Oh Darling Blog is officially one year old & we shared our honest and raw
feelings about blogging!
The truth is that I've been feeling a lot of, well, negative
feelings about blogging, and this blog in particular, lately.
I understand
your feelings about blogging since I've posted less recipes on my own blog because it feels a little hopeless.
«Love» came from how
I feel about blogging.
that's basically how
i feel about blogging haha, i want what everyone else gets.
Everyone says it, but it's true: The excitement
I feel about blogging is the same I felt when I first ventured on to the Internet a decade ago.
Not exact matches
So in addition to the Top 10 of the year, I wanted to share a couple more posts — these are the posts that I actually liked or
feel represent my year of writing, even if no one else liked them or tweeted
about them, even if they are an out - of - fashion style of
blogging like story - telling or moment - capturing.
Our latest mistake was
blogging about our
feeling & thoughts — our pastor's wife at our new church read them & flipped.
If you are a blogger or have a blog,
feel free to mention your blog in the comments below, and also share some of what you have learned
about yourself and
about following Jesus through the spiritual discipline of
blogging.
Looking back on that photo and the short text that came with it, I definitely
feel that we have learned a whole bit
about food photography, recipe writing and
blogging during these years.
After hearing so many of the recaps of the big food conferences that happened last weekend, I
feel like I'm struggling even more with how I
feel about the whole food
blogging world.
She made me
feel welcome and excited
about this world of
blogging, and I still look to her as an inspiration!
Well, early on in my
blogging, which wasn't really that long ago so I'm not
feeling too bad
about how long it's been, someone asked me
about a good Raspberry Yogurt muffin recipe (Hi Alanna!).
I started with a lifestyle blog but after attending a
blogging conference, I
felt God leading me to write
about my love for fashion and makeup.
One of the things I love
about blogging is that I have a permanent record
about how I
felt and the things that I did.
To top it all off I
feel like I am learning so much
about computers and
blogging while meeting so many great new people, all during nap time: --RRB-
I
feel like I've been
blogging about kids and food forever (and I mean that in a good way) but in reality The Lunch Tray is not even two months old!
I loved getting to see Lauren and Stephanie and meet several new people as well — it's fun to chat
about the
blogging world and
feel like I kind of have coworkers for once!
Many people also
felt offended by the article's implication that most people
blogging about parenting seek to commercialize their sites.
I have found that running and
blogging are my two favorite hobbies that make me
feel good
about myself.
We
feel so passionately
about it we started
blogging about BLW a year ago and haven't looked back — we want to get the message out there as we find that a lot of people have still never heard of it and think puree is the only option!
For example, despite already
feeling like I have surmised an opinion on the new it - book 50 Shades of Grey, you won't find me
blogging to the world
about it (yet) because I have not read the book.
And if you've already
blogged about this, please
feel free to just direct me to the blog.
i was going through a tremendous amount of personal turmoil at the time and
blogging about carving pumpkins and doing crafts with my kids
felt weird and just not quite right.
Sometimes I
feel like I don't fit in the fitness
blogging world (I eat a lot of crap and I'm not really fussed
about what I look like, more fussed
about how much I can deadlift) but I think the beauty of the fitness world in general is that you can be anyone from anywhere and you're still welcome.
And I
felt like I was living a lie,
blogging about the good stuff in my life (trying to practice gratitude, trying to be positive), while omitting this enormous struggle.
Even though that's been the main focus, I've also realized that
blogging about chronic illness and expressing my
feelings about what it's like to live with diabetes are as therapeutic as the practice itself.
But I
felt like I needed to have some sort of certification or some sort of credibility to be
blogging about it.
Its been a rough couple of weeks throughout the world and I honestly
feel kinda strange
blogging about muffins, snacks or how to get glowing skin.
Note: I've got ta confess that it
feels pretty vulnerable posting a story
about my own weight loss and body image issues, and I've been
blogging long enough to know that not everyone will agree with or appreciate my experience that I've shared below.
I did say I don't like to blog
about blogging but it
felt right to share.
I
feel the same way
about blogging.
(we don't have wet n wild here) jenlovesbeauty at gmail dot com and i
blogged about your giveaway here: http://lifeandlensofbeauty.blogspot.com/p/giveaways.html please
feel free to join my blog giveaway too < 3
And when you don't know what to write
about, that's when
blogging starts to
feel like a chore.
I
feel the same way, I started really clueless
about this whole
blogging thing and have learned so much, I may cringe a bit looking at old posts, ugh!
I had always wanted to begin
blogging more
about fashion and personal style, but I always
felt like I wasn't qualified.
I
feel the exact same was as you
about this wonderful
blogging community — heck, that's how we became friends, because fellow bloggers are warm, welcoming people who support each other.
I love knowing that
feeling and being passionate
about blogging but there comes a point where if
blogging can't be done it throws everything off kilter (at least for me).
I
feel the same way
about blogging, I don't want to treat it like a business, I want it to be a reflection of ME.
If I'm being honest, $ 99 is a HUGE commitment for me to make because some months I only make $ 100 from
blogging but I
feel like a weight is lifted off my shoulders because I don't worry
about all the little stuff anymore so it's worth it.
Blogging has (usually) more substance, I prefer to know something
about the «real life» of the people, their thoughts and
feelings, their creativity but also their quotidian life, their stressful job or their problems with plumbers.
But another big reason is that I've been
feeling really uninspired
about blogging.
A Q&A merged with some future focussed thinking, on the topics I
feel most passionate
about and those I
feel are most pertinent in our
blogging world today and tomorrow!
Getting more serious
about style
blogging derailed me from my less - is - more values... and I
feel like a hypocrite.
I began
blogging about fashion primarily as a way to display my emotions and
feelings in the form of clothing.
Thank you so much < 3 And I see you discovered also many benefits for you with
blogging:) I
feel very honoured you love reading my blog and what you wrote
about it!
Blogging has not only blessed with me a creative outlet, but it has introduced me to so many people that I consider my best friends, has brought
about more opportunities than I can even fathom that I deemed impossible just years ago and has given me purpose and direction when I
felt so lost in my life.
Opening up
about blogging in the previous post
felt so good and I was thrilled to receive so much feedback...
After a good 6 months of
feeling like my only readers were my Mom and hubby, friends and acquaintances started commenting on my posts and with that came suggestions to do as the other style bloggers do and photograph myself in the outfits I'm
blogging about.
The reality is, style -
blogging involves time and perhaps more importantly (I
feel like this is the more important one to talk
about now) MONEY!