This past week-and-a-bit I've had some holiday time from work in which I was hoping to do some blogging. However, my trusty laptop who has been my friend and foe for the past six years is in desperate need of repair (a new charger AND battery to be exact) but with bills flying through the door, wedding invitations, birthdays and other things, it doesn't look likely to happen any time soon. So I will be posting from my boyfriends laptop (which is also not in the greatest condition) whenever I can. I have also reached a predicament with where this blog is going and despite the fact I have been blogging for over a year I still don't feel like I have found my niche or my voice. Do you or have you felt the same way about your blog? All the 'pro blogger' research I have been doing has done nothing but make my head spin. So I've decided to go back to basics.
From now on I'm going to:
- Ignore the page views number
- Stop obsessing over the number of followers I have
- Stop allowing myself to become bombarded with hints and tips from certain websites on what I should be doing with my blog.
- Stop comparing my blog to others
I've realised now that I just want to write and as long as someone out there is happy to read my musings then I am happy to write them.
If you have been reading Echo Canyon for a while you may have noticed that I change things up around here fairly regularly. Whether its a new header logo or a completely new blog layout, there's always room for improvement. I do this is because I want to make things better for you as the viewer, and also because I am obsessed with how things look on my site.
My head is drawn to bright colours and over the top, sparkly things, but my heart prefers the plain and simple. Hopefully one day I will settle on a design that will marry both extremes of my personality but until then I will continue to chop and change. With that said, this blog is a work in progress and Rome wasn't built in a day.
It sucks that I have now reached a major set back due to my laptop breaking but on the bright side this week I have been spending quality time with friends, and rediscovering my interests, likes and dislikes. Some unexpected events popped up which have set my belief that things happen for a reason in concrete. For the first time in a long time I am thinking positive, and most importantly listening to my thoughts.
One major lesson I have learnt this week is that, whenever you feel like you have hit a brick wall the BEST therapy is just to take a step back and let life unravel itself for a while. Allow the worries and stresses to float by and it will be easier to pick up where you left off with a clear head and a clear vision.
