I’m officially back to blogging.

I know, I know. I’ve sworn off blogging at least 4 times in my life. Those of you who know me are literally smacking your hand to your forehead right now.

But you guys, I seriously can’t let it go. I just can’t! There is such a pull on my heartstrings to write. I simply can’t. Let. It. Go. Trust me, I’ve tried! For those wondering, here is my past blogging life:

2010: Used Blogspot to create a blog about running. I went through spurts of blogging here and there, but then Makenna came along and I lost interest and quit.

2013: A few months after Makenna, I picked up blogging again. Loved it! Then quit out of boredom on the running front.

Fall 2014: Decided I could do this blogging thing! Changed my blog from a focus of running to more of a “healthy living” blog. Decided if I really wanted to take it professional, I’d need to purchase an actual domain name.

Winter/Spring 2015: Bought the domain name, spent countless hours designing my wordpress site, came up with an editorial calendar - The whole works! I was really going to do it! Then two words entered: Burn. Out.

May 2015: I decided that if I wanted to make money from blogging, I would have to quit my job. I just simply couldn’t do both. And I didn’t want to sacrifice time with my family or my income so I gave the blog das boot. And I can’t explain the amount of relief I felt when I gave it up.

So now I suppose you’re wondering why the heck I’m back to blogging. Don’t yell at me yet, just give me a second to explain my side.

Reasons for blogging. AGAIN.

1. No more niche. When I took my blogging SO seriously earlier this year, I read everything I could find on making a blog profitable. Everything said, niche, niche, niche. Guess what world? I DON’T HAVE A FREAKIN’ NICHE. There are too many things I enjoy and want to write about and when I tried to scrunch myself into this little box and become an “expert” (because that’s how you make money, don’t ya know?) I just couldn’t do it. It meant I had to do serious writing and that is just not my thing. Ya’ll know this about me.
2. No blogging for money. I need to keep my blog as a hobby. It took me several months and a serious go-to-it try that made me realize this. If one day, a way to make money presents itself, and it fits my blogging goals, well then great. Until then, I really just like writing. And I have since I was in grade school. I don’t want to give it up and that means not giving a flying flip if this thing brings in the moolah or not right now. This white spaced internet page is for me. Oh, and those of you who are lucky enough to read my musings. Yay!
3. I can blog about whatever I want. Ok, this kind of ties into point 1, but I like having the freedom to write about whatever I’m thinking or experiencing at the moment. Some posts will be deep. Some will be silly. Some will be about family or fashion or healthy living or my faith. You can call it a “Lifestyle blog” or “Mommy blog” if you want, that’s up to you, but I really like having this freedom and not being conformed to a specific topic. (Read: Point #1).
4. Writing for fun. Life should be fun! We should all be enjoying it and not taking it too seriously! You won’t get out alive anyway. (Ha. Yes. Pun intended.) So that’s what I’ll be doing here - Writing about the day to day randomness and fun of life.

Re-reading this post, I’m already in love with my new blog. The freedom to write whatever’s on my mind is a magical thing. It makes my heart happy. And that’s what blogging should be about. That’s what blogging always should have been for me. But I kept trying to force it. I wasn’t being me. Now I feel more like myself than I ever had. I’m excited to welcome this new chapter into my life!