I've officially been blogging weekly on TheKristenDiary.com for six months now! Back in January, I made a goal to put up a new blog post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I definitely feel like I'm going through a growing period in my life this year so I thought it would be fun to share some thoughts to look back on later.
Full outfit post on this look here.
I love sharing my life and what I'm interested in on here-- anything from beauty, fashion, food, books + more. It's a hobby and creative outlet for me outside of work, however is something that I never really prioritized in the past. I would put up a post here and there, quit, come back the next year and repeat the entire process. I always started but never finished. I was never proud of that and was always left feeling discouraged and wanting to do more.
I finally accepted that somewhere along the way, I developed a habit of terrible follow through. Not with everything-- but things like blogging, reading more books, drinking more water, finishing tv shows, etc. These might sound silly or not seem like that big of a deal, however I started seeing a pattern of never accomplishing or making time to do more of the things I wanted. I wasn't always like that-- I think a lot of it developed from me wanting to take on too much at once or have everything done "just right." I've discussed "paralysis by overanalysis" before which has been a big deterrent to me. I talked a lot about this same topic in my Thoughts on 3 Months of Blogging post, however I'm always wanting to work towards being better. Whether it's with my career, health, personal growth- I want to be the best version of ME. I think this desire to tackle and do everything very quickly turns into feeling overwhelmed which turns into doing nothing.
I haven't figured it all out yet but I'm working on it one day at a time. One day I just made the decision to start blogging again. I hated the cycle of putting up sporadic posts so I mentally decided on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I knew I couldn't commit to every single day and MWF gave me space in between posts. I didn't know if I'd ever see the day but after six months, here we are!
From that, I feel more confident and proud for committing and showing up for myself. On the flip side, I've also dealt with feeling uninspired and unsure of what to post. This has made it tempting to want to skip posting at times, however I've learned that with a little creativity and thinking I can usually figure something out.
If you're here reading this, I appreciate you so much! I really hope you like the type of posts I've been sharing. I try to mix it up and keep things interesting. I don't want to do too much or too little of anything, however I've definitely slacked on the style posts recently. I think it's a combination of both not having prioritized them and also not feeling super excited by the pieces in stores right now. I'm hoping to add more of those back in, more book content and holiday posts once Fall gets closer. My goal is to continue evolving the blog into sharing all of the fun things + personal growth/improvement.
Since January, I've put up a total of EIGHTY blog posts. Can you believe that? I honestly can't-- it doesn't feel like it's been that long or that I've created that many. I said this in my Thoughts on 3 Months of Blogging post, but I think the key is to just start somewhere and keep on going. I'll update you again in a few months!
"Inch by inch, life's a cinch. Yard by yard, it's awful hard."
