think my idea for the blog was to have one of those cool moving backgrounds to make me seem like I knew what I was doing, when I really didn't! This was back to a time when I didn't know the magic of Photoshop, editing images to fit a blog post and all that. I mean look at this Easter post now!
Awful layout - but then that was the learning curve that I did have to face at some point!
To be fair, I have had my fair share of theme changes over the years. But I'm hoping to stick to this one! (Watercolour is a nice effect, huh?) Comparing my old posts to now, I have noticed a similar theme with my writing. Consistence is key! Obviously there are things that I still cringe at - obvious spelling mistakes, poor use of grammar - you know the usual that goes a bit wrong!
To be fair, I have had my fair share of theme changes over the years. But I'm hoping to stick to this one! (Watercolour is a nice effect, huh?) Comparing my old posts to now, I have noticed a similar theme with my writing. Consistence is key! Obviously there are things that I still cringe at - obvious spelling mistakes, poor use of grammar - you know the usual that goes a bit wrong!
Are schedules even a thing?
I never had any set schedule at the start of all of this. I just posted what I wanted, when I wanted. Reading back all I really posted was about what I was doing that week (okay, something similar to what I'm doing currently - but I think that my life is a bit more exciting now!) and beauty posts would go up after I've made something in my bathroom using products from the kitchen. In all honesty, 8 times out of 10 I would search up the DIYs on Pinterest and see if I could make my own version...
Also, I most likely threw out the products straight after I'd make it! Kitchen supplies begin to separate on your bedroom shelf after a while.
However, other tricks such as the make up brush cleaner I still use to this day!
Also, I most likely threw out the products straight after I'd make it! Kitchen supplies begin to separate on your bedroom shelf after a while.
However, other tricks such as the make up brush cleaner I still use to this day!
What's happened?
I've come a long way since writing that first blog post. I was still in school when I began and with anything that anyone does which is a little bit different from the mainstream of being "cool", I got stick for writing blog posts! However, I got over it quickly - people's comments didn't seem to bother me much and hey, they were/still are giving me page views at the end of the day, so I won't complain!
The blog has set me up for the next 5+ years - which is crazy! I've been accepted into university to study journalism and I've also secured a job which I really enjoy which is linked journalism too! I would never of thought that this would have happened when writing the first post 2 years ago. I thought I would probably go on for so long then soon give it all up!
The last few weeks have been very difficult for me. Including just recently and many times in the past I have just wanted to not bother anymore. I didn't think I could put enough content forward or felt like I was going nowhere with it. However, someone very close to me who sadly isn't around anymore told me this: "If you keep at it, you will get to your dream...all you need to do is a bit of hard work!" Saying this has really put my eye on the prize and actually get to my goals eventually!
The blog has set me up for the next 5+ years - which is crazy! I've been accepted into university to study journalism and I've also secured a job which I really enjoy which is linked journalism too! I would never of thought that this would have happened when writing the first post 2 years ago. I thought I would probably go on for so long then soon give it all up!
The last few weeks have been very difficult for me. Including just recently and many times in the past I have just wanted to not bother anymore. I didn't think I could put enough content forward or felt like I was going nowhere with it. However, someone very close to me who sadly isn't around anymore told me this: "If you keep at it, you will get to your dream...all you need to do is a bit of hard work!" Saying this has really put my eye on the prize and actually get to my goals eventually!
Now?
So what happens from here?
I would really like to buy the official admin name for this site - I think that now is a good time to remove the Weebly part from the URL. Also, I've put some thought to possibly getting paid in the future but that will probably be a long, long time!
The main goal in the next year is to buy the URL before the 3rd year anniversary.
As I said before, I'm not receiving thousands of views a week - but the amount is great for me. So view count is never going to bother me - why should something I enjoy stop me if I don't hit a specific amount of views?
I would really like to buy the official admin name for this site - I think that now is a good time to remove the Weebly part from the URL. Also, I've put some thought to possibly getting paid in the future but that will probably be a long, long time!
The main goal in the next year is to buy the URL before the 3rd year anniversary.
As I said before, I'm not receiving thousands of views a week - but the amount is great for me. So view count is never going to bother me - why should something I enjoy stop me if I don't hit a specific amount of views?
Thank you SO much for reading and joining me on this amazing journey. I'm grateful for your support, shares & retweets in the past. Let's hope the next year is as fun filled and eye opening as the previous one! Can't believe I've been doing this for two years now, where has the time gone?!
Thanks again and as always...
See you in the next blog post!
Thanks again and as always...
See you in the next blog post!
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