Personal Truths and Reflections is a monthly series by me. My goal is to learn more about who I am and what defines me, through this series I will talk about truths and lessons I have learned about myself through various things in my life.
This new series is something I’ve been looking forward to for a while. It’s something I’m excited about, I hope it is a reflection of the new path my blog is going to take. We all have stories and we have all reasons for being who we are. I think it’s important to think about what has happened over your life, or how you define yourself and notice what you have learned or grown to be from that experience. Some of these posts are going to be harder to write than others, some will be silly but most will be serious and heartfelt. I am ever striving to be honest and real on my blog.
I know people say you shouldn’t make your blog all about yourself because your readers will get bored. Yes this series is going to be personal and about me, but I hope it inspires and motivates others to look at themselves and their lives, to learn more about who they are as a person and notice what has helped change their life and get them where they are.
On Being a Blogger
Since this is my blog and it’s something I do, think about and promote on a daily basis, I thought talking about what I’ve learned about myself from being a blogger would be a great place to start on this series. Some of my reasons are almost mundane in certain ways, but at the same time…they are things that I might not have learned without blogging.
-I like to be prepared.
I work better and feel so much happier with my blog when I have 3, 4…6 posts written, edited, scheduled and ready to go. Not only that but I tend to work better with a weekly/monthly schedule laid out for myself. I have a hard time “writing by the seat of my pants,” as it were and while sometimes I do it, more often than not I think my best ideas, my most thought out posts and the ones where I am honest and deep…are written in advance. Wanting to be prepared relates to so many more things in my life than just blogging. To name a few: I started researching cribs, strollers, vaccines and more the moment I found out I was pregnant, when we go on “long” trips (long being an hour from home or less) I like to pack snacks, water, notebook(s) and pens, camera(s) and anything else I think we might need, I love to plan things out so far in advance…years ahead of time. It’s kind of crazy.
-The importance of being honest with myself and others.
That’s a pretty broad statement, honestly but it’s true. I know a lot of blogs that try to put forth the most positive aspects in their life only and that’s great…for them. But that would never work for me, my blog is such a huge part of my life and my time that I would feel dishonest and untrue to who I am. The past year, I’ve been trying to refine my blog goals, the direction I want to take and having finally settled on trying to share my journey of finding who I am and being comfortable and happy with life as well as encouraging others to do the same, is a goal I am proud of. And if I wasn’t completely honest with others, I couldn’t be honest with myself about who I am or what I want and my blog wouldn’t be where it is today or heading in the direction it’s currently going.
The last and biggest truth I have learned about myself from being a blogger:
-I want to be important and make a difference.
It’s not like I want to be a celebrity or anything like that, and about 80% of this truth is also that it’s not about me at all. 20% of me wants to be important just so people know me, because come on somewhere on the inside is that shy unpopular girl trying to fit in. But that other 80% of me, wants to me important for everyone else.. One of the reasons I advocate honesty and realistic-ness is because I want to be important to people. I want to be a resource for artists who need help learning, I want to be a friend and mentor to young girls who suffer from depression (other mental illnesses) who feel so alone and don’t know where to turn, I want to be an inspiration for others to learn who they are and take their own path in life. I want to help. I want to make a difference and I don’t know if I ever would have learned that without blogging.
This list could go on with simple things like my need to control every aspect of my posts and format them exactly to more important things like the inane jealousy and envy I feel toward other bloggers sometimes. All of these things are important and when I take time to think about each and everything I have learned about myself from blogging, they also relate to other aspects in my life in larger (or sometimes more significant) ways. I wanted to focus on a few that I thought were the most important at this time. I’m so looking forward to my next installment and I hope you like this new series!
(ps- there is a companion series for guest posters to go along with this! I am currently looking for some guest posters who are interested in looking at themselves with honesty and willing to share it. Please contact me asap if you are interested)
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