Booties: Target // Bag: Louis Vuitton (gifted) // Tights: Hanes, c/o via LuckyFABB
Belt: gifted, love this // Pearls: gifted, love these // Bracelets: Alex and Ani (here and here), Charming Charlie (all c/o of LuckyFABB)
Belt: gifted, love this // Pearls: gifted, love these // Bracelets: Alex and Ani (here and here), Charming Charlie (all c/o of LuckyFABB)
I need to be honest with you all: I have been taking unexpected absences here and there the past couple of months, and I haven’t been making the blog my top priority. And I’m not apologizing for it. You see, when I first started writing Simply Whit in a Sequined Life, I made the blog my top priority. Above my work, above my household duties, above my husband, and even worse, above God. I thought that if I poured myself, heart, soul, and time, into it, that I would be awesome! Post post post, five days a week, and sometimes six, and people will like me.
That lasted about five months before I felt burnt out…and I hadn’t even been blogging for half a year! Not only that, but I didn’t really spend much time investing in the things that I should be. Like, my husband. Or God. Big uh-oh. I became so engrossed with growing the blog and trying to be the best that that is where I looked for significance and self-worth. If I had a bad photo shoot, I took it personally. If I couldn’t get the latest pair of shoes that had gone Instaviral (copyright that, please!), then I was not happy and it soured my mood.
Not only that, but my content suffered in my posts, and I often sat staring at the computer for hours because I suffered from Writer’s Block. Almost. Every. Single. Time.
And then when I came home from LuckyFABB, I embraced something that my husband had long been suggesting and I had been so afraid to embrace:
Cut back.
EEEK, that is something that this Type-A personality does not like to hear! She believes she can do everything, and to cut back would mean to admit defeat. *Gulp* And I am waaaaay too stubborn to admit defeat (or admit that I’m wrong). With juggling two part-time jobs, taking care of a house and husband, church commitments, AND blogging, my sanity was beginning to be questionable. I couldn’t sleep at night because I was so stressed, and it got so bad that I couldn’t finish a task because I was too worried about completing my other tasks. Writing a post began to seem like a chore that I just wanted to get through and check off my list. That is not why I started the blog,i n the first place.
I had started the blog because I enjoyed fashion and wanted to write about it and share and learn from others. I wanted to connect with other fashionistas and hear their stories! And you know what? I still want that. Now, more than ever.
So, I am not admitting defeat because I believe it takes more courage to admit this: I am going to cut back. I am only going to post 3-4 times a week instead of the 5-6 I had been doing. Not only am I cutting back for the sake of my sanity and health of my relationships, but I am also cutting back for YOU. I want to bring you all, my readers, my friends, good quality content that is not just thrown together for the sake of posting. I want to get back into enjoying the process of putting together a post; the research, editing pictures, trying new and exciting photo angles, incorporating more scenery, etc.
So ladies, I hope you all understand why I am writing this to you. Please be patient with me as I figure out just what days I will be posting, I want to be consistent for you all so you know what to expect. I want to continue to grow as a blogger and writer because I want to serve you all better. I appreciate so much your comments, your support, and your encouragement. Without you all, Simply Whit in a Sequined Life would not be possible.
First, love this outfit, second, I've been feeling the same way. I've decided to cute down to 3-4 as well and I'm ok with that. I was also taking personally if pictures didn't turn out or the weather wasn't cooperating. I want this to be fun and a hobby…..not my life.
First, love this outfit, second, I've been feeling the same way. I've decided to cute down to 3-4 as well and I'm ok with that. I was also taking personally if pictures didn't turn out or the weather wasn't cooperating. I want this to be fun and a hobby…..not my life.
First, love this outfit, second, I've been feeling the same way. I've decided to cute down to 3-4 as well and I'm ok with that. I was also taking personally if pictures didn't turn out or the weather wasn't cooperating. I want this to be fun and a hobby…..not my life.
I have a blazer kind of similar that I need to wear more often. Thanks for the inspiration!
I have a blazer kind of similar that I need to wear more often. Thanks for the inspiration!
I have a blazer kind of similar that I need to wear more often. Thanks for the inspiration!
I agree! Cutting back is not a bad thing…especially because you want to spend more time….in real life and not computer life. Blogging should be a fun hobby and not stressful! 🙂
I agree! Cutting back is not a bad thing…especially because you want to spend more time….in real life and not computer life. Blogging should be a fun hobby and not stressful! 🙂