I read it a lot in posts about blogging; how important it is to find your voice. But really? What does that even mean?
Most bloggers basically say that all it comes down to is being you on your blog. Sounds simple, right?
To be honest, this is one of the things that I’ve struggled with most about blogging. They say that once you find your voice and are authentic on your blog, that people will start reading. That’s a lot of pressure. What if people don’t really like me?
I think it’s a lie, to some extent. None of us are completely, 100% honest on our blogs. Once you gain a following, you edit yourself, you write what people want to read, not necessarily what you want to write. If I were 100% myself, I’d be swearing and talking politics on here the majority of the time. It’s not that what I write about doesn’t interest me, it does! But it’s not all that interests me.
Finding “my voice” has been the hardest thing about blogging. Trying to figure out what I want to write about and how to write it can be really daunting. And it doesn’t help that I’m constantly second guessing myself.
I remember back to when I first starting blogging. Those were some of my most honest posts. They were definitely in my voice. Since then, I’ve gone through a lot of phases, some of which haven’t been me at all. Thankfully, I figured that out early enough and stopped it. I promise that what I write on here is me. Maybe not all of me, but it’s me, and only me. I don’t try to be anyone else {anymore}. I guess that means I’ve found my voice.
Just because…because that picture is definitely me.