Making plans
I’m an avid plan maker. One time, when I was unemployed and with a lot of time on my hands, I decided that I’ll assign one hour per day to each of the things I wanted to do: one hour crafting, one hour guitar playing, one hour learning Swedish, one hour drawing, one hour job hunting, and so on. It was so unrealistic, that I quit in a few days – who wants to have everything so delimited, what about mood and free will? However, planning and self-imposing can be useful sometimes: working from home without many deadlines, I know I won’t get any work done if I don’t make my own schedule and stick to it like I’d have an actual boss.
In blogging, I often try make plans and announce them, thinking that this way I will stick to them. Like that one time, when I decided to start a new section on street style, and then never continued. I really like making sections on the blog, they give me some guidelines when I feel uninspired. But, very often, they become boring after a few “episodes” and I’m not having fun making them. And that defeats the whole purpose of this blog, right? I gave up on Moody Monday, because the posts didn’t inspire me anymore, but I can’t say if it’s forever. I might want to change it into a section for visual comparisons, but who knows how long that will last (plus, those take a lot of time and effort)? Other plans include giving blog loving a makeover, making more style files (any suggestions for shows with pretty clothes?) and maybe more tutorials.
And now comes your feedback: how do you cope with blog sections and posting (if you’re a blogger)? And what would you like to see more or less on Kittenhood?
Mie imi placea moody monday :D mi ar placea sa ai articole legate de crafting, DIY; am redescoperit si eu cusutul pe etamina recent (n am mai facut chestia asta din cls a4a), asa ceva inspiring e bine venit :)
Îmi place că ai o doză de autoironie în ceea ce scrii… de asemenea ceea ce scrii îmi dă senzaţia că-ţi merge mintea.. ai stilul tău foarte personal şi sunt convinsă că orice feedback ţi-aş oferi tot ca tine vei face… aşă că… ţine-o tot aşa… poate un zâmbet din când în când ar fi binevenit… sunt sigură că se ascunde pe acolo..
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Maybe once you could write something in Swedish!! I’d definitely read that! :)
I’m afraid I can’t :) I never did get fluent or anywhere close :)
I loved the Moody Monday posts… and I can’t really give any advice since I’m just a blog-reader (and not a blog-owner / -writer). If it were up to me, you’d keep the Moody Monday and start the Visual Comparisons, but then again, I can’t really imagine how much work it takes…
One of the things I always loved about your blog is that there was always interesting stuff for me to read on it, not only pics. So whatever you decide, it’ll be great!
P.S. Thanks for writing in English! :p
A. I love that dress. B. As a relatively new reader I enjoy the outfit posts, your reviews of local events and also seeing the things you make, like the cross stitched jewellery. I look forward to seeing what you do next. If it helps, I always check out IFB (http://heartifb.com/) when in need of some blogging inspiration.
Thanks! I always read them, too!
Having a strict timetable (even for blogging) can take the inspiration away. Moody Monday is cool, just like anything you do as long as you love it (your readers will, too). Making plans is good, but the ‘twist of fate’ is even better. Plus the surprise element, the variety, the FUN!
You are doing a great job anyway, trust your intuition.
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I enjoy your outfit postings and the fashion shows. Fabulous ideas for a south Texas girl!