Hi Friends!
Welcome to my corner of the internet. I can't tell you how many times i've 'started a blog,' then stopped writing. Or how many times I've thought about actually documenting some of the cool (or so i think) projects or furniture re-dos I've done.
Now is as good of time as any, right? I hope to write semi-consistently about fun things like marriage, owning a home, craigslisting, and just general design-y things I enjoy!
Follow along, it's bound to be entertaining.
*Real life example of starting + stopping blogging going on 4 years now. Excerpt from 2014:
"Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experience it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential. It's a repelling force. It's negative. Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work."
"The war of art - break through the blocks and win your inner creative battles" by Steven Pressfield
That is how I feel about a lot of things in my life. For example, I've worked and reworked my website ten thousand times and it never seems just right. I know what I want it to look like and what I want it to accomplish, but that resistance kills me every stinkin' time. I struggle with thoughts of insecurity that my blog won't be as cool as some bloggers out there.
Sometimes I let my insecurities completely paralyze me. I subconsciously think if I don't do anything at all it is better than trying and failing. I read blog after blog about how to blog and how to make your presence on the web a good one, etc. but when is enough enough? When is it time to just do it? (Also, isn't it crazy that reading a blog about blogging is even a thing?)
That time is now. right now. This is the real deal. I've promised myself not to sugarcoat things or stage thoughts/places/feelings that aren't real. If my desk looks like WWII, well that is what I will show you. I'm like every other creative out there, I have my ups and my downs. I have days that I simply don't want to freelance and stare at my screen at all, then I have days I power through hours of design time. The struggle is real, y'all and we are all in this together, right?