Hi there everyone! It’s been a few weeks since I published a post on my blogs. (This one and Essie of Who) Since it has been so long since I published posts on here or posted much online, I wanted to sit down and talk about why I’m taking a break from blogging.
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When I created this blog in 2017, I had experienced many ups and downs of blogging. I’ve had writer’s block, trouble keeping pace with my weekly blogging schedule, and even had problems with people I knew offline and their opinions about what I should and shouldn’t blog. All the time this was happening I was working, took care of a relative that eventually passed away, and dealt with my own health problems. Still, I wanted blog where I could write posts about anything that fell into a lifestyle category. Thus why this blog exists today.
After all the years of blogging, it wasn’t until recently I realized I have readers not because I talk about whatever is trendy, I talk about whatever I want to talk about. Since realizing this, I remembered my unofficial “rules” for writing a blog. I’ve been dwelling on them quite a bit in the last few weeks, so I decided to write six things I learned about creating and writing blog posts. These are not all my unofficial “rules”, but they are the ones I feel would be the most helpful to anyone struggling to write posts for blogs.
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This post is copied from Essie of Who, the “sister” blog of The Estella Initiative. I changed certain details in order to make sure it will be consistent with The Estella Initiative, not Essie of Who. Thank you so much for understanding!
Hi everyone! After ten years of blogging on Essie of Who, it’s time for me to change my blogging pen name. If you follow this blog, the sister blog to Essie of Who, then you probably have read a post I wrote last month about breaking ties to the people that live near where I live and certain family members. I did this in order to just talk openly about my frustrations with people. Even though this was as open as I’ve been on my blog about my personal life (And probably ever will depending on what happens in the future and the importance of writing it in a post) I did mention something important about me. I’m called a different name by certain family members and friends of mine.
The reason for this is due to my real name. It’s a wonderful name for anyone who isn’t in my family. Instead, it’s a name that has caused conflicted since I was a child. In order to make sure I knew I was loved and not hated (As that was what I thought about my self growing up), a handful of family members began to call me a different name. The name they picked ended up being Jessica, but they called me either Jesse or Essie for short. Continue reading “I’m Changing My Blogging Name… and Why I Decided to Do It”