Hi, I'm Carla, I love blogs, and for the past little while I've been running some experiments online.
I haven't told a lot of people I've started a YouTube channel nor that I've started blogging again. Instead, I'm now trying to figure out what I'm trying to say as well as finding a style and rhythm.
Getting to this point has been the culmination of a long process overthinking the process and at some point I decided to just go for it, so here we are!
For context, I enjoy writing and reading about daily life as much as I love a good blog sharing about musings and curiosities, so I figured the most honest thing I could do was to keep a balance of these two.
Here's a bit about my posting strategy and some things I've observed so far:
• Not every post needs to be a masterpiece.
• It's important to build momentum. Smaller pieces help with that.
• This video really helped me reframe how I think about these two.
• You become more aware of ideas that might be interesting to share.
• It feels less daunting to work on bigger posts knowing there is content being shared and that not everything relies on that one bigger piece.
* I've established to blog throughout the week and to take time off over the weekend.
I've also realized I need to figure out a few things like:
• Find a system to bookmark links I'd like to save to revisit / share in the future.
• Should I make a routine to find a time to blog during the day (morning/night) or should I blog whenever I find the time? I've realized it's easier to share as soon as I can, otherwise I can start second guessing myself, I get busy, the excitement gets lost or I simply forget about it.
• Do I feel comfortable creating content in advance? For interviews, features and special projects this sort of makes sense but I think the excitement of sharing something when you see it is something I would like to keep.
My main priority right now is to keep building the habit and to enjoy the process.
Shall we check again a month from now?
