So here's the deal peeps {yes, I really just said peeps}. Minus my complaining the other night, I've been kind of MIA from the blog-o-sphere recently. And by MIA, I mean that I just haven't really posted very much {which you may or may not have noticed}.
Anyway, I wanted to write a little post to let you all in on my thoughts these days about this little blog here. You see, I'm a perfectionist and sometimes {okay, maybe a lot of the time} I'm not 100% satisfied with what I do or make. That definitely goes for this little blog. So, I've been doing a lot of soul searching and reading up on how to make things a little bit better around here. It's still a work in progress, but I'm begging you to bear with me and my {perhaps unfounded} insecurities.
First things first, my design. I know that a lot of you love it, but I don't. I created it when I didn't have a whole lot of experience, and it was kind of spur of the moment. I sat down at 10:00 a.m. thinking that I wanted a new design and learned photoshop while I created said new design, all in a span of about eight hours. This time I'm going to do it right. I am going to spend an honest amount of time truly thinking about what I want, and go from there. No more spontaneous I think I'm going to change up my blog today. I'm going to change it one more time, and it's going to be good. Promise.
I've been doing a lot of research about just how to make my blog better. I've read articles about content and themes and reader interaction...there's a lot of information out there. But I want to make my blog something that I'm honestly proud of. Not that I'm not proud of my blog now...I just know that there are so many things I can do to make it even better.
So, from here on out, I'm going to really focus on my posts. I have to admit that in the past I've posted haphazardly, not putting as much effort into my writing as I should have. So from now on, if I post, you can know that I'm proud of it; that it's something with purpose.
I'm going to focus on my writing, because that's what this little blog really is about. You all know how much I love writing, but I get really discouraged when I see so many blogs out there that are so full of pictures; pictures that both the author takes or finds somewhere else. I don't have a nice camera to take nice pictures and I don't necessarily have the discipline and patience to spend hours on the internet scouring for things that I like, but I have the words in my head. And so far, that seems to be enough for all of you.
I know that I've said it before, but this blog has turned out to be such a blessing in my life, something so much more than I ever imagined it could be, and I want to make sure that I really take the time to get it to it's full potential. It's a work in progress, but I am so thankful for each and every one of you. You have stuck around regardless of these insecurities, and it's really inspired me to push through any roadblocks or brain farts I might have.
xoxoxoxo,