Hello! Okay, I cannot lie, it has been a long time. But believe it or not, I had not forgotten about this blog. So instead, I am back!
Where have I been?
Um, uni work? Other uni stuff? Working? Actually having a life? Experiencing multiple personal crises? Okay, to be fair, I have been kinda busy/busyish. So let’s go about this in chronological order. In my first year at uni, I was rather busy. I was working part time (sigh), doing coursework and trying to have a life… Then, last summer I was also working, but I also did try setting up a podcast. The main reason for going to podcasts, was because I thought that podcasts were more popular than blogs, and I also wanted to try doing something new. Yet, I will be honest. Making decent podcasts is a lot of work, and it is quite hard to establish an audience. Which is understandable, considering that it takes a long time to listen to a podcast.
Moving on to this year at uni. Being in second year meant that I had a lot more coursework to do, which I also had to take more seriously. Thankfully, I didn’t have a job, but I did have other stuff. Including an internship that I was doing, society stuff and personal stuff. I know that this is a bit of a clique, but the year went very quickly, and I’m sad that it’s over.
Why I chose to take the longest break from blogging?
One of the reasons is pretty obvious. I had been busy. The other reason was because I was feeling quite burned out generally, and I felt that taking a break from blogging would be better than taking a break from something else. However, now I feel quite motivated to take this up again, so fingers crossed… I know that some bloggers stress the importance of posting ever few days, for instance, but if I’m brutally honest, I know that it would not be something that I would be able to keep up. Instead, I might aim to post weekly or so, but I will probably write a load of posts this summer, then schedule them. We will see…
Why I chose to come back?
If I wish to be harsh on myself, the main reason is that other plans for the summer had basically slipped through. One thing that I was wanting to do over the summer was an internship, but unfortunately I found that summer internships are either very expensive, or very difficult to get. Word of advise though, if you’re at uni, some unis offer really good internships which are far easier to get, and in my case, are also paid 🙂 My other sort of plan was to do Camp America, and again that slipped through. Honestly, why do I sometimes end up chickening out of these things?
But, let’s ‘look on the bright side’. Because the other reason why I chose to go back to blogging, is genuinely because it has always been something that I have enjoyed. I mean, I do miss rambling on about random topics that I, at least, find interesting. I also miss the blogging community (where, massive shock alert, people are actually nice to one another online). Also, I am still considering pursuing a career in journalism.
What I am going to do with this blog
For a start, I feel as though if I were to read any of my old posts, I would immediately cringe. So hopefully, now that I am a bit older, I might have a slightly more mature perspective on some issues.
But let’s get on to what I actually want to change. To begin with, I would like to make my content a little more interactive. Now you might be thinking, WTF- this is a blog, not a computer game! But basically, I would like to include more pictures GIFs even and possibly short quizzes. I know that it sounds a bit odd. But then I did also ask google whether blogging is still relevant. Obviously, the author of the article that I clicked on said yes. Most likely because they were a blogger themselves. But they also suggested to make the content more interactive, because nowadays our attention spams are worse than ever before. Thanks, TikTok!
Now let’s go into the kind of posts that I want to write on this blog. To start with, I would like to write more personal posts. And, no, I am not talking about posts where I talk about my day, as I am sure that no one is interested that I had over 6 iced coffees, went to work, then walked along the beach. No, if you’re someone who does take an interest in these small details, then find someone else’s blog to read, because my day to day life is honestly pretty boring at the moment. Anyways, whilst I may continue to post personal updates every so often, I mainly want to write personal posts about deeper stuff. About things like, I don’t know, why I quit vaping/smoking, why I learned to love myself, how to overcome (inserts a problem). I want to stress that I am obviously not an expert in any of this stuff, and I know that it is SUPER IMPORTANT to be very careful when engaging with self help culture online. But my main purpose of writing stuff like this, is to maybe help others. Either by feeling less alone, or just by being able to have access to a little more advise. Also, I think that writing stuff like this might help me a bit. I mean, it has in the past…
But my main point is not to worry too much, because I am not exactly going to start including content that echos stuff like this! Although I like to think that people can learn to adapt a more positive mindset (I’d actually like to read more on that tbh), this following image is what we call toxic positivity. I actually wrote a post about it ages ago…
Anyways, I also want to carry on doing deep dives into topics. I know that this is something really similar to what I used to do. But I want to have a little more background knowledge on these topics before I begin writing these posts. For instance, I have planned a few posts that are going to be based off a book that I have read.
How I am going to ‘Rebrand’ myself
Oh gosh, that makes it sound a lot more exciting than it really is. But basically, I’m going to spend most of tomorrow creating a new instagram and creating a new logo, probably whilst watching Netflix and eating too much junk food. Finally, I also plan to create a fiver account, and offer to write for other people, brands eg. I mean, I don’t know if I will get anywhere, but it is worth a try.
Anyway, that is everything for now. I look forward to being able to share more posts with you, and reading some of yours (as it’s been ages). Oh, and one more thing, if you know are reading this and you know of bloggers who might post similar content to myself, or bloggers who just post interesting content, please let me know. It has been a while since I have really spent much time on WordPress, and I am sure that there are many great newer bloggers out there!
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