How I Fell In Love With Creating Content All Over Again

Opening up about how I learnt to fall in love with my blog and Instagram all over again!

What I'm wearing: Jumper | Skirt | Trainers

I haven't done a personal post in a while and I'll be honest with you all, I'm HERE for it!

I'm so excited to just sit with a coffee, and have a bit of a ramble to you guys (tbh this is my third coffee of the day and I'm buzzing. Don't judge me pls!).

So, first things first... how did I fall back in love with my blog and Instagram?

Well... it dawned on me that I needed to start to treat my blog/Instagram like a relationship, and since then we've been fine and dandy.

Let me explain...

I've been blogging for nearly six years now, and with any relationship that long, there's always going to be highs and lows. Bouts of incredible campaigns and good financial months followed by uninspired drouts and 'oh my god do I need to get another job' moments. Being a freelancer really is a rollercoaster sometimes, in both the sense of work, and the emotions you feel alongside it.

Let me start with Instagram. Oh, Instagram. How we love to hate you. Or I used to anyway. I can honestly say that there isn't one day that goes by where I don't see someone moaning about the algorithm or changes to Instagram. And hey I get it, because I was right there with you.

Until I realised that in *my case (I'm only speaking for myself here and no-one else), actually I was the problem. I'd fallen out of love with Instagram for SO long, my account wasn't growing and hardly anyone was seeing my pictures.

But then I realised, that I was the one that wasn't trying. Because I'd fallen out of love with it, I felt like I was just projecting negative vibes towards the app and had a very minimal; 'I'll just post whenever because I can't stand the app anyway' attitude.

Then one day it dawned on me, like in any relationship, whether it's love, friendship or work related, you always get out what you put in. Relationships are a two way street right? Except, I was putting in VERY minimal and expecting something back, then still having the cheek to moan about it. Jeeeeeez, I'd have dumped my ass long ago. 

So what changed me? If I was going to pin point a specific time or place I'd say it was 100% the yoga retreat trip we took to Spain, it was the most incredible digital detox and it really put a couple of things into perspective for me.

I knew I wanted to take a slightly fresher approach on my content, I set in motion my new blog design, started waking up at 5am one day a week to head into London with my best friend and shoot Instagram content all day, and felt an instant re-connection to my work and my direction.

I feel like me again, producing content that I adore and am so happy with, I feel like the me that started blogging six years ago; all bright eyed and bushy tailed. Don't get me wrong; as with any relationship I know there will be low points ahead, but, the difference is, I'm prepared to put the work into this relationship and persist. To give it the time and love it deserves, rather than expecting things to happen, when I'm not giving it my all.

So, I'm looking at this new design and my new approach to Instagram as  re-set for me. I'm looking at this with a completely new set of eyes, and you know what? I haven't been this excited to create content for a LONG time.

That's currently where I'm at with this, feeling super excited for everything that lays ahead of me and bursting with excitement to shoot content again. Have an amazing bank holiday weekend my loves!

Oh, and I'm moving to Bali for 5 weeks... but we'll save that for another day shall we? ;)