I’ve been sucking at blogging guys. Honestly, it’s because I put all my heart and attention into my Instagram. Because engagement on blogs is dead while the engagement on Instagram is much higher and I feel like I am not talking to myself on there. It’s not all about me and I love reading people’s comments, stories and love checking out their IG feed and learning about who they are. It’s way more intimate and personal on there. But I’ve been feeling discouraged lately on there because most people are cheating the algorithm and buying followers, likes, being in plethora of comment pods and telegram so it makes it seem they have “lots of likes and comments” when it’s not 100% genuine followers commenting. And here is me trying to compete with them but it gets tiresome and discouraging. Another big thing is many times my words exceed their word limit so I have to edit, edit and edit again to fit all my words in. Haha, I guess I sure like to talk a lot! And the 3rd reason is that I want to sew more and focus on doing what I am best at. And in order to grow your Instagram, you have to have beautiful photos, be a niche and have a cohesive, beautiful feed. That is my observation from years of using Instagram and seeing other accounts. So this is an exciting change for me, to focus on my blog and my YouTube channel more, and not put all my time and focus into Instagram like I have been in the past. To sew more. I am still the same exact person and I am a very transparent, open person so I’m still going to be me in any social media platform or the blog or YouTube, I’m just shifting my priorities a little!
The foremost reason for this is that I keep getting an inkling to sew more and strengthen my talents. And also to inspire others to dress modestly and grow my audience so that I can open up my clothing line that offers classy, beautiful and modest clothing for women. And if I am successful at that, I can use the resources to help kids in 3rd world countries. Because that is my biggest goal and the reason why I blog and do any of the things that I do. I’ve never been the person to focus my time on something just to make money so I can be rich, or grow a following(which I don’t care so much about followers than engagement, I block numerous accounts everyday!) so I can get validation from others. In all that I do, I have to have a higher purpose than just the surface reasons. I want to make money so I can help others whom are less fortunate on a bigger scale. I want to grow a following so that I can use that for the good, to share my beliefs and inspire others. IG is tricky because if I didn’t feel the push from the universe to grow my following, I could care less about the numbers. But numbers equal a bigger market which equals more success which equals more people I can help. That is why I care.
Thank you so much for sticking around so far, even when I’ve been the worst blogger and not putting much attention on here. And I have been a flaky person on here like when I promised the Life Lessons series every Friday on here. I am a person of my word and take my words very, very seriously and keep my word no matter what. But on here, I haven’t sometimes. I was thinking about why this is so because it really bugs me that I haven’t kept up my word on here a couple of times and I figured out that it’s because I feel like I’m just talking to myself on here. So when I feel like no one is reading or listening to what I am saying, and I promise something on here, no one is listening so I don’t feel any urgency or responsibility to deliver that promise. Like that promise was void because I didn’t promise it to anyone. Does that make sense? So feel free to say hi once in a while and let me know that you read on here! I want to ask more questions on here so that it’ll be a continued conversation from my blog post, and so that I can get to know you better. So it doesn’t feel like I am just talking to myself.
Thank you for sticking around this far. I am going to bring you more content and one of my goals is to post my family Sunday best photos on here instead of on Instagram every Monday. So for those of you that still have stuck around when I’ve been the worst blogger, thank you. You are seriously the most loyal follower! It means so much to me.
Hi! I’m still here! and I read your blog! but sometimes i don’t like to comment because for some reason everytime I try to capitalize in your comment box it does NOT capitalize and I have OCD so I just don’t want to publish a comment with a bunch of poor capitalization. 🙂
I enjoy reading your blog. I look forward to future sewing posts! It was what brought me to your blog years ago. I saw one of the shirts you had made on another blog and it lead me to yours.
Hi! I’m still here. I always like reading your stories on the blog here. I like learning about your life and insights, and just watching you share yourself with the world. It inspires me to open up. I also love the refashions you do–those are what originally drove me to follow your blog! And I am really interested in seeing your modest clothing line. I dress modestly just as a personality style, and I like to draw inspiration from your clothes!
Ah, yes, I need to fix it but don’t know how! hahaha, I am so clueless! I will try to get it fixed soon. 🙂 And thank you so much for reading!!! It means so much to me.
Thank you Flora! We made two videos today and I am so excited to start posting regular content! It means so much to me that you are still here. You are awesome. So happy you found it. 🙂
Thank you so much for reading Kirsten! It means so much to me. And so good to know! My Instagram will focus on sewing and fashion so you’d enjoy it there! 😉 https://www.instagram.com/sarahtyau/
I’m still here too 🙂