Coupled with the intense changes I've experienced over the past few months, I think it was necessary for me to step back and get some much needed perspective. I took time to reassess myself and my blog and realized that the very essence of my blog had changed. I started my blog to share my sartorial and lifestyle musings with my readers. It was a platform to give, grow and empower. My blog was about sharing my personal take on a trend, on a recipe, on a beauty product or even a pair of shoes for that matter. But the entire purpose of starting my blog had changed.
J CREW heart blouse ( buy same ) // ANTHROPOLOGIE high waist pants ( buy same ) // BCBG MAXAZRIA trench ( similar )
Instead of focusing on my personal abilities as a blogger, I was trying to be someone else. I was comparing myself to others. As a blogger/social figure it is very easy to become a victim to social-comparison and self-critizism. I was trying too hard to ape others just to feel one of them. The FOMO ( fear of missing out) was constantly pushing me to be someone who I was not. In my pursuit to feel a part of this community I was dressing up like others, even if it was out of my comfort zone. I was creating content on the line of others vision and not on something that was my own. My focus had shifted: rather than creating content for my valued readers, I was busy running the rat race that wasn't getting me anywhere. I was working hard but wasn't feeling content and or seeing results.
But after a brief reassessment, the wild-goose chase seems to be coming to an end. I am now channeling all my energy and focus in doing what I enjoyed and the way I enjoyed it. I was the girl who loved colors, prints, patterns and bright lips, but when did I become the girl who just wore neutral boring colors, did little or no makeup, or put zero effort in her hair- I had no idea? But now no more, I am going to be myself. My followers love me for who I am and what I bring to their table everyday. I am just going to keep doing what I loved, what empowered me and what empowered my readers. So, in honor of that heres a look that screams 'Saumya', it is bright, bold and high on prints- cheers!
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