#blogisphere

Who knew that a social media cull would be this tenuous? And why am I having such anxiety about unfollowing complete strangers, that I know don’t know I even follow them and that I know I don’t really care what they have to say? Week two of Blogging 201 begins with a challenge to delve into a social media platform to expand your blog and online voice. I dabbled in thinking about this in week one,…

Welcome to Blogging 201! ‘Hot of the Press: July in Blogging U.” the post read, I scrolled past it, then I unscrolled back to it, even though unscrolling isn’t something you can grammatically do. I signed up on a whim, what have I got to lose? And thus, I begin. Blogging 201: Branding and Growth, pushing us to really define what our blogs are about, and more importantly, how we are going to get…

It's not that I've neglected this blog, nor have I forgotten about it. The combination of working all the damn time and being exhausted those hours I don't work… well, I get nothing else accomplished. 

But I've been inspired (as I always am). 

I know that I haven't made a legitimate post on here for months, but the truth is that 2015 is different. In sooo many ways. 

A month ago (January), my aunt told me that she seems to think that I will be famous someday, and until I get there, she found the solution for me to work up the ladder: blogging. It's funny when my family is eons behind where I already am. She also seems to think, though, that I could be one of those blogs that gets oodles of attention and gets free products sent to me to write about. While, hey, that would be amazing… but it's also not that easy and it doesn't just happen to everyone. 

However, while I won't reach THAT sort of status anytime soon, I do want to ante up my blogging regime. Especially here, and sister site The Rachel Review. Both… "brands" if you will, that I would love to build more. The gods of the universe know that I have tons that I could write about; it's just a matter now of actually writing. Making & forcing myself, if necessary, to actually write. 

But as I said, 2015 is different. In fact, I would say it's better on quite a few fronts. Maybe not the fronts that my parents are tirelessly lecturing me about, but personal fronts nonetheless. I have things worth sharing, worth talking about. Even if no one pays attention.