"Elin, Give Me A Blog Topic..."

Good afternoon everybody!

One of the things I have learned from blogging often, is that finding topics to talk about isn't always the easiest of tasks, and depending on the topic picked, it isn't always easy to get the words down on the screen, let alone pick a topic. 

This is my tenth month of blogging now, and it hasn't always been the easiest. I'll have some days where I'm sort of looking at the words and they just don't make sense to me, and other days where I'll sort of think "Wow, did I really write that?" 

I find it strange to look back at some of my old blog posts, especially the first blog post I had ever done, which was "All About Me" on the 18th of January. But it feels weird, because blogging feels so normal for me now, it feels as if I've been doing it for years now. 

I remember first posting it and being so nervous about it, how excited I was when I looked and had 18 page views on it. That was strange to me, 18 people want to read my blog. 18 people want to read what I write!

It was all new and exciting, and now, although I check for updates virtually on a daily basis, it's a little bit strange to realise that it's been ten months and people are checking my blog now almost every day. Sure, it isn't all that many people, and I would love it to be more, but still people are finding the time to sit and read them. 

I've had a lot of encouragement since I started all the blogs, from family members, friends, even complete strangers I've never met before.

Before I began to blog, I wouldn't let people read my writing. There was no way you were going to, and if you happened to find one of my books, I would be very angry with you indeed. There were a few people I would allow to read, but not too many, because I would find it so embarrassing. 

What if they don't like it?
What if they hate it?
What if they lie to me and tell me it's good, when they don't?

I'm so glad I managed to get out of my shell and see what other's think of what I do, because honestly it has made my confidence a lot better, and as a person who used to have low confidence it has made a huge change to the person that I am now. 

I'm proud to be the little writer I am. Yes I may only have a few people who care enough to read my blog all the time and check for new ones daily, but I'm still proud. I shall continue to do what I like to do best, hopefully, it will be for the rest of my life. 

Until next time
- Steph :)