So it’s been a year. A year since I was sat alone feeling very lost on the heels of my first taste of heartbreak one night in my tiny halls of residence room in my flat at uni, and I decided almost on impulse to click sign up on the Weebly website to create my blog and my website account. A year since I first hit the publish button on my first blog post. It was tiny but still nerve-racking to do. A year since I did the first of many things that have terrified me and tested my boundaries in the last 12 months.
And what a year it has been. I actually cannot believe I’ve made it to a year of doing this. I love it now more than ever, even though I’ve taken huge gaps and breaks between posting throughout the year for various reasons. Little did I know that making this blog was just the beginning of so much more than a little website that created myself last year. Little did I know that by making a little corner of the internet for myself I would actually find myself and find my people and come into my own in the best way possible. Basically it’s changed my life. I can easily say that blogging is one of the best decisions I ever could have made for myself. It’s given me so much (not just free stuff before anyone thinks that's what I mean) and I’ve learned so much already. Blogging has given me so many invaluable things and experiences and I had no idea it would amount to this. Blogging has helped me to find friends which out of everything is the greatest thing of all and the best thing I could have hoped to have found by doing this. But it’s also given me more than that, it’s given me the ability to talk about things I’m passionate about to people that feel the same, it’s given me the confidence to take the next step (blogging was just the start for many things) particularly in terms of talking on camera, it’s got me thinking in a different way, I'm more creative now than I've ever been, it’s improved my writing skills (i think I write better now than when I started, I hope) but more importantly it’s made me feel like I’m not alone in what I’m choosing to do in my free time and having my little corner, and instagram too, has been invaluable when I’ve been struggling this last year. To be able to write about what is going on in my head when I don’t understand it fully to explain to someone else is so powerful. But for that to then help someone else or for someone to message me saying they feel the same or that it helped them. Well it’s incredible. Words are and can be so powerful and through blogging I’ve learned that properly. Not to mention on a lighter note that I designed a website myself!!!!! Like wtf you guys, I made this and did it all myself with no help at all. Just a template to start off. Everything you see pretty much I did myself. I think that’s one of the proudest things for me personally. I made this and it’s mine. I’ve achieved so much already through having my tiny little corner of the internet, it’s pushed me to talk about all kinds of things and explore different topics and not all of them easy. Some were very hard to talk about. Some were even terrifying to type and hit publish, especially my little coming out announcement that I did back in October before my birthday. You guys have no idea how much planning that took to get right and how temped I was to not hit publish and set another post for that day instead. Seriously. There’s been high’s, amazing high’s. But also some very low lows. Like with most things in life. But fortunately the high’s most definitely outweigh the lows. And the lows haven’t stopped me or made me give up doing something I now love, even though I’ve come close to it. Believe me. To any out there reading this blog post or if you have read any of my blog posts in the last year I just wanna say this. THANK YOU. Thank you for supporting me and for reading anything that I’ve written. It might not seem like much to just read a little blog post but knowing that someone out there is seeing something I’ve written is amazing and kind of mind blowing. But also if anything i’ve written has helped you in some way then thank you, to you too. Whether it be a chronic illness thing, a mental health thing or a travel thing. That is why I’m doing this and it’s why I love doing it so much. It means more to me than you could ever imagine. I’m gonna leave it there before it gets more cheesy than it already is. But again thank you. I’m so excited for this year and for the future of my blog. I swear it’s just the start. I cant wait to see what 2020 and this next decade has in store for me and I'm determined to work so hard to make this year even better and bring myself even more opportunities. So for now i’ll see you all soon. Let’s get started then, 2020 let’s give it my best shot !!!! Love Jade xxx
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Kaylee Lou
12/2/2020 21:38:04
Can’t wait for some more blog posts, really missing your blogging presence. 💙💙
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