One Year Anniversary!

Since the start of this blog, I’ve been trying to see how long I could stay consistent. For me, it was always about giving myself a challenge at something I’m not really good at. I’m not great at writing, and I’m not good at doing things I don’t want to do. It’s not that I don’t want to do the blog, but when I’m busy and have to sacrifice time wherever and whenever to get my post done for the respective day, it’s hard. I wasn’t quite sure how far I’d make it, and I’m guessing a lot of people thought it wouldn’t go more than a month or so. This post was supposed to be put out on Friday, but I lost track of time. Friday, September 20th, was the one-year anniversary of when I started posting my blog! Once I got six or so months in, I really wanted to see if I could push myself to the one-year mark, and I did! The summer was by far the hardest time. I was always busy and forgetting to get my posts done. I’m really proud of myself for making it this far. I love to start things and then end them once they become a pain in the ass. This has been really fun, but it has been a royal pain in the ass at times. It can be very stressful. I wanted to reflect a little bit on the last year for this one-year anniversary post. I tried not to become obsessed with the numbers, although it was not easy to ignore them. I did pretty well though! I knew starting this blog wasn’t going to propel me any further in life. I knew it wasn’t going to be read by hundreds and hundreds of people. I’m not delusional. I did hope that I would get a consistent following and not have just three or four views per post. This past month (end of August to now) has been the wildest time for views. I think it’s because I made a lot of new friends during RA training. I thought this month would suck, but seeing the blog reach its highest consistent readership really made me happy. There are things you notice when you post so many times. The analytics really show you where you mess up. Sometimes I think I write a banger of a post and it gets ten views. Sometimes I think the post is shit, and it does really well. Time of posting affects that, and of course, subject matter does too. I found out people love reading about my personal life and Violet specifically. I really am just so fucking happy I made it this long. What do I do from here? I made it to my goal, and I’m not quite sure what to do next. Do I keep going? Do I stop now and start something new? I’m not really sure. I have a solid plan for the next month or so. I think exciting things are coming. Happy Monday everyone, and big news is coming Wednesday!