I have
been blogging on my personal for two and a half years. I made the transition
from being a gossip blogger to a lifestyle/personal blogger in the spring of
2016. My gossip site covered everything black celebrity gossip and it was
called Gossip in Da’ Gumbo. I was inspiring to become a gossip blogger at the
time by Necole Kane, The Jasmine Brand, and Rhymes with Snitch. My personal
life was in shambles. I had no friends and was suffering from depression
weekly.
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Gossip
blogging gave me something to look forward to and it gave me sudden boosts of
thrills. It felt good to back then knowing that there were people going through
worse situations than I was. The pity parties that I hosted for myself weekly
started to cease from simply gossip blogging. I was in my early 20’s and was
creating an online hype and decent living from my blog.
During
the two years of gossip blogging, I started feeling horrible about many of the
celebrities I was blogging about. Dishing out their business as if I really was
making an impact in the world and in all reality, I wasn’t. I wanted to not be
a part of the what started seeming like cyberbullying celebrities that were
happening. My email list for my gossip blog had over 2,500 followers. People
flocked to my Tumblr page to fill their teacups with every blog post I dropped.
I started
to become more aware that gossip blogging was not benefiting me. I was still in
search of my true purpose in life. I talked the situation over with my husband
and we took it to our pastor. Neither of us was really living our lives for
Christ at the time either. We were going to church almost every Sunday and even
bible study on a Wednesday night and wasn’t spiritually submerge within God’s
word.
I had a
conversation with my pastor at the time after Bible study about gossip blogging
and my life. It was during our conversation that he sat me down and directed me
to scriptures in the Bible that had a true impact on me. My pastor also prayed
over me and made notes along with bible scriptures to study. I also did go to
God in prayer and started backing away from blogging.
God spoke
to me and made me more comfortable with letting my blog go completely. After
letting my gossip blog go I stopped blogging for almost 8 months before having
the strength and a better approach to a meaningful blog. When I launched this site,
my intentions were never to blog for money, success, or a large following. I
wanted to share my story with the world in a secure place that can be an outlet
for others who want inspiration, motivation, and the unfiltered truth.
I did not
have a blog launch countdown either did I tell anyone. I just went for it in
the middle of a storm in my life. The name of my blog came easily to me one day
while I was trucking to work on my two feet in the middle of February on the
phone with my lil’ sister.
Launching
this blog has allowed me to tell my life story through words that create mind
movies. I have connected with countless women of all ages from all social
classes. Being able to inspire and encourage women of all ages to keep striving
towards their attainable goals and to overall keep living has been an amazing
experience.
Therefore,
I’m on a mission to be that bold voice who speaks her truth. I have found my
inner strength to keep going in life. Being a blogger especially for myself has
helped me grow into a brand. My walk with Christ is stronger although I know I
have so many areas in my life to improve on. I’m better than I was before. I’m
stronger than I was before. I’m impacting more lives than I was before.
Here are a few encouraging quotes that I love as well.
“What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” – Unknown
“Your life is your message to the world. Make it inspiring.” – Unknown
“Don’t let your struggles become your identity.” – Unknown
“Let your faith be bigger than your fears.” – Unknown
“The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” – Unknown
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It all sounds very impressive for me. I like how accurately you have described everything. I would like to read more of such posts. Thank you.
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