Does anyone else feel like 2020 has been the slowest yet fastest year ever? Wasn't it just yesterday that we were all being quarantined over Spring Break and everything was shutting down? And now, here we are, just days away from schools starting back up (some already have here in Texas). Fall decor is starting to appear on the shelves and the majority of the snow cone stands around here have packed up for the season. We blinked and August came out of nowhere to make me feel like we've barely gotten anything accomplished this year.
At the beginning of June, I set a "blogging schedule" for myself. I told myself I would start writing more and make it a priority. Ha! We all see how well that worked out, right? And it's not like I haven't written anything either. I have several drafts just sitting on my dashboard. I just haven't had the time to really comb through everything, make edits, and upload pictures. It seems like every weekday and weekend we have had something that just needs to be done. Or somewhere we just HAVE to be. And as "boring" as things may be for us we actually have a lot of changes happening right now too. It's been a bit overwhelming and these next two weeks are going to be really chaotic. I promise to update everyone as soon as things start to settle down a bit more though.
Then to throw me off, even more, Blogger went and changed their entire look. They've changed how you insert media, how you tag/label your posts, and all of the editing features too. Also, I can't for the life of me get the videos that I have saved on Google Photos to play on here anymore. Before I could without issue. So, I've been trying to figure out where to upload them without having to pay an arm/leg for it. Plus, I'd like to have some privacy settings for my videos as well. And y'all, I absolutely HATE all of these Blogger changes. Like, so much. Now, I know last year I had mentioned wanting to switch over to self-hosting and that desire hasn't changed. However, we had some major unexpected expenses pop up, and well, paying those were way more important than putting money into my little blog. #ADULTING So, I've stuck with the "free" blogger account and if I'm being honest, these new changes have played a part in my not putting in an effort to continue on here.
On the flip side of this, if I'm not investing a lot of money into my blog, then there's no pressure for me to produce bullshit posts just for the sake of putting something out there. Instead, I have the flexibility to post whenever I want, without outside pressure to follow the crowd. I'm pretty sure I've stated on here before that I'm not a fan of promoting things on blogs. More specifically, my blog. Don't get me wrong I'm not knocking people who promote or have ads on their blogs. If you can make or are trying to make an income off of your blog then by all means go for it! But unless some drastic things change and I'm convinced to switch over to the dark side, my blog will strictly be for writing about my life. You know, because "never say never" and all. Now, between starting on Blogger and then switching to WordPress hosting, only to come back to Blogger, I've been writing on here for over TEN years. That's something that I'm pretty proud of, y'all! I have no intention of stopping just yet either. Life is just demanding the majority of my attention right now. So, in closing, just know that things are good, my family is great, and I'll be back to blogging full-time again soon. I (pinky) promise. Until then, I hope everyone is doing really well! Catch ya later! ✌
