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Why I Blog & Why I’m Going to Stop Caring About Other’s Opinion
Life as a blogger is not easy. There are plenty of other people who say this. But, time and time again, people overshadow what we think and presume to think that this life is easy, but it most definitely is not. I love what I do, but as a college blogger, my life is not the easiest. I balance 2 Youtube videos with a range of 3 to 4 posts a week, 2 research essays, classes some days from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, activities, and so much more. I’m not complaining, but let me just say, it is tough sometimes.
I can’t stay up until 2AM every night or squeeze in shoots sometimes, but I do what I can, and sometimes that results in what I’m doing now, where I don’t have fashion content that often. I’m being brutally honest right now and I don’t create content like this because I don’t know how it will be received. I hope well, but right now, I just need to talk and tell you all about my blogging experience and why I do this. So ever wonder why I blog? I could say that it’s solely because I love it and blogging is my passion, but that’s too simple and doesn’t do it justice.
One of the main reasons why I blog is because I have seen how beneficial it has been in my life. Blogging has brought me out of a shell and taught me how to interact with people close and far, and drastically taught me how to network. Networking is a major aspect of blogging and although I haven’t done that in the past, I have started to do more so now. I love doing this because it helps me clear my mind.
When I’ve had a bad exam, sometimes all I do is just sit for a while and blog, because it will take me from a low to a high in such a short amount of time. I turn on my favorites on Spotify and I’m set. Blogging has opened my eyes to so many things and especially as I finished out high school, I realized what I truly wanted in life.
This blog has become my life and my love. At this day and time, I can’t think of what my life would be like if I didn’t do this. In those times where I go on a hiatus, I feel a strange emptiness inside from not being able to blog. I have lots of other things that make me happy, but nothing to the point of this. I have a had a lot of people ask me what I do, or why. Mostly, they are just interested in what I have to say and why, but sometimes they’re condescending. When people try to belittle my blog, which I call a career and passion, I get defensive!! Understandably so, right? I love blogging because I can do what I want and it’s not just my “little blog hobby.”
It’s an actual job that requires me to be up until 2AM on some days taking photographs, setting up flatlays, or writing everything I need for my post. It’s not a little hobby at this point. It is a career. It may not pay as well as the medical degree my colleagues will have in 8 years. Thus, it may by the time they finish school. By the time I finish, I’m going to have something to look back on that I loved doing and helped me document my time in school and transition as a human being, which is something a lot of people don’t have.
I started this journey out with a little Blogger site named The Style Selections. Now THAT, was a hobby. The Hat Logic? Now that is the reason why I blog and this site is most definitely not a hobby. It’s more than a hobby. So I’m finally making it a priority to let people know that it’s not just that.
Alright, so there’s two parts to this post. I’ve explained the why I blog section pretty well at this point! So now you get to hear about how I’m going to stop caring about other’s opinions. Okay, that sounds harsh. I actually do care about what others think. What I mean to say is that I’m going to stop talking myself out of posting things like this, in-depth videos about myself or my life, and so much more. I have spent so much time in the last 3 years worrying about how people will receive something I write. In all honesty, I do this because I love it, not to become the next viral star. Having that kind of social following would be amazing. Yet, at the end of the day, I know it takes hard work.
I’m going to stop caring about judging stares I get when I vlog in public while traveling. I’m going to stop caring about people staring as I pose in the street taking shots for outfit posts. And above all, I’m going to stop caring about how negative people can be. There will always be negatives in the world. I can’t scare myself away from everything I want to post just because I may get a few negative comments. For everyone who hates a post of mine, there’s someone out there who likes it. I hope. It’s time that I become more confident in myself and really embrace the blogger lifestyle. No matter what that brings, I’m still going to be around here doing my thing.
I really do hope that you enjoyed this post. I like the new honesty that I’m sharing, and let me know what you thought in the comments below!
maryam
09/04/2016
I love how honest you are in this post and I can totally relate ! I started blogging as a hobby but when I started taking it really seriously I felt like I had to follow all these rules and shit. And it started to feel like a chore ! I was stopping myself from writing opinions and personal post because “famous” fashion bloggers were not doing that. But honestly at the end of the day there isn’t just one way to success other than determination and hard work ! You’re doing an amazing job by the way.