I am, quite possibly, the most unsocial blogger, ever. This sounds weird, because being a blogger is about sharing things online and I am rubbish at actually spending time on social media. It is something I worry about, because how is anyone going to find my blog if they have no idea I exist, let alone write one?
Don't get me wrong, I love blogging and love sharing little snippets of my life with the online world. One of my favourite things to do on the weekend is to sit infront of the TV, with a cuppa, writing new content and deciding on photography ideas - I love my Sunday morning photography sessions!
However, when it comes to social media, especially Twitter, I just draw a total blank. I schedule posts to go out to promote my blog, but I struggle with general updates and tweets. My life isn't that exciting and I tend to have a similar routine, week in, week out. I don't think anyone would be bothered with me updating them about driving to work, knitting my latest project or what I had for dinner. This probably ties in nicely with my post about having a love hate relationship with social media.
When I finally go onto Twitter and see people making conversations and tweeting with interesting and funny content, I can't help but wonder - is that what I should be doing? Maybe I should try and share more funny GIFs and update people on my day to day life, so I do try. However, it never sticks for long. Although I post on Instagram on a daily basis, I still long for those perfect flatlays and gorgeous cherry blossom trees, but it just isn't me. My world is clumsy, silly and perfect in its own little way - just not Instagram perfect.
And you know what? That is totally okay. Comparison is the thief of joy and by comparing my content, my social media use and my photography to others, it is totally making me doubt what it is I'm doing. The reasons why I write this blog are for me. I write the content that I love and take the photos that I love, even if they aren't the perfect images that you will see on other blogs and that is okay. I love writing my blog and anyone else who chooses to read it is just a bonus - right?
Looking back over my blog and Instagram, I feel proud. It represents my life pretty well. The good with the bad, the moaning, the happiness and all those things that work for me. What each blogger chooses to do is what works for them and represents their life - and that is what keeps blogging consistently so exciting. I need to stop comparing myself to others, because what I do works for me and my little life and that should be all that matters.
Are you guilty of comparing yourself to others?
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