I don’t know why this happens but my best and most random ideas and inspirations come to me late at night just when I think, maybe I should go to bed. This is another one of those ideas. I don’t want this to come across as me just bragging and/or being narcissistic, I mean I can be like that sometimes & there’s a confession for you, but not today. I’ll save it for another time. In this new crazy world of technology and new career opportunities of millennials and generation Z as well in some cases, we’re always comparing ourselves to everyone else we see. The blogger who has over 100K followers on Instagram or the youtuber who got 2 million views for a 24 hour challenge video. That’s fucking incredible and achievement and success should be celebrated in this community all the time where it is deserved. But there is something that we are not doing. And it’s actually something really important in my opinion. And that thing is celebrating ourselves and our own achievements and giving ourselves some credit for what we are doing individually. I’m serious. We get so wrapped up being happy for everyone else that we forget about how much we are achieving by ourselves and we forget about what we have accomplished off our own backs, on our own things and projects. So as I sit here on the eve of me embarking on a new journey in this crazy world of content creation and internet shizzle. Yes I uploaded my first ever youtube video tonight. I just wanna take a moment to celebrate myself and what I’ve done all by myself in the last few months and how much I have kicked ass. Because I have. actually. And I fucking deserve some credit even if I am the size of a flea on the internet. And you can call me a narcissist but I wanna give myself some credit so that’s what’s happening. Alrite? Because fucking hell I’ve done a lot lately because I am working so hard. And I deserve some credit for that. For all the late nights spent writing, planning posts, editing pictures, learning new softwares to upgrade stuff as well as creating the actual content. And it’s only when you sit and think about it in depth and properly that you realise it. When you slow down and forget about everyone else for a second and have a moment of reflection you see just what you’re doing instead of what everyone else is doing and you’re not thinking about what you’re not doing. If you get my point. I’ve been working my butt off lately since I finished uni for the year and now I am seeing the benefits, results and rewards. I’m not saying that I do this just for results but it is a nice thing to see when you work hard and I cant lie about that; I’m sure secretly you’re thinking the same. We all get a bit smug and feel some pride sometimes and that’s okay. It’s normal. But yeah. I’ve been working so hard, to the point where it’s like whew I need a rest. And I now actually enjoy waking up at 8:30am just so I can crack on with something new and be thinking what can I do to improve today or do something better? Now if you had said to me 6 months ago I would come to like getting up a bit earlier I would have gladly told you to fuck off. Seriously. But here we are. I’m a new person now. So in terms of my own achievements, in the last 6 ish weeks I have: Hit over 1000 page views on my blog within a 7 day time period. It actually peaked at 1.1K. MAD. Got my Pinterest views back to 100K again and I’m now setting the next goal of 200K. i’m so close!!! Taught myself how to setup a tripod. Created a youtube channel. Filmed a video. Edited a video using iMovie for the very first time. Uploaded my first youtube video. And that video got to 100 views in just over an hour which for a brand new youtuber like me is insane. Like actually incomprehensible. Wowee. I reached 80 subscribers within a week of creating and announcing that I had a youtube channel. And i’m on the edge of 100 subscribers already. Started using Lightroom to edit my instagram photos. Reached 3K on instagram. Uploaded a few IGTV videos. And I have more in my editing app waiting to be be finished. And… a little announcement for you. I’ve been invited to my very first event as a blogger which is so fucking mental. And yes I started crying and screaming when I opened the email. I’ve only been blogging for 6/7 months and already I’ve been inited to a blogger event by a brand that I’ve loved since I was literally 13 and use all the time. It’s literally a dream come true and I cannot believe that I’ve been asked and chosen. I’m not saying who it is, i’m scared I’ll jinx it. Not to mention all the content over here on the blog. I’ve uploaded 9 blog posts since summer started already and I have so many more planned. And I’ve made changes to the site to try and improve it as well as posting new content on here. I just had to check my blog and count back to see how many I’ve uploaded and it was more than I thought. See what I mean now? You forget about what you’ve done already. Myself included. It just so easy to do and you get washed up trying to keep up with the speed of everyone else and consuming everyone else’s content the you love. Basically what I’m trying to get across here is this: take some time out and think about, look back over or even make a list which compiles everything you have achieved in either the last month, 3 months or 6 months and you’ll see what I mean. The list will soon get very long, I’m certain of it and you’ll be like shit I have done so much in a short period of time. Your minds will be blown just like mine. In this fast paced world you need to celebrate your own achievements, just like I did then by making that little list. If you don’t celebrate what you’re doing and your small but important victories you become unhappy so quickly. You’ll start comparing and thinking about everything you’re not doing instead of what you are doing. There is nothing wrong with saying: Hey you know what I’m doing so fucking good right now and i’m so proud of myself and I’m proud of how hard i’m working and I’m what I’m able to do and the content I’m producing. Or whatever you’re doing. And if anything, looking back and reflecting and seeing how much I’ve done just spurs me on and makes me even more motivated to work even harder at what I’m doing. I feel like I have a purpose now and I know what direction I want to follow and I know what makes me happy. There would have been more things than that if I added in personal things outside of the internet world but those are just internet and blogging things. Aka the relevant stuff that you guys want to see and know about. I didn’t even put in university achievements or personal things. So go now. Have a good old think. Make that list. Treat yourself. Celebrate what YOU have done and YOUR achievements. Not everybody else. Just YOU. And give yourself that long earned and overdue pat on the back. It’s well deserved my darlings I promise you. I’ll see you all soon for another post and I hope you enjoyed this little ramble / brain dump of a blog post. Love Jade xxx
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