January Blog Challenge - 2014

Well hi! It's been a while!

I've been busy finishing up the first semester of my senior year (!), battling a bout of the flu (including a first-time-ever visit to the emergency room. Way over-rated!), and prepping for my senior collection before I graduate. I can't believe 2013 is over already, but believe me when I say I'm so ready to welcome 2014 with open arms. Let's hope for a better year for all!

I haven't even gotten a chance to sit down and think about my resolutions, really. Have you? Does it involve stepping away from the internet? Stepping closer? Making more things with your hands or spending more time with your loved ones? I always go way overboard with my goals, so this year I really want to focus on a few and do them well.

One thing that honestly had not occurred to me was putting more effort in here at the blog. When the lovely Carolynn from Kitty Adventures mentioned the January Blog Challenge I'd done a couple years ago to me, I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's been a long, long time since I've blogged regularly, and I like the idea of the challenge. But even better than that, I remember that when I did it last time, I made more effort to comment on other blogs, to reply to my comments, and regularly join in discussion. That alone is reason for me to try, as I'm woefully bad at these things normally!

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So here is my challenge: to blog five days a week, every week in January! Want to join me? Feel free to take the button above, and let me know if you're joining in so I can add you to the list on the Challenge Page!

Have a Happy New Year, everyone!

Bye, January!

Will you post more often now? Did you have fun? Was it a ridiculous idea? What do you think? I learned a few things: I need to get better at replying to comments and commenting on posts! Also, weheartit was my saving grace when I didn't have content prepared. I also realized that quality > quantity... I felt like a loser when I was posting only to meet the daily quota, instead of genuinely posting good content I was proud of. What did you learn?

Thanks for joining in this crazy plot--I sincerely loved getting to see different parts of your lives, and even when I was in lurker mode (not commenting as much), it was so enjoyable to read what you had to say!

Here's to a beautiful February.

January Blog Challenge

So typical of me to start this late, but here we go:

The January Blog Challenge is my ideal way to kick off the New Year: with a steady stream of new content & encouragement from/for my blogging friends!

Here's the deal, and it's pretty basic:

Post, at least once, every single day in January. (Ignore the first few days, or backdate your posts and just pretend!) No guidelines on content, no other commitments. That means that if your 31 posts turn out to be all photos, so be it! The goal is just to sit down and update every day.

On my right sidebar, I made a little badge you can put on your blog if you so choose (because badges are fun! And really, I just spent far too long figuring out how to make a scrolling text box, so you should make it worth my while, haha.), and if you click on it, it will lead you back to this post, where you can scroll down and see a freshly updated list participating blogs. That's the other fun part about this: comments! Try to leave some daily comments on the other participating blogs--you never know what fun people you'll discover or which friends you'll make--& expect the same for your posts! It's nice to have an audience & this is a sure-fire way of hearing from them! So let me know if you choose to participate, & I will add you to the list.

Give it a go & see what you can make happen!

Participating Blogs:

Ruthography

ladyjanewriter und so weiter

This Ain't Rocket Science, It's Food

Found in Translation

Leah Leaf Designs

Gagarin Talks (Can be NSFW)

Shilyn Joy

an (un)superb happenstance