One Year of Blogging

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One year ago yesterday I published my first ever blog post! I think when I hit publish on that post I never really considered that I might be inwardly celebrating a blogiversary one year later.

Blogging allows me to combine two loves of mine; writing and beauty, and I'm enjoying it so much! Although I would say my bank balance isn't as enthusiastic about it and I'm sure so many of you agree with me here!! I love discovering new brands and products though through reading other blogs. I also never thought that I'd find a new community of online friends through blogging and I've been lucky enough to meet some of them recently.

The biggest lesson I've learnt in the past year is that you have to give yourself time to let your blog grow and develop. If I could give advice to myself one year ago, I'd say that there are no rules to say that you should do things a certain way and at a certain speed. Blogging at your own pace isn't a crime. We all have different things going on in our lives, so if you post every day or a few times a week, it doesn't matter. It's the quality of the posts that count. I also didn't put my own touch on my blog with a bespoke design and header until about four or five months in. It was only towards the end of last year that I stopped being so anonymous and started putting up pictures of myself and mentioning my real name. But I reached a point where I felt confident enough to do that and although I wondered if these two things hindered my blog, I didn't want to make these changes until I was ready.

I don't want to make this post too long, so I'll end with a big thank you to everyone who follows and reads my blog - you are the ones that support and encourage me to keep going. Here's to another year of blogging!

Beauty Bird xx