22 Mar 2015

4 years blogging

So here we are, 4 years to the day that I hit publish on my first ever post, which not only sounds a little weird (given the beard references) but also feels like a million years ago. In those four years I've moved house twice, changed jobs three times, got married, travelled to so many new places, changed my blog name and discovered my ultimate passion in life, making stuff (how I filled my free time before I started sewing, knitting and crocheting I don't know)! 


I realise there's hundreds of posts out there listing all the reasons why blogging is great, buuuuut... I love it because:

1. Of the sense of community. I have met some seriously ace London ladies through blogging who I almost certainly wouldn't have met otherwise. Additionally, there's a bunch of excellent bloggers across the UK, and the world even, whose updates I always look forward to. It's kinda like having a load of awsome pen pals only with pictures and a quicker reply rate.

2. Bloggnig has given me an outlet for writing. I'm not talking ground-breaking topics or skillful journalistic feats of writing. What I have to say is not impressive, or even, at times, coherent, but it's allowed me to keep my hand in the game and practice stringing sentences together. On a side note, I honestly believe that writing my humble blog has worked in my favour to get me into a couple of interviews and most definitely one job, purely because it suggests that I have some interest in writing and digital stuff, which is true. 

3. I have four years worth of memories right here - the good (holidays & successful makes), the bad (recounts of sad times: losing family members & friends leaving the country) and the downright ugly (in the beginning, my inability to take ANY decent photographs and resize them to fit the blog)! It's also kinda fun to see how I've changed - tastes, worries, views on things - fundamentally I'm the same but the beauty of the blog, thanks to the fact that I do open up about stuff, is that each post is very much a snapshot of what I was thinking at the time. I'm a nostaglic old thing though so that might just be me :) 

All that remains to say is: thank you! Thank you for reading along and commenting on my rabblings, you guys are ace! 

I've spent most of this glorious day working on the garden so now I'm going to put my feet up and watch some Parks & Rec. Happy Sunday eve all.

10 comments:

  1. Wow 4 years, congratulations!! when I think about all the memories that I have on my blog that makes me very happy indeed :) I'm looking forward to having a read of them in a few years time!

    ~ K

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    1. Cheers :) yeah, it's great to be able to look back and see what I was up to/thinking about,say this time 2years ago.

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  2. Happy 4th blogiversary! I just passed my 4 year mark too, not sure where the time's gone. I agree with all of the things you love about blogging - community is the big one for me but the other two are so important too.

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    1. Thank you and congrats to you too! Yup, the community aspect of blogging is bloody ace :)

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  3. Yay! Congratulations! 4 years is very impressive, at least in my eyes. I love seeing the places you go, and all the delicious stuff to eat on your side of the pond.

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    1. Thank you! and likewise, your food and visits posts always make me envious of the cool stuff stateside :)

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  4. Happy bloggy birthday! Here's to many more happy years of making memories and blogging :-) xx

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  5. Congrats on reaching 4 years of blogging, I've been blogging for over 5 years now and it's great to have that whole bank of memories.

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    1. Cheers Rachael :) and congrats on 5 years!

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Ta v.much :)

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