A Year of Weekly Blogposts...Almost

For the first time in a year, I forgot to write my blog. I woke up this morning in a panic because it dawned on me that it was now Monday and I had failed to write my blog for the week. All morning I was down on myself for not writing, thinking that it was even worse because I was so close to writing a blog every week for a year, missing it by just a week or two. After looking at all the blogposts I’ve made this year, I realized that it was actually July 1, 2018 that I started writing my blog on a consistent weekly basis. It was my original intention to write a blog every week for an entire year. Well it turns out that yesterday would have been week 53 and today marks exactly a year that I began posting a weekly blog. Essentially I have met my goal for the year and once I figured that out I didn’t feel so bad for missing yesterday’s blog post. In fact it was kind of ironic that I ended up missing yesterday’s blog post now that I know it was the end of the year. 

All in all I would say that I had a very successful year. I met my goal of blogging every week rain or shine, no matter how good or bad that particular week’s blog turned out. I kept writing no matter how chaotic my life became nor how stressed out I was. I only wrote one blog that was kind of like a cop out (a see you next time kind of message) and then made up for it with a very long detailed blog the following week. I’m patting myself on the back for all I’ve accomplished this year. For the first time it feels like I’ve completed something for me with discipline and because I’ve managed to be so incredibly disciplined with my blogposts this past year, it makes me believe that anything is possible. That being said I want to continue with my blog, but I will transform it some over the next couple of months. I want to change the platform to allow for more personalization and hopefully greater accessibility. Moving forward I want to begin posting my blog on Fridays instead of Sundays. I’ve determined that Sundays are too chaotic and I always end up waiting until the last minute and end up posting a shitty blog just to fulfill the week’s requirement, rather than writing a worthwhile blog that is interesting and eye opening. I also wait until I’m beyond exhausted and have trouble staying awake to finish the blog, which again leads to shitty writing. One of the things that I want to include in my blogs moving forward is to add at least one representative picture of the story at hand. After all I want to put good use to my fancy new camera. Maybe in the process I'll become a better photographer, really capturing the moment in time.

I would also like to have a focus for my blog. Looking back at my posts over the past year, there has been a lot of focus on the kids and parenting, along with my own personal growth and gratitude. I’ve also posted a lot about how stressed and overwhelmed I have been, without solutions, mind you. I was thinking maybe that my focus for my blog would be all about finding balance in my life and whatever that may entail. I think writing about balancing my life as a wife, mom, and teacher along with finding my path as a healthy fit, writer will help me to gain a better understanding of my strengths and weaknesses, but will also help humanize me and make me that much more relatable. Bear with me as I find my way over the next few months and discover what it is that I really want to blog about. Hopefully this will be a worth while journey for you to accompany both me and my family as they will always be a part of my blog since that is so much of who I am.