The first blog you have is the most special. You spent countless hours reading other blogs, writing your own posts and in the process make amazing friends and for me the experience was the same.
My first blog was 5 years back when I lived abroad. The response was overwhelming and the ways things seemed, I might have as well had 10 giveaways for my followers. I loved them all. I knew each one of them and read each of their blogs. I also had weirdos who had found my blog while looking for something quite un-interesting.
I did make a one enemy. He thought I came too strong. I never refrained from galli-garoching. I don't think ranting and outright cursing should only be refrained to men and I absolutely don't believe a man can dictate to me the terms of what is right and what is wrong. He is exactly a type of man who will tell you not to drink or wear a skirt because it is too 'distracting' or 'wrong'.
Keeping that aside my best experience online for those years was on that blog. I learned so much more about India, about Fashion, about people and I have so much gratitude for the people who helped me realize that. But of course I have been an idiot. A major idiot. I deleted my blog. I make crazy decisions only to end up regretting them. I deleted my blog on impulse and I regret it every single day.
And that my friends is how I lost my followers.
So here's a little advice - No matter how busy you get, how much criticism you receive, how crazy you get never ever ever delete your blog especially your first one because your first blog its your life.
It tells people where you come from and who you really are. Besides your best work is in those old posts rather than in your new.
xoxo
My first blog was 5 years back when I lived abroad. The response was overwhelming and the ways things seemed, I might have as well had 10 giveaways for my followers. I loved them all. I knew each one of them and read each of their blogs. I also had weirdos who had found my blog while looking for something quite un-interesting.
I did make a one enemy. He thought I came too strong. I never refrained from galli-garoching. I don't think ranting and outright cursing should only be refrained to men and I absolutely don't believe a man can dictate to me the terms of what is right and what is wrong. He is exactly a type of man who will tell you not to drink or wear a skirt because it is too 'distracting' or 'wrong'.
Keeping that aside my best experience online for those years was on that blog. I learned so much more about India, about Fashion, about people and I have so much gratitude for the people who helped me realize that. But of course I have been an idiot. A major idiot. I deleted my blog. I make crazy decisions only to end up regretting them. I deleted my blog on impulse and I regret it every single day.
And that my friends is how I lost my followers.
So here's a little advice - No matter how busy you get, how much criticism you receive, how crazy you get never ever ever delete your blog especially your first one because your first blog its your life.
It tells people where you come from and who you really are. Besides your best work is in those old posts rather than in your new.
xoxo
1 comment:
Awwww... I hope you get your followers back :)
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