Over Thinking Things

Right now I’m standing in my kitchen looking for a recent post worth sharing on a link up today. I’ve got nothing. I feel like I’ve been trying to make something of my blog and completely over thinking it all. I’ve struggled with ‘voice’ and knowing my audience. Suddenly I don’t know who I am writing (or at least trying to write) for. I blamed it on me not being a writer. I’ve searched the bajeejus out of Pinterest for anything related to making my blog something special. It seems like every article I find the blogger has started their blog with the intentions of being big or at least growing their blog. I started this blog 5 years ago originally because I just wanted to share pictures. I ended up posting a few recipes and randoms from our day to day life. It was easy and fun, like talking to a friend. That’s pretty much what it was though…just my friends and family keeping up with us. Now I feel the pressure of a larger audience and trying to connect with the masses. I’m going through the motions and it’s just not me.

I love the blogs I read and I love sharing my random day to day stuff. I’ve been so caught up on planning or scheduling and what I think people want to see that I haven’t actually done anything. I think it’s time that I get back to basics and blog for me again. I did sort of fall of the blogging wagon after having Timmy but it truly is what I WANT to do. I just need to stop thinking so much and start living. I read on one of the 500 “How to be a better blogger” articles I’ve read that if you can’t be a ‘lifestyle blogger’ if you don’t actually have a life to blog about aka stop worrying about blogging and go do stuff. 

So that’s where I’m at. Time to post things I like but post them often. Seems easy enough right? First step: pick up my camera.