September started for me as a month of significant changes. I got a new job in a Danish company, working with a 100% international team in different time zones with clients worldwide.
I also started the 30-days-of-posts challenge here on the blog and was trying to find a way to continue working in any way I could with the fashion company I have been working with since July.
At home, we had some late nights of putting new furniture together, the in-laws came to visit and spent a few days and there was (as there always is) a lot of cleaning to do. That is all to say that even with the prep I did at the end of August, I couldn't keep up with posting one post every single day of September, and it kind of kills me a little bit.
I mean, blogging, to me, isn't supposed to be hard or very time-consuming, as it's not once I have a theme and a subject in mind. I take about an hour per post, including image scouting and SEO. The problem for me, as I discussed in this previous post, is the pressure.
The pressure we put on ourselves, at least to me, can be one the biggest blocks we can create. When I'm not pressured to post, for example, ideas flow, I get in the mood, I get it done and I'm proud. Under pressure, though, I simply freeze. And I noticed that pattern in multiple spheres of my life.
So this challenge, which I'm ending sooner than expected, did teach me to pay attention to my limitations and the ways in which I work the best.
Again, while trying to practice what I preach, I don't intend to beat myself up over this, I was able to post more than 20 consecutive posts in one month. To me, that's amazing! I should learn to reinforce kindness for and within myself.
I'm still proud of what I was able to achieve, although it was not perfect.
So back to my normal posting schedule and until the next post!
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