Paige Joanna

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Why I Blog | Life Update

  • Paige
  • August 6, 2015

After an evening of complete self doubt this week I know I needed to put into words ‘why I blog’, after seeing Lily Melrose doing a similar post last month. It’s no secret to anyone that recently I haven’t been feeling great in myself. You can probably tell just by the content I am creating, so I kind of wanted to do a little update as well as break down why I actually blog. I’m writing this for myself as much as I am wanting to share it, as I feel like I need to remind myself of the reasons.
Life recently has been a complete bag of change after change and it’s honestly been pretty tough. I don’t let on that it bothers me (to most people anyway, but sorry to my family and friends who hear my venting lol) as I try my best to put on a brave face and always be positive in whatever life hands me. I was made redundant from my last job and I completely understand that these things happen and as much as I loved the brand, I knew my career didn’t end there. I recently got a new job in a place I feel really valued and happy, I can’t wait to tell you more about it. 
So why has my blog been affected?
Well along with my career changes I have always kept up my blog and put it first in whatever I am doing in life. Recently due to money issues and living in one of the most expensive city’s in the world, I cannot buy myself new clothes. This means my content has become very limited, especially as I am primarily a ‘personal style blogger’. Nonetheless I have continued blogging as I love doing it, it’s all I have known in my spare time for 4 years. I’ve been experimenting with new themes and ideas and am yet to feel completely happy in those posts. I still always love blogging my personal style and outfits.
So what’s changed?
With my move to London, my change of job, my lack of money and my constant comparing myself to others I basically have been a bit confused and hard on myself lately. My style has naturally moved on from my once pretty, nostalgia pastels I used to always wear, so I find myself currently sould searching and documenting this is really hard work!
What does the future hold for ‘Paige Joanna’ blog?
My love for blogging has not ceased and I can’t imagine life without doing it, however I need to re-evaluate why I do it and what I am all about.
So I won’t be stopping blogging at all but I hope that if you have read this far then I may just need a little guidance. What do you like about my blog or what do you think I could do differently? In order to continue I must learn and grow as a person. 
Why have I always loved blogging?
And finally, my reasons for loving doing this in the first place.

  • My sense of ownership, something I can make my own and share exactly what I want, when I want and to also help, assist or relate to people along the way.
  • My creative outlet, as I took Illustration in Uni I always wanted to continue my love for fashion in some way, and my blog was a way of doing that. I got to spend a couple of years creating others blog banners as well as my own and I loved helping the community make a unique place for them to do what they love.
  • Meeting people and feeling like I belong doing something. I love the people I have met in this community. Some along the way I can now call my best friends and others who inspire me every day with how far they have gone. It is mind blowing and yet amazing how blogging has become revolutionary to digital fashion lovers. 
  • It’s a place for me to be me.
  • Getting to attend events and collaborate with brands that I admire and love! 
  • Having something to focus on when my illness is bad.
  • (Let’s face it something a lot of us would never admit, especially put in writing) I enjoy getting a bit of recognition, ie attention for things I love doing and for how I wear something. 

So to summarize, I am not giving up my blog and I intend on sticking around. I needed to put it into words why I am here and why I am seeming a little off recently. I hope in time it will pass and my content will just get better, especially as I am living in my dream city and have so much to do (just need the bank balance)! I hope you can stick by me in the future as I know there are so many blogs out there, it’s hard to keep up. In turn, I just want you to know what every comment, like, share or anything I get that means someone has recognized what I have said or done, means the world to me. Being able to express myself and someone to actually acknowledge it is something I cannot put into words. Thank you if you read this post and got to the end, for that I am truly thankful and I hope next time will be a more uplifting happy post (which I am pretty sure it will).

Tomorrow is a new day and a new excuse to blog about it, until then, love ya!