What I promise myself to do, and not to do as a blogger. Because I need some ground rules to be a blogger who enjoys blogging rather than a blogger that is seeking success, when she hasn’t really posted that often yet. Success might come or not, and although I’ll do my best to always succeed in what I do, the most important for me is to have fun, tell a story and share my view of the world right here. Let’s make 3 unbreakable promises to myself (and you as well).

I’ve been scrolling down on various blogs and Instagram for inspiration for an hour and then it hit me : just start your blog and stop overthinking it ! Because there is a thin line between inspiration and comparison, at least that what I realised when it comes to my scrollings and blog huntings.
That’s how came the idea of this manifesto, these ground rules that I want to set for myself as a blogger, so that I just go with my flow, follow the music, the journey and enjoy creating MY own content.

1. I promise to create the content that I want, with my « creative direction » always at heart. What I mean by that is that I won’t pressure myself to post something at all cost, that in the end won’t feel 100% me, meaning that is not well thought-of, not a bit funny, and that is not satisfactory from start to finish. Because I’ve been putting off blogging for the longest time simply because I was not fully certain of what type of content I wanted to create. Now that I know exactly what I want to post, there’s no going back and no half-assing.
2. I promise to defeat procrastination when I have a good idea for a blog post. JUST DO IT ! as Shia Labeouf said. I’ve realised that the more I enjoy something and know that it will make me happy if I do it, well… I put it off, I let it sit, don’t do it and just kind of stay in a bottomless pit of despair. I’m being overly dramatic here put the point is, the more I like something, the less likely I’ll do it right away. It’s a bit like exercising : you know it will make you feel better, but you think about all the trouble it will be (find your sports clothes, put them on, go out or lay down the mat… where is it again ? Oh no it’s upstairs, might as well keep on watching Gossip Girl, I’ll do that Chloe Ting video later). So I promise not to do that, to be the one that will pause that GG scene (though I won’t lie to you, GG makes me über happy), and work on that blog post. It’s self-care in a way.
3. I promise to not be afraid of failure. Fail fast and on your back so you can look up and get back up. I heard Moss Onyi (from mossonyi.com, SUCH an inspiration) say something similar on her YouTube series Coffee Diaries and it resonated so much. Because yes failure is part f the journey. If I’m going to be serious about blogging, this needs to be inked to my brain. And it is. Sure I might never take this blog on an international sphere, I might never work with brands that I admire, might never take Lablueann on the fashion radar… So what ? This will not keep me from enjoying posting, because we live to muck in a world where we want everything fast and easy. Sure that’s ideal, but most of the time failure is on the way, but it’s always a learning (uncomfortable) experience.

Posting these 3 promises here will held me accountable, and I’ll come back here whenever I might need a refresher.

xoxo,

Anissa.