Allison from The Ponytail Diaries nominated me for the Tour of Blogland. It kind of came at the perfect time, as I’m marking one-year of blogging. I’ll share a bit more about my one-year of blogging next Monday in my 4th Quarterly Report (I know you are at the edge of your seats for that to come out). 🙂 Anniversaries always make me reflective, I think it is good to take stock every once in a while. I love to see what motivates people and how people view the world, which is what is so great about blogging. I like the fact that you get a peek behind the scenes, so to speak, with these kinds of prompts. The Tour of Blogland asks:
What am I working on?
Settling into San Diego and eating and drinking 😉 Kidding, sort of. I’m trying to get back into blogging, as the summer and the move sidetracked it for a while. I’m working on redesigning my site and making it feel a little more me. I have a lot of blog to-do items. I want to be more consistent with my posting and just re-focus my blogging effort.
How does my work differ from others in its genre?
My blog is just me – my life and what P and I are doing. I like to think that brings uniqueness to the table. I’m all over the board in terms of topics, I view my blog as a lifestyle blog meaning it’s whatever I’m doing, learning, thinking, feeling, eating and drinking. 🙂
Why do I write/create what I do?
I wrote the post Why Another Blog about why I started the blog and it still holds true. I wanted to challenge myself, I wanted to document our life and adventures, and I wanted to put the childfree perspective out into Blogland. I felt like there was a gap in blogs for those of us that are childfree.
How does my writing/creating process work?
This question just makes me laugh. I wish I had a process. Basically, since I started the blog, it has felt like a roller-coaster. Some weeks I feel like I’m in control of it and organized and then the next week, I’m behind and scrabbling. Ideally, I would like to have posts completed at least a week in advance, that way I have plenty of time to edit and polish them. I’m the kind of person that needs to take a big step back and “forget” about it to edit my own writing. This rarely happens and then two months later I look back at a post and realize I wrote desert not dessert. 🙂 I’m trying to get a better process together. Most of my posts branch from things I’m doing in life, so they develop organically.
Now for the fabulous bloggers I’m nominating:
Thanks for the nomination! Here is my post! http://www.bailiehemborg.com/2014/11/tour-of-blogland/
apart from the childfree aspect, your reasons to start a blog are basically how i feel! i love your ‘why another blog’ post, so well written and true. i really don’t have a process either 🙂
You are so dedicated to have your blogs scheduled a week in advance and then edit/polish them!
lol “writing process”. mine is: get idea -> open up dashboard -> vomit words onto screen. that’s my process haha!
I think I’m a total nerd because I love seeing “quarterly report” or other behind-the-scenes posts. There was a brief period over the summer where I was writing posts several days to a week ahead of time but that didn’t last long 🙂
Questions about writing process make me laugh too. Uh, I dunno, I sit down and write? LOL
Just read your post “Why another blog”, and it is SO true. If we would listen to all those questions, nobody would ever start something new – it’s all been done before! But we do it for ourselves, and who knows – maybe we create something incredible! You’ll never find out if you don’t try. Loved that post!
Thanks for the feature!!
I’m excited to see your re-design! x