On my run the other day! I love the fall colors of the trees, the weather is beautiful here in MS right now!
So I feel like I’ve been a pretty good blogger lately, I’m not trying to toot my own horn, but I’ve been good about getting posts out there daily and commenting on blogs and responding to comments. I follow a ton of blogs though (even after cleaning through my reader to discard those that rarely posted or that I wasn’t too interested in, sorry…) and I find myself being about 200 deep in blog posts I need to catch up on. I have learned a few things though since I’ve improved my blogging… 1) Scheduling posts is amazing, but I don’t recommend doing it all the time. I had quite a few posts already typed and scheduled the past few weeks, and although I felt like that made me a better blogger, I also feel like y’all lost some realness from me. I wasn’t discussing what was going on throughout my day (and honestly you may not care!), but it made me feel connected, so although I love scheduling, I’m going to try to limit those posts so that I am still creating throughout the week and letting my blog speak about my day to day life as well… 2) Commenting on blogs really helps you connect with other bloggers and gain followers of your own. My followers have increased a lot lately (at least I feel that way!) and I’m so excited about it. Blogging isn’t about followers though and I want to enjoy blogging and I want others to enjoy what they read, but it helps give me the confidence to continue blogging because I can see that people are continuing to follow and that excites me. If you’re an old follower from when I first started my little blog, THANK YOU and if you’re a new follower, WELCOME! I’m so happy to have you along! If you have any topics or things you want me to cover here on the blogosphere, feel free to let me know!… 3) This is an ecouraging space. There are really great days, days when everything is going semi-right and I am in an upbeat mood and life is great, but there are also days when I’m not having such a great day and times when I express that on the blog. I’m not happy about it or proud of it and I don’t find myself taking things too far with my disappointment of the day, but I appreciate the bloggers who encourage me and build me up on those rougher days. My blog has been such an encouraging place for me. I have found ladies that I would seriously LOVE to meet in person! If you’re ever in Mississippi, shoot me an e-mail! And I hope you don’t think I’m too crazy if I try to meet up with you when I’m in your area!
I just wanted to thank you all for the wonderful experience you’ve given me blogging and I hope our relationships continue to build and we get the opportunity to meet one day or exchange e-mails getting to know each other or be partnered up in a swap! My GFC count is now at 75 and I’m so thankful for that and once 100 hits, I’ll be having my first giveaway and I’m contemplating a new blog design to celebrate!
Yes, I promised a vlog… and yes, it is coming. I didn’t have time to film it last night, so it may get pushed back to either later tonight or tomorrow! I didn’t get any questions, so I don’t have a lot to talk about, but I did want to put a face with a voice to create a new level to our friendship so it’s going to be a randomness of a vlog, but I hope you still take the time to watch!
Hi Heather, I am a new blogger and a new follower. I found you blog through Adventures of Newlyweds…Friday’s letters. I can so relate to this post.There is a lot of blogs that I am following as well, I love to comment and try to reply back to everyone. Also I feel the same that it’s an encouraging space.