“It does not matter where you go and what you study, what matters most is what you share with yourself and the world.” ― Santosh Kalwar

Blogging is very time consuming as everyone already knows and since I’ve started uni in 2015, I’ve been really inconsistent with my blog – I’ve had months without posting once and I’ve had some when I’ve posted 3 times a week.

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“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Devil and Miss Prym

I believe that setting goals make us wish for improvement. We do it because we want to do better and push ourselves leaving our comfort zone and hopefully see a little success. Truth be told, goals make us be the best version ourselves – it makes us work even harder and get bigger and bigger every day. However, this month I’m not setting any goals. Let me tell you why.

“Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” ― Virginia Woolf

Being a teenager can be difficult at times, that’s a fact everyone will agree if they’ve ever been there. Even though it doesn’t define who you are as an adult, it certainly shapes you and the way you see the world. Since being very young, I was always taught to not be afraid of being myself and defending my beliefs. Truth be told, I was never an easy influenced child or teenager and I knew how to distance myself from situations when I didn’t feel comfortable. 

All that becomes a challenge when you’re 16 and all you really want in life is to fit in. I was 16 when I started my blog and I kept it a secret until I left high-school because I was so scared of what people would say about me and the weirdness of me be having a blog. What was even that a while ago?

“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” ― Ansel Adams

Photographs can make it or break it when it comes to growing your blog or small business and that’s probably why everyone wants to know the deepest secrets of this art. But – and this is a big but – is there any secret to be told? Obviously there are things you must learn if you want to improve your photography – the basics of photography, shooting manual on a DSLR, aperture, shutter speed and all those complicated terms I couldn’t understand a few months ago; most of all it's practice, learning what works for you and finding your photography style.

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ― Winston S. Churchill

Everyone has someone to look up to and with bloggers is no different. I look up to those who work hard and have a really cool blog. Note that my definition of cool might be completely different from what you’re used to read because I’m certainly not cool or is that a cool thing to say nowadays as well?

Blogging is something I’ve been doing for about two years and the reason why I started is slightly blurred when I think about it. Sometimes I wonder if all the hard work is actually worth it. Even though my rational side says no, I still do it anyway. 

Sitting on my bed after a long day scrolling through Bloglovin just trying to catch on what my favourite bloggers have been posting about is one of the things I do purely because I enjoy it & it makes me feel inspired.

When autumn comes everything changes and I’m not talking about the weather. It’s the beginning of a new academic year and all the worries, the work and the late nights start becoming our routines again. 

Pinterest can be such a wonderful tool to find new ideas, get inspired and learn new things. This social media platform can be confusing at first. Why would I need Pinterest? But once you get the hang of it, it almost becomes addictive. 

Pinterest board from Mandy Ferrugia

We all have those days when inspiration is nowhere near us. We need ideas, we need to write but there’s nothing in our creative minds. It’s time to seek out some inspiration and find new blog post ideas.

There’s days when I want to be productive but I don’t really feel like it, I want to blog and do stuff but I don’t really feel like it. I kind of do but I kind of don’t. On the days I need to do stuff and be productive but I don’t really want to sit and write for hours, I do other things that still count as blogging but aren’t really blogging.

For a long time I didn’t know what was the best way to organise all those ideas running through my head. I didn’t know what to do with them and I certainly did not know how to organise them in a way I could easily use them when needed.

I write about what I love and I’d never post something I hated. I think most of us work that way, being honest with others and more important being honest with ourselves. It doesn’t mean some blog posts don’t have a special place in our hearts. Some for pure logic reasons and some people we simply loved typing away.

After a long break it’s time to talk about it. When I suddenly stopped blogging for two months I made a choice I don’t regret but that was difficult for me to make. I missed a bunch of things I never thought were such a big part of my daily life & today I’m talking you through them.

Your blog template is one of the most important parts of your blog I believe. It has to be functional and contemplate all the features you need. The first difficult choice is whether to get a free template or pay for one. Today I’m showing you 10 Free Templates for Blogger.

Sharing our thoughts about blogging is a common thing in our community and we all know that some people find blogging incredibly weird and there’s even those who think it’s horrendous the fact that blogging can actually be a job. But have we actually heard what people around us have to say about blogging? What they think blogging means to us and how they see the bloggers who are friends with them or friends who are bloggers?

When you’re new to this blogging world it can be hard to figure out what you’re doing wrong or what to change on your blog in order to have a more positive feedback but it’s not that difficult. Think about what you’d like to see, what other blogs you do enjoy reading and start learning from others. Today I’m sharing 5 Things That Can Make Me Not Follow Your Blog.