Plans for this Week & Blog Changes

It’s finally Thanksgiving week and I’m actually pretty excited about it, y’all. We have family on my side coming down, and we’re going to have it at my parent’s house this year. And the best part is that I don’t even have to cook! Not that I have before, I’m usually in charge of drinks or salads because ya girl doesn’t cook. Emery has the whole week off from school, and my time off starts on Thursday. That’s four days of no workie and I’m ready for it! My brother and his family are coming down too which means I get to see my little man! I intend to take full advantage before those wittle chubby cheeks disappear for good. I’m NOT okay with him growing up so fast, Kim. Make him stop. Anyway, it should be a pretty laid back week. Definitely some running, and possibly some hiking. Now, instead of the usual book review post today we’re going to switch things up a bit. And in all honesty, I didn’t even have the reviews ready sooo…..yea...

First, and the most obvious, I finally changed up the look of this little blog of mine. It’s different, but hopefully in a good way. I’m still working on a few tweaks here and there, but for the most part, I think it’s all functioning correctly. Woohoo for a change! Second, I wanted to address the content on here really quickly. If things have come off a bit like “filler/fluff pieces”, you’re not wrong. And I know that I said I would never do that, but there are some things I can’t share just yet so I avoided those subjects altogether. Sometimes, this caused me to feel like I was coming off as fake. Also, as most of you know I’ve been dealing with depression, anxiety, and some other issues. And to be completely honest with y'all, I didn’t want that to be reflected on here. I didn’t want my depression to take hold of my writing either. It would have made for some pretty downer reads. So instead, I fluffed and glossed over. Trust me, there are plenty of drafts stored away that I wanted to unleash into the world, but I wasn’t able to at the time. In most cases, that was probably a good thing. I re-read some of them over the weekend and thought, “Oooh, girl you would have regretted that so much.” So, it was definitely for the best. However, I promise to dive into the “why” a bit more going into December. And that means that I’ll be back to the normal not-so-fluffy style of posts very soon. You’re welcome.

And finally, I'm considering removing my watermark on certain images and rethinking the posting schedule. But we'll see. After looking back at previous posts I noticed that it felt more organic. I posted when I wanted, and when I had something to say. I still plan on posting book reviews, and the "currently post" for the month like always.  But everything else will be up in the air for now. Then again, I could totally change my mind about all of this tomorrow. Like I said, I'm still tweaking with some things. So yea, that about sums it up. There will be a lot of stuff for me to work on soon, and I just hope I can get it all done before the end of the year. Wish me luck!