9/17/2019 0 Comments New beginningsI recently just changed my description handle for blog from “fashion and lifestyle” to “poetry and lifestyle." -And I’m loving the change.
Ever since I started my blog, I knew I wanted to write, I just didn’t know about what. If you’ve followed me since I started last year, I wrote a post on Niche’s-what they are, how do we fit into them, should we care and what it means for our (if you’re a fellow blogger) or my blog. I came to the conclusion that it didn’t matter. Create your own niche. But now... I'm not so sure. I still stand by my views of creativity and nonconformity but not fitting into a niche is, in itself, fitting into a niche. (Funnily enough.) And it’s not a bad thing! But at the time, when creating my handle, I felt that, because I watch a lot of fashion and lifestyle vloggers and read similar bloggers that I was built to do the same thing and write the same way. But I don’t actually like to write and talk about fashion. So then came the question, “So what do I write about?” “And what the HELL do I put into my handle?” I ended up deciding to write whatever makes me happy, whenever I felt like it (and keeping the original handle because, why not?) But only part of that’s worked for me. I thought, maybe one day I will decide to write about fashion. Maybe one day I’ll love it. Of course the time never came but I could never come up with something else to go with lifestyle. To be honest, I’m not sure why I thought I had to. (Maybe because having two titles has a better ring to it than one. Who knows.) Anyways, deciding to write whatever I want has made me happy and I’d say extremely successful in the sense that I know my readers enjoy my content because I enjoy my content. It’s quality work, I take time and effort into everything I do, and sure I make mistakes but my readers can feel my passion through my writing. If I didn’t write what I liked, if I didn’t have FUN then neither would you. However, I recently read an article about how prioritizing your blog is so important because it’s my brand. It’s an extension of who I am personally and who I want to represent professionally should someone ever hire me to write for them someday. But my inconsistency has been my downfall. I’m a student first and foremost. Moving from high school to college, things are only going to get harder but I’m an adult now and when I graduate college I’ll have my degree, expertise and my blog to show for myself. But if I don’t post frequently, or I don’t engage with my readers the way I should, then what am I really doing? This is essentially a really long intro but when I first started my blog, things were different. I started it for different reasons with a different goal in mind and now things have changed. Here’s why. When I first started my blog, I was writing for myself. It was my first public platform, I hadn't even created a personal Instagram account yet! But my mom encouraged me after seeing how many fake blog posts I would make. They were silly things about celebrities but I really loved the artistic side of it. I loved making the posters and putting them together, but more than anything I loved writing to you guys, my imaginary audience. lol. Back then I couldn't even fathom that someone other than my mom (thanks mom!) would read my blog posts. But even now, I get comments and dms about how people genuinely love what I have to say and that's what it's about for me now. Writing so that people 1. know that I have something to say and 2. sharing whatever wisdom I can with the world. I know what it's like to look elsewhere for some personal or even professional advice so anything I think could be helpful: about school or life, I want to be there for you guys. My community is slowly building but I want to continue to nourish it so that it can grow. So now when I write, I think about you guys, What will you think about this? Can you relate? I wonder what you guys are going through in your lives right now as I go through mine. And it’s important for me to write for you guys, and to you guys because I want to inspire and I want to help you pursue your own dreams and aspirations; I want to inspire confidence and show a good example of what a real life person goes through. And part of that process is emotional and academic struggle. Don't be alarmed! School is good and I'm actually getting better at maintaining my metal health but creating a schedule and keeping a healthy balance is hard. And even more so now that I'm in college. (I currently just finished a 27 page essay and have two midterms this week but balance is taking that break to write and maybe watch a movie before I have to start studying for my next exam. You may be sitting here wondering why I'm telling you all of this or why should you care but it's basically so you guys can know and understand that things are going to be changing. I want Intuitive Minds to be actually what it stands for: a group of intrinsic minded souls connecting with one another. And I'm someone who has a hard time staying connected online but this blog, this platform means so much to me that it has to be up there on my list of priorities along with school, family and friends. So, it's time to adapt with the times. Expect more creative content, a better look into the life of me. I'm taking more photos to show you guys what my life looks like and hopefully you guys can follow me through this process. You are now why I do this. And it doesn't sound as bad as it seems, I want to do this. I write so that we can share our lives together, so that you know you’re not alone and life can be free and fun and messy. I’m allowing you guys to follow me on my metal health journey so that you know that it’s OKAY to be sad and have bad days but it’s okay to share it and lean on other people if you want to and that you’re not alone. And I'm telling you about my favorite books because fuck, reading is fun man when you have the time to do it and maybe you've read it too and have a different opinion or maybe you've never heard of the title and wanted a different perspective. It’s a huge world, and often we can get lost in the crowd but this blog platform has allowed me to share my voice in ways I didn’t think I could. But now I can. So I’m figuring out my social media for you guys, so definitely follow me on my Instagram. (I made one just for the blog!) And I just want to end by saying thank you for sticking around and reading and allowing me to fumble my way through THIS process because it’s still a process but it’s one I’m looking forward to mastering in the end. Until Next Time! With love, Arianna
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