31 Days: Fierce Boundaries

Day 1: Fierce Boundaries

One of the main reasons I have been an irregular blogger as of late is that I just get too busy and feel as if I don't have the time.  

Instead of a simple and practical post, I always feel pressured to make it perfect, fit for for all audiences, and gorgeous in creativity.  But then, I remembered that is not what blogging for me is all about.  I didn't join the blog world for vanity, I joined it for a tool to self-discovery.  This little world has been a refuge and a place of healing for me and even if I am not admist a life crisis (at the moment), it doesn't mean I still don't need this little bit of liberation I get from it.

So here I am, giving it another go - but without the self-imposed demands I make for myself.  I do this for me, first and foremost.  That is my "fierce boundary" that I commit myself to.

I'm setting fierce boundaries to not deny myself the experience of blogging that I love so much just because my blog isn't the prettiest, the best written, or the most followed.  Also, I'm going to set boundaries on the time I spend blogging.  Sometimes I give blogging too much time and then resent it for weeks or months because of the time I lose.  Like how I try to apply 'balance' to everything in life, I challenge myself to do the same thing here.  

Cheers to a fresh, less-demanding start to blogging! 

peace & love

baily

I'm Back! (and this time with a game plan)

I always say that I am coming back to the blog world - and I do for about a day.  But then I retreat back to my hiatus.  For some reason, I just can not get my groove back. 

Perhaps I blog less because I no longer feel lonely, alone, and isolated.  Maybe I just got burnt out and lost the passion for it so I needed a break.  It could be that I have procrastinated on getting my laptop to the Geek Squad for a clean-up and I refuse to waste my tiny amount of patience on the irresponsive thing.  I think I know what the main reason for my apathy is though: Twitter and Instagram. 

I follow most of my favorite bloggers on Twitter, thus, I feel like I know them better than half the people I graduated high school with.  Not only do I read their miscellaneous 140-character thoughts, I also see pictures on Instagram of what they're eating, where they're going, or what they're doing.  The instant, direct, continuous flow of information given to me via those social networks, makes me less inclined to read or see the whole story on the blog.  I know, I know - I should care more, be less lazy, and continue to participate in this little online community that I've grown to cherish so much over the years, but I just can't seem to find my stride. 

UNTIL....

I braved the bulky laptop, signed on to blogger (gasp!), went directly to one of my "go-to's" ( H S C ) and found a PERFECT link-up.  Seems to be that I am not the only once-consistent blogger that's gone awry.  It's all about 31 days to a fresh blog start: starting over, but not.



I am already 5 days late to the party as you can see.  But is that not typical Baily fashion? I think so! 

I am going to work on the first few posts over the weekend (because Bama has a 'bye') and hopefully get caught up soon.  But seriously, who said I have to follow any rules?  If you know me, I do things my own way and 'on-time' isn't really my thing. 

 

peace & love

baily

 

 

p.s. Kai will be pleased that I am finally giving the blogger thing another go. I will need her to continue hounding me on Twitter to get back on the blog.  Love ya girl :)