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 think talking about your blog to non-bloggers is always difficult. The first person I told about my blog was my friend: she asked a few questions at the time, but now she never mentions it and neither do I…I am glad in a way, but thought I would have received a little support. It’s easy to let strangers read my blog, but feel kinda embarrassed if people I knew were to read it. I think it is okay to keep your blog to yourself 🙂

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    1. Yes! If I do ever tell my friend I’m not sure if I would rather her mention it from time to time or forget it, depends on what she says about it. Yeah it’s strange how I feel okay having people I don’t know read it but don’t think I will hack people knowing about it. Thank you so much!! (I think I do want to keep it to myself, at least for now or until there is a big reason to let them know) 💗

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    1. Thank you so much!! That will never happen! Now I think about it, the majority of our worries won’t ever happen 😂 but I swear to you that your readers will stay loyal to you and your blog because it is amazing! (I know me telling you that probably won’t help but it’s true!) 💗

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      2. No problem! I would love to! What kind of topic would it be on and when for? I’m off on a holiday soon and then starting a course 😬😂 but would definitely do a collab! 😄💗

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      3. It’s completely up to you, I’m okay for when ever and whatever, I can write for England and I have all the time in the world (just Finnished GCSEs) do you have Instagram? If so message me my name is chelseamarieabery. Xx

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      4. Thank you so much!! I must be the only person who has no instagram account 🙈😂 I have a Twitter though, it is elsielmc. Would I be able to get back to you after my holiday (middle of August) as after I can work around my course and definetly do this collab at the same time so only thing stopping is holiday. Hope your GCSEs went well! 💗

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    1. I wish I could stick to it like that 😂 if I say I will tell them I want to know that I will and not change my mind at the last second. Thank you so much!!

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  4. [ Smiles ] I think that the only way that they are going to know about your blog is if they stumble upon it online.

    Hey, there is no need to worry.

    Now, I do not go to all the people that I know and say to them, “Well, you know I have a blog on Blogger.”

    Have fun blogging and whoever finds out about your blog, should be cool about the idea that you have an online presence.

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    1. Thank you so much for your comment! I would rather tell my friends/other half of family as I wouldn’t want them to see it and then jump to conclusions as to why I never told them (I honestly make it worse for myself though 😂 as I know I’ll never build up the courage to tell them) you’re right, they should be okay with the fact I took a chance and started doing this. Thank you for your help 😄

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  5. I feel you Elsie!! This is why I haven’t announced my blog to people who I’m not really close with (i.e. Facebook friends), I feel like I would be super aware that I come off differently on my blog. I’m a lot more open and candid, more than I would be in real life, so I feel like it would make me write differently

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    1. I’m glad you can relate to this Angela! I think writing shows our true personality and if anyone were to ever find out about it that really cared for us they would see that and be supportive. It’s horrible to think that we would write differently if they found out as then it wouldn’t be “our” blogs.💗

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