Despite how I come across on here, optimism isn’t an easy thing for me. Which is why I’m pinching this idea off Tumblr to write down every good thing that happens to me this year on a little slip of paper and am placing it what I’m calling my memory box until New Year’s Eve 2013…when I’ll open it and, hopefully, remember just how good life can be. :)
Well, this was a lovely surprise when I checked my calender today. Today marks the 1st birthday and it’s been one heck of a year!
My first post was a little introduction to the blog on the 7th December 2010 and reading it back, I’ll admit it’s beyond cringe-worthy. I remember um-ing and ah-ing about starting a blog during my 2nd year at college whilst doing Media Studies and looking at the stereotypes of women in fashion [it was an excuse for me to watch re-runs of Ugly Betty and spend hours analysing The Devil Wears Prada/The September Issue lol] but it wasn’t until I hit my first semester at University that I took the plunge.
Back then it did a little miniseries about the X Factor fashion and a post about my trip up to The Clothes Show, but I had a real problem with trying to find what really wanted to focus writing on. I’ve talked before about my problem with finding my blog identity and hell I don’t think I’ll ever find it! What’s important to me now [and what I realised in a post I made a few days ago here] is that I still enjoy writing and posting. Meeting such a diverse group of bloggers last Saturday really helped with that, we all had our own personal lives to deal with but when it came down to it blogging was something we really loved and that should always come first with a hobby like this.
So in celebration of my first birthday, I thought I give my blog a little TLC with a revamp. Let me know what you think and hopefully, this is only the beginning!
Ria Xx