Delicate ideas that blossom for a blog post come out of nowhere. Magically appearing, right? As if you were just standing there, waiting for the idea to pop into your head. So you could balance it with just the right words. And paint a beautiful watercolor-like image for your readers and for yourself. Ah, to… Continue reading The balancing act of a personal blogger
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Top 5 Tips on How to Balance Your Blogging Efforts
When we set out to be bloggers, we possess our own secret goals and desires and dreams. After all the initial set-up, we find our own little happy groove, and then a new stage hits. An unexpected stage. One that we couldn't foresee. It was so far off in the distance. I call this stage:… Continue reading Top 5 Tips on How to Balance Your Blogging Efforts
Happy discoveries about being a personal blogger
Let's get up close and personal as I confess to you my happy discoveries about being a blogger. When I started out, I believed famous bloggers who said it was easy to set up a blog. I heard them cheering me on as I attempted to fulfill their claims of: "It'll only take 10 minutes… Continue reading Happy discoveries about being a personal blogger
How Three Wise Men helped rescue me from Self-Pity
This week 3 wise men cut to the chase and made me realize how quickly I jump to self-pity mode. I feel compelled to publicly thank them for their generosity of bringing me back to reality. Wise man #1 is the Mr. While we were taking our road trip journey to visit my dad on… Continue reading How Three Wise Men helped rescue me from Self-Pity
The benefits of loneliness in blogging
To be a newbie blogger in the world, with 440 million other bloggers, (yeah...a lot of other bloggers) you have to be willing to accept the fact that when you're starting out you'll feel lonely. But, is that such a bad thing when you're starting out? Don't you agree there are some advantages of loneliness… Continue reading The benefits of loneliness in blogging
30 Day Blogging Challenge – How to find your writing style
Ah, it's back to school time. September is a perfect month to reflect on the summer, get ready for the fall, and chill while the kids are busy doing the hard work of learning about themselves and all that important stuff they learn in school. The world seems to get back to learning mode when… Continue reading 30 Day Blogging Challenge – How to find your writing style