i have been doing lots of thinking about this here blog lately. its purpose, its direction, how to make it better for my readers and for myself. i don't have solid answers yet, but i'm working on it, i promise. but i've noticed a few things recently. first, that i didn't participate in the things i'm afraid to tell you movement that started with jess and that ez of creature comforts continued, even though i was very moved by it, because i couldn't figure out what to say. not that i don't have things to share, but because i was afraid to say the things i'm afraid to tell you. isn't that something ;) another thing i've noticed: that i have gotten more and more caught up in other people's pretty and their projects and their good ideas, that i've shut down a lot of my own. i have so many half-finished creations and projects, i have had a projects to-do list for as long as i can remember, and instead of working on them and growing that list, i spend hours looking at others' fabulous ideas and blogging about them. instead of using a free saturday immersed in my own creativity, i have more frequently spent it lining up posts for the next week. i don't consider that wasted time at all, i created this blog to share all the fabulous, often whimsical, things i came across that i wanted to share, but somewhere i hit a tipping point and went too far into the observing rather than doing side of things. which brings me to the next thing i noticed: when my afternoon flight on memorial day was cancelled suddenly, my first thought was crap i don't have tomorrow's post done and i didn't bring my computer. not yay i get to spend another night with my family, which i realized immediately and corrected in my mind, but it still happened, and it still drives me nuts. stay with me, cause i have one more thing i've noticed recently: my sister's wedding is just over 2 months away. yes, the shower and bachelorette weekend are behind us, but i want to be super helpful in these last few months with interesting and unique ideas and making it as special as possible, and work is also going to be really busy this summer. i don't make money from a spot of whimsy, and i never really intended to, but i have limited free time right now and i want to be sure i have the time i want for that wedding planning, cause that's Important with a capital "I."
so what's the point? where's this all heading? my instinct is to say: i think i need to start doing 3-4 posts each week, rather than the current 5. it will keep me sane, but, more importantly, it will allow me more time per post and thus, and i hope you agree, increase the value to you all. of course, after reading the phenomenal feature on erin gates of elements of style on the everygirl yesterday (where the above image of fabulous organization and style derives), i doubted this instinct, because from day one of this blog i've agreed with erin's advice that, "Posting ever single day is something that I believe is a HUGE part of
making it in blogging. You need your readers to know that when they
check in every morning there will be something new." but sometimes you have to say, "but that's not working as smoothly for me as it should right now," and adjust accordingly. i hope to be back up to 5 posts/week in the future, but for right now, please forgive me for dipping below that average. thank you, as well, for reading this whole post and i'm sorry it got so long and overwhelming. i just got going and couldn't stop! if you have advice or suggestions for similar situations you've been through, i'd love to hear them. either way, i hope you guys understand and i love you for reading a spot of whimsy. in a way, i guess this was my things i'm afraid to tell you post.
happy weekend to you all!
xo. di.
*image via the everygirl
