Hello beautiful people! 🌟 How are you doing today? I hope you’re feeling well and that you’re as okay as can be in these crazy times! 💖 If not then maybe this post will cheer you up as I’ll surely be wishing I’d kept some old blogging habits whilst going into this slightly naive after thinking this would be a fun and nostalgic prompt for myself (….okay I’m scared 😅🤣). On a more serious note, this last while has been really tough as my sister hasn’t been well. Seeing her in so much pain was unbearable and I’ve never wanted anything more than to see her granted reprieve from it. Now I can happily say that after having an emergency procedure done on Wednesday, she is on the road to recovery. So far it hasn’t and won’t be easy but my family and I are by her side every step of the journey.
I’d really appreciate it if you could send good vibes this way with hope that things stay on the right path and that she’s able to get back to doing what she loves again because it’s not been easy getting to this point but I feel like she’s so close! 🙏 She’s the best sister ever (I get annoyed when I see people write that and think noooo MINE IS but yeah, no harm intended…I’m only telling the truth 😏🤣). She’s been very brave so far and I love her a lot so yeah!! ✨ Anyway, after you’re done sending those vibes we’ll get on with the post….😌😂….Wow, okay that was fast! You must have used priority shipping. Yep, I’ll stop now 😁. Here are the blogging habits I no longer have! (I’ll forever have a habit of going off topic but today it was for something important so I can get away with it 🙌🤣).
• I used to rant and rave about the benefits of having a blogging journal to jot down posts and stuff but recently I can’t bring myself to pick mine up! 😣 (Oh the turmoil 😂). I think from now on they will just be a space for ideas that spring to mind but other than that I’ve become a person who finds it easier to let the words flow through typing 😵✨ (can you tell by that emoji I never thought this would happen? 🤣). I was given a really nice Coraline journal for Christmas and I want to use it for blogging but I can’t bring myself to write in it yet if ever! (Yep, it’s one of THOSE journals. It’s probably wondering why I’m not writing anything even tho I bring it downstairs with me every day 🤣).
• Back when I started blogging I would upload every second day and that kept going for well over a year 🤯. I just can’t fathom how I did that tbh 😅. I’ll get lost thinking oooh I did that! But then I’ll think that altho I didn’t realize it at the time and it was right for me back then, there were no big gaps in-between whilst moving forward to truly get lost in what I was putting out there. I enjoyed everything I did but I was dishing the posts out so fast I didn’t have time to appreciate what I was doing you know? That was another habit of mine that dwindled actually, I wouldn’t really stop to pat myself on the back whenever I achieved anything (and not just with blogging). If something went really well back then of course I’d be pleased but then I’d move onto working towards the next goal almost on autopilot soon after. I remember writing about that on here and it’s a surreal feeling realizing that I don’t behave that way anymore. It’s KIND OF like that Ryan Sheridan song where he goes “I work to live I don’t live to work” 🤣. Life’s about taking the time to celebrate those happy moments because otherwise these things are just going round in a circle with no end and it doesn’t have to be that way as I now know! ✨
• For the longest time ever (I’d say 3 of the years I’ve been blogging) I would write down the name of everything I uploaded because a part of me was so sure it’d come in handy if anything were to be deleted without my knowledge (I’d have to go through one hell of a list to figure out what post it is tho so thank goodness that hasn’t happened 😅🙌). This was more so down to my love and obsession with writing lists I think! I feel like they calm me and they allow me to feel in control of day to day life whilst chronic pain is trying to steal that away, or at least that’s what it’s like. There was a time when I had a list for everything (or almost everything) that crossed my mind, I wanted it out on paper incase it ended up being important so I wouldn’t get upset if I forgot and that still happens on a smaller scale but nowhere near as much. Nowadays I’m back to enjoying lists for what they are, a way to plan, simplify things or whatever they may be needed for. I feel relaxed even just thinking about that structure of things 😊🤣.
• I used to add loads of pictures to posts but now I’m more worried about using up the media space on WordPress 🙈🤣. Does anyone else think the storage fills up faster sometimes even tho images aren’t bigger files than they used to be? I know I shouldn’t let it stop me tho, I’m just a bit uneasy as it draws me ever closer to either going premium or self-hosted (I’m leaning more towards the premium plan!) because I fear the whole process and whether or not things will go missing 😶. Have any of you upgraded to WordPress Premium before? I’d love it if you could share a little insight into whether or not it was an easy enough process and if it was worth it in the end! 💭
And there we have it! 👏 I know there’s more, I’ve got that feeling where it’s like more is trying to let itself be known but I’m just not being receptive to it otherwise I’d HAVE it typed out here but oh well! 😂. This could over time turn into a series or something because after all, I am a creature of habit! 🐁…I’m guessing mice are creatures of habit and now I wish I hadn’t because it’s like I’m calling myself one and nope, don’t wanna see them, don’t wanna be them 😬😅🤣.
Thanks for stopping by and taking time out of your day to read my rambles! Share a blogging habit of your own (either past or present) in the comments below, I’d love to hear about how creating content is for other people behind the scenes! 🎨 I think the next one of these posts you’ll see will be about blogging habits I have right now because they’re all very different from what I used to do in these parts..🤠🤣. I’ll be back with another post next week but until then I really want to get lost in the reader checking out your posts so that’s what I’ll be gravitating towards whenever the chance arises! 😆 (As a sidenote isn’t it mad how things can be going about normally day to day and then all of a sudden they pick up and there’s not much space for more to be added? I’d of wished for a life-like jumpstart before but now it’s like karma and I wanna go back to slowness because I forgot to say I wanted only GOOD things to happen 🙄🤣. Stay healthy and safe if it can be helped, take care and I hope you have a great weekend! 💫 Buh-bye! ✨💗
Elsie LMC 
Yes, wordpress premium is worth it!! But i recently cancelled my one year plan, but if you’re planning on keeping it for a while, I’d say go for it – it has quite a lot of media space, and it’s quite easy to manage as well.😉
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That’s good to know, thanks! 💕 The lure of more media space is pulling me in 🤣✨ I don’t want it to get to the point where I’ve run out and last minute have no choice but to go premium so I really want to make the move before the choice is taken out of my hands 🙌
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