Hey Neely readers!! I’m the Helene, and I blog over at Helene in Between. My name is pronounced Hell – Lean, just so we’re clear.
There are some really smart, witty, interesting blogs out there (that I envy and wonder how they are so hilarious and great.) While I may have not of started reading them when they began, I always like to look at the posts they first wrote and see how they’ve changed.
I decided to do the same for myself. My blog used to be called “Do Dallas Cheap” I thought it would be this super hip blog about what the deals and steals were in Dallas.
It was boring to read. “Hey guys look at this great Living Social Deal!!”
Or check this fantastic free online class!! (There was major overuse of exclamation points).
It became a chore to write. I was just churning out information, crossing my fingers that someone out ther would find it interesting. And they didn’t. So I stopped. I put up a picture of a bear in hibernation (clearly, I’m very clever) and said I was on hiatus.
This is really what I put up.
About 9 months later I felt the urge to write, but not about deals, about me.
It started slow. Then I fell rock climbing and had time off work to really think. And to decide what I found interesting to read about and why I might be interesting. I found that I enjoyed writing. I couldn’t wait to post every day. And there was even a community of bloggers out there that offered support and help. So to all other blogger baby’s out there: be true to yourself and your blog will flourish. Post about what you want. You don’t have to subscribe to the idea that you need to write in a specific niche.
Have you ever looked back on your blog? Did you suck as bad as me at first? Probably not. Thanks for reading my post and hope stop by sometime!
Love you, Hell-Lean! 😀
I love this post, amazing!
xx
Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
Not only is Helene a great blogger but she gives great bloggy advice and has epic music taste! If you don’t follow her blog– you’re missing out!