“Great morning light splits through the chain
Another day older and closer to the grave
I’m closer to the grave and come the dawn
I woke this morning shackled and drawn”
- Bruce Springsteen, Shackled and Drawn
So many people at the moment are thinking about leaving their blogs. And a while ago, before I started making changes and moving in a different direction, I was there. You reach a crossroads. Most people invest so much time, so much love and so much soul into their online spaces that it’s hard to leave, even if you know that something has to change.
And so I made changes to get me from where I was to where I wanted to be. But in my head and in my heart I was still at that crossroads point. Waiting to leave. Waiting to change.
And then it happened. This morning I wasn’t waiting. I was there. And I had all kinds of love for the space that I made. And for the people who keep me company here.
I’m still standing back the crossroads. Please cast a glance back and beckon me closer Zoey! I just need the courage to take the next step.
How do I put this? That crossroads that we were talking about? I’m still undecided. But at least my personal blogging crossroads seems to be behind me. I know! I’m a mess
So great to hear. Good for you, and good on you for listening to yourself when something needed to give.
I saw bits and pieces of your New York trip. Made me some kind of version of homesick. But I bet you had an amazing time. So nice to go and just drop out of social media for a bit.
It is amazing how many women I know online and off feel they are at the crossroads recenlty. Me being one of them. Totally get where you are coming from. It is a journey and a process. Give it time and you will know when you know. x (sorry is that a bit airy fairy cryptic!)
Not airy fairy at all! I totally get what you mean!
Go Zoey! That must be an awesome feeling! I’m still working out how to juggle it all and have had to let my blog hang for a little while weddings and little people are taking up all my blogging time. It ate me up for a while, but I’ll get back there one day soon! You’re always inspiring!
Thank you Ash! I was really inspired listening to Cintia from My Poppet at the Problogger Event about how she had to make her blog fit in her life and she cut down to only doing one post a week. It took me a while to figure out what that would mean for me, but it was so helpful.
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You are an inspiration to me in so many ways Zoey and especially as a blogger. I love that you are feeling like you are there. That you have moved passed it and are at a place of love. Now have fun and rock that Love Space!
Thank you Naomi! it is a big relief for me xox
I do really understand this. I’ve felt a shift since the start of the year. I’m fairly certain where I want to take things, just lacking in time and hoping that people will still love me and roll with the changes.Cannot wait to get back to blogging.
I think I’ve lost a fair few people in the recent changes, but that’s natural. I’m glad that most of you have stayed though!
I know exactly what you mean, I’m there now. Do I abandon my personal blog to concentrate on my bigger website? Do I invest money in my website to get it profitable? I never made the conscious decision to be a blogger, it just happened… So where do I go from here?
See I have a project in the works, that puts me in a similar dilemma. So I go from one crossroads to another I think!
If the statistics show people change careers numerous times in their lives as they grow, evolve, and look for new opportunities, it makes sense blogging could go along the same journey. Nice to hear you’re sticking around in what ever form it evolves into.
Thanks V! And I agree, the unnatural thing would be to stay the same and never change.
So glad you had this epiphany & you are back!! D x
Thanks D! I’m beginning to think that life is just a series of crises, broken up by routine and epiphanies.
I truly love your space. Crossroads for me too though I don’t have the headspace to deal properly with it all at the moment. X
Sometimes the best thing you can do is wait. It’s the hardest thing sometimes too.
This was lovely to read. I feel…a bit jealous?
I don’t want to leave my blog because I don’t know what I want it to be (I have noticed this is a common feeling amongst bloggers of late). I know exactly what I want to write – everything! – but where, oh where, might I find the time? Always playing catch ups with the blog makes it feel like a burden which has had me feeling really down. I need more hours! Or less children. In the end, the only solution is less blogging. Admitting that building it the way I would like is a full-time job that I am not capable of committing to while my little are so very little. I haven’t made my peace with that yet.
But glad your space is a joy again.
xx
It is so hard to find the time to do things the way that you want to do them. I had to really look at the things that I loved and the things that I was just doing because I thought I should.
I hope it falls into place for you soon. xox
That’s a great point. Take the ‘should’ out of the equation. Excellent. xx
I was feeling uncertain. I almost shut down my blog completely a couple of months ago. I took some time away and I now feel ready to pick it up again and nourish it some. I saw the title of this post, and a little of it this morning on my way out the door, and I was afraid this was going to go another way.
I’m very relieved. xxxx
Thank you Melissa!
I think it is too easy to make decisions you later regret because you want something to be resolved instantly. Waiting and seeing can be harder to sit with, but ultimately I think it allows you more perspective.
Hearing you. I didn’t think I was, but I am. I do have a lot of clarity about where to go, though, just not enough time or motivation. Interestingly I will be heading back where I was a couple of years ago with another project. At that time, I wasn’t ready to make a big commitment to it, but soon, I will be.
Look forward to seeing what your project is!