Hi. I’m Annie. I’ve been writing this blog (almost) daily for the past 3 years. I adore writing and I get giddy when I read a new comment on a post. Since I started writing about weight loss in July 2009, I have weaned 2 children, put one in Kindergarten, grown a home farm, bought some chickens, and started writing for other sites.
I have also started to travel. Oh my word – I had no idea traveling was so exhausting! When I was a little girl, I read book after book and dreamed of traveling the globe and seeing the world! I adore traveling, but since July I have been to St. Louis, NYC, New Orleans and Chicago. I am ready for a break! Really ready.
Blogging takes a ton of work beyond just the writing of a post. Editing photos, shooting and editing vlogs, promoting posts, commenting on blogs to encourage traffic and comments on my own posts. Then there is the e-mail communications and social media interaction. All of it I love and this is seriously my dream job!
But I am taking a paid vacation. I am almost at burn out. I need to step away and re-evaluate my blog, my purpose for writing. What is my passion? Why am I blogging?
You might see less product reviews. You might see less giveaways. Who knows.
Thankfully I have amazing friends and while I am away, this blog will have some seriously awesome content scheduled! Enjoy their posts. Tweet it, share it, comment.
Thank you for being the best readers ever!! I really appreciate you more than you know! See you in a week!
(Oh I bet I will still be on Twitter and Facebook. And Wordless Wednesday. No worries there! LOL)
Girl, I can so relate to this many many times per year. It always feels good to sit back, pray and reevaluate what you are doing. In the end you are going to be much happier about it. I also feel like that is when doors of amazing opportunities open (even more so)!
Enjoy your time off!!! {HUG}
oh the elusive blogging break, it’s nice to take one sometimes!