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    The New Reason Why I Decided to Unfollow Certain Content Creators (And Why It Has to Do With Religion)

    Have you ever followed someone online, but over the time their posts (or content depending on what you want to call it) change and you start to no longer enjoy following them? In all the years I’ve been blogging and…

    By essieofwho July 8, 2025
  • Blog,  Hobbies,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary,  Social Media

    Updating My Social Media Sites and the Guilt About Abandoning Them

    Earlier this year I decided to start updating all my social media sites more frequently. Before this, I mostly used Twitter to post updates that I have published new posts on my blogs. This time, I decided to try to…

    By essieofwho May 15, 2025
  • Blog,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary,  Social Media

    6 Things I Learned About Creating and Writing Blog Posts

    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…

    By essieofwho February 6, 2025
  • Blog,  Cleaning,  Home,  Lifestyle,  Organization,  Social Media

    Offline Life and Bogging: A Talk About Why I Took So Much Time Off Blogging

    I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but I haven’t been doing a good job keeping up with publishing posts on my blogs. There are reasons for this, but right now it is due to things going on in my…

    By essieofwho June 10, 2024
  • Blog,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary,  Social Media

    Insecurities About Sharing My Life on Social Media

    Editing Note: The title of this post was spell checked incorrectly. One March 16, 2022, I changed it back to it’s original title and spelling. I’m so sorry about any confusion this has caused anyone! For many years, I’ve struggled…

    By essieofwho February 16, 2022
  • Blog,  Lifestyle,  Office and Work,  Personal & Comentary,  Social Media

    Why I Don’t Talk About My Day Job A Lot Online

    While talking to my friends recently, they mentioned that I do not talk about my day job much online. My friends know what I do for a living, but they mentioned it because after keeping this blog for four years…

    By essieofwho February 25, 2021
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas 2020,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary,  Social Media

    Why Taking a Social Media Break Is Important… Even in 2020 and 2021

    I think most of the people in the world can agree that 2020 was not only an unusual year, but not one of the best years they ever had in the lives. Although I won’t say I had a great…

    By essieofwho December 27, 2020
  • Blog,  Lifestyle,  Movies & TV,  Personal & Comentary,  Social Media

    Things I Did to Keep Myself Sane- July 2020

    July was an interesting month for me. It was both relaxing and stressful at the same time. Since the events throughout the month fluctuated between stressful and non stressful without my control, I knew I needed to do things to…

    By essieofwho August 2, 2020
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas in June 2020,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary,  Social Media

    Dealing With Insecurities About Past, Present, and Future Posts

    The internet can be a great place to share ideas and talk about interests. It can also become a problem if someone says something extremely insensitive, inconsiderate, and downright rude and disrespectful. The openness of ideas, thoughts, and opinions on…

    By essieofwho July 20, 2020
  • Blog,  Blogmas,  Blogmas in June 2020,  Lifestyle,  Personal & Comentary,  Social Media

    Can You Have A Social Media Presence Without Showing Yourself On It? (Yes You Can)

    During my blogging break, I began to think about my social media sites including this blog. I enjoy blogging and writing is something I enjoy doing, but after looking at other lifestyle blogs that focused on topics I wanted to…

    By essieofwho July 13, 2020
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Hello! My name is Jessica Anderson, formerly known as Mary Ruth Anderson online, and I am a woman who lives in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. I started this blog in order to encourage myself to fulfill my dreams as well as talk openly about anything I am interested in.

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