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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  2. I think your worry is common and I suggest think it in another way. I think if whoever around me find out my blog and question me, I will be very proud that my blog is famous enough for people to know about it. And seriously, if they read your blog, it means they are not the type that would laugh at you. Only people, who don’t read, laugh at someone who spends so many time and tears blood sweat to write these amazing posts. Sorry for my poor English. I mean if someone cares about you, they will support you and won’t think you in a negative way. For people who don’t care about you? Why we should care about what they think?
    My worry is my posts are not helpful enough. I want to share my thought but want to write something that can help my readers too. I start getting to the stage that thinking about what my readers really need. But yea, blogging should be fun so I am writing what I like and try to improve my writing and help people decisions who read my reviews.

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    1. Thank you so much for this way to look at my worry! You’re right, only people who don’t read laugh as if they did read it then they might have a little decency. I think that your posts are incredibly helpful! in sharing your thoughts you will always be doing better than you think 😊 i hope we can both overcome our worries. have a lovely day! 💗

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  3. I think all bloggers have the same worry, but for example in my case nobody knows about my blog, not even one person, and honestly I don’t think people will ever find out

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    1. Yes, it’s nice to think of it like that 😊 Thank you so much for sharing that, did you start off blogging knowing that you would not let anyone know about it or have you wanted to let them know? 💗

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      1. No I was terrified of anyone finding out, especially people who are not very nice to me, and for me blogging is like another world where I can get away from all the problems and anyone else. ☺️

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  4. Hey Elsie,
    I just wanted to say that i’ve never related to a blog post more than i have related to this one right here. I have been blogging for awhile now and only 2 people in my life know about it. I agree with everything you said in this post, how worrisome it is to think that when people find out. they’ll wonder why you never told them from the beginning. I don’t want them to be hurt about it or look at me different. And the weirdest thing is, it is only when i think about my family/friends reading my blog when i get so insecure and feel like what i’m doing is dumb or that it’s stupid to be as passionate as i am about blogging.I would feel so awkward if anyone i know personally read my blog i don’t even know why haha! I just want to start being more open about it and hopefully i will and you will be too!
    Well, that is my biggest blogging worry
    Sorry for the super long comment haha but this is just something that i can relate to so much! xx

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    1. Thank you so much for this comment!! It’s makes me feel better knowing you can relate! Yes!, it is only people I’m close to who I worry about seeing my blog too! It’s like we care that bit more about their opinion so we work it up to be something it’s not in our heads. Yes hopefully we can both find a way one day for them to find out (hopefully without my telling as that will be an awkward conversation 😂 “umm..I have a blog..it’s been going for a while and I didn’t tell you” I’m grimacing at the thought of telling them) it’s not like we didn’t want them to know though so it cant be held against us, it’s just difficult to find the words now it’s gone on for a some time. Thank you so much for reading! 💗

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  5. I definitely have this worry as well! But mostly I’m worried about my blog getting out to my school. My year are so brutal, I would never be able to show my face there again, I’d have to stop blogging….
    But I’m sure that won’t happen, it better not!

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    1. glad you can relate! I’m sorry to hear that the people in your year would make you feel that way, some people can be so childish. I bet it would be nothing personal to your blog (because your blog is amazing!), Some people just wake up looking for something to judge. Especially if they feel like the attention can in anyway be drawn away from them. I hope that never happens. Just know that your blogging friends will never let you stop because of them! 😂 So the bullies should watch out 😏😂 Thank you for reading 💗

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      1. Exactly! 😦 Yeah that’s true, I bet if my blog did get out in school, the majority of them harassing me about it wouldn’t have even read or looked at it! You’ve described the people at my school perfectly, it’s quite upsetting.
        Ahaha thank you!! I’m glad 🙂 xxx

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