My Blogging Worry

Elsie LMC,

Hi everyone! How are you? Today I thought I would share my blogging worry with you! I try to keep my blog as positive as I can as it is a place to take my mind off my pain, but when a worry relates to the place I try to escape into (my blog), it is difficult to try to find the positives in it at all 😂 I have come to the conclusion that the only positive of a worry is that it can be relatable. A relatable worry makes us feel less alone and more human 😂 and so I thought this post could be a place for everyone to share their blogging worries! Big or small it doesn’t matter as it is getting to you all the same. Here is my blogging worry: 

I worry that the people I haven’t told about my blog will be annoyed with me for not telling them when they do find out (at the moment 4 people know about it). They will think that I don’t care about them or trust them enough when in reality I do but I have insecurities about my blog. These insecurities don’t seem to care that the people I haven’t told yet are nice people. These insecurities only become visible when I envision my blog being viewed by others and they result in laughter. I need to stop trying to see things through other people’s eyes. I look at my blog and I’m proud of it until I think of what others might think and then the faults show themselves. I can’t get it out of my head that people will react this way when I know they will be happy for me if only I could rack up the courage to tell them. 

Even writing this I am thinking “one day so and so will see this post about my blogging worry and think I’m daft”. I’ve been cooped up with my chronic pain for so long that this one thing (blogging) is helping me find a way to be me again and less shy, yet I worry that this me is not what the people I want to tell are used to. The me that is trying to speak up more about her health or is trying to make people laugh or smile and not just sitting quietly in the corner. The me that I have always been but lost a little for a while.

I also fear that when people find out about my blog and I know they are reading it (maybe they won’t and I’m going overboard, they might not even bloody care 😂) I won’t feel as comfortable writing on here like this as I am not this open and talkative in reality. 

I don’t think I would be able to say “oh I have a blog” and leave it at that. I would say “oh I have a blog, it’s just talking about stuff…nothing much” I will automatically belittle it as it feels silly to try and describe how truly happy and passionate I am about blogging and it feels like that’s what some people would want to hear: that it’s just a hobby (when it feels much more). If I say I’m passionate about it they might say “if she’s so passionate about it then why didn’t she tell me before??”. I know I need to stop caring about the workings of other peoples brains 😂 but it’s easier said than done sometimes, right? 

…that’s my blogging worry 🙈 people finding out. It looks like my mind just exploded all over this post in word form 😬😂 but only because I feel like I’ve gotten it all out. Of course there are little worries that tug at my attention now and then but I feel like this one will be harder to overcome. 

Thank you for reading! Do you have a blogging worry too? What is it? Let it out in the comments and let’s see if we can help each other! Hope you have a lovely day!

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  1. I’ve only recently started telling people I know that I have a blog. Usually it’s followed with “you have a blog??? Can I read it??” I say sure and give them the link. They read a few posts but then I think they forget about it usually!! And honestly after I told a few people I would forget and it really hasn’t impacted how I blog. Of course, that’s just what happened with me! I know yours might be different!!

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    1. I’d like to think mine would be forgotten about 😂 there are a few people I know would be annoyed at me for sure and I wish I could have said something sooner. I hope once I do it doesn’t change how comfortable I am writing. Thank you for reading! 😄💗

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    2. Helll yess!! Goodness, that so happened to me too. I felt so annoyed, and I gradually stopped telling people at all. And there was also times when people would open my blog, and read only a ‘couple of posts’ and then stop, once and for all. Urgh.
      xoxo

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      2. Ooh yess. And also, I didn’t want people to read mine and then start a blog and sometimes bombard with fake comments just to get more follows? ( Uh some people do that ) So I kinda made sure the person I tell about my blog is not someone who’d start a blog of their own. (Whoa I sound mean. 😂 I just didn’t want any blogger to know me personally.)
        How about you??

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      3. I haven’t encountered that! One person I told did start a blog after I did but she already had plans to start one and hers is so different from mine we wouldn’t have the same audience anyway. But that’s terrible that some people would do that!!! I suppose if I thought someone might I wouldn’t tell that person about my blog outright because that’s crazy.

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      4. Ooh in that case its okay, I guess! And yeahh..moreover there are lovely people in the blogosphere who are better readers. 😃❤
        Xx

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    3. Right?? It’s the same with me. Even my best friend doesn’t read my posts. It’s only when I send her a link that she actually reads what I’ve written. Others who also have WP accounts do follow me otherwise, no one really bothers about my blog.

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  2. When I first started my blog I was worried about people finding out about and how they would think how weird I was. I didn’t tell anybody but my family. I accidentally shared one of my posts on Twitter once and people found out. But, they thought it was a great idea and now I honestly don’t care about what other people think. I like writing what I write about. But, it was a worry I had.

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    1. I’m glad I’m not the only one who has worried about this! I reckon I would be able to get to the point of not caring what they think too if I could tell them in some way. I think it’s because our blogs are a safe place and it feels like judgement will be trying so hard to force it’s way through when in reality it doesn’t exist in the people who really care about us. Thank you for reading 😄💗

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  3. I also worry about people finding my blog. But more because I’ve always been judged as the weird, quiet one in person who is super uncool, doesn’t follow trends and doesn’t socialise etc. I kinda don’t want anyone I’ve ever been acquainted with in real life to know that I do this and have one more thing to judge me for, haha.
    I agree with Azra’s comment though, if blogging makes you happy that’s all that should really matter.

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    1. I’m glad I’m not the only one who is nervous about this! If anyone that ever judged you could see your amazing blog they would be lost for words as I bet they wouldnt put time and effort into anything as rewarding as a blog, only judgement! Thank you for reading! 💗

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    2. Thanks lovely x it goes without saying that what you’re building here is also amazing and nothing should stop you feeling proud of it. We just need to stop overthinking – what good does that ever do?! Tbh, if anyone is gonna laugh at what you, I or anyone else is passionate about, dismiss it or judge it in any negative way, are they really the people we want to be surrounding ourselves with? You just keep doing you 🙂

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      1. Thank you so much!! Yes! If people were to ever find out, it would definitely show us who we are wasting our time on. And if we were to be judged about something as brilliant as our blogs then what kind of judgement is this? 😂 Judgement for judgements sake. Same to you, don’t ever let anyone stop you from doing what you are passionate about 💗

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  4. My blogging worry – I was afraid that my circle (sort of friends) find out about my blog, and will say weird things or trying to criticize my way of writing – but surprisingly they do enjoy reading my posts so its good – but I do received hate mail from an anonymous that ruined my day 😂

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    1. That was so brave of you to stand up against your worry and tell your friends!! 😄 I could learn a lesson from your comment as I always expect the worst but it must feel amazing to have a positive reaction to your blog. People who send hate mail are wasting their time in trying to make you see your blog in a different light as your blog is brilliant. Thank you for reading! 💗

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