Wednesday, November 16, 2011

What Do I Want My Blog To Be?

I want my blog to be inspiring, in its own unique way. 
I want this blog to force me to put things out there in the world and accomplish them, rather than keeping them to myself and wishing I did more. 
I want this blog to focus on my successes in life, but also on areas where I want and need to improve. 
And to show that life isn't always a good photo where everything looks perfect, but that it's the imperfect parts in between that really make it up. And that that's a beautiful thing. That's life.
I want it to encourage Aliyah, as she gets older, to dream and aspire for the future, and look back fondly on childhood. Even the parts she can't remember.
I want it to freeze little moments in time so I never take them for granted.
I want this blog to be clean and easy to navigate, and fun to look at aesthetically. 
I want it to be a digital journal of my design and photography skills so that someday I can look through the archives and see that I really have improved. 
I want it to be a place where I can write about what's bothering me and what I'm happy about, and what I'm grateful for and what I'm feeling at the moment. 
Where I can write about my "life revelations", no matter how silly they might be. 
I want this blog to be honest. 
I want it to enable me to become more outgoing and less self-conscious about who I am and what others think of me. 
I want to have a theme or style to how I write and how I present my photos, graphics and designs. 
I want to find my voice and not feel so awkward at moments when I write a post and wonder who I'm writing it for and why I'm writing it and if I'm trying to be too funny or too sweet or too philosophical. 
I want this blog to ultimately be for my family. Myself included, but also for grandparents, aunts and uncles who live across the country, so they can feel that they are even more connected to Aliyah's and our everyday life.  
I want this blog to inspire me so that I can become more aware, more present and to fully enjoy this wonderful, beautiful life that God has given me. 

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