Just thought I'd check in with my blog... its been well over a year! (Deja Vu!!)
I have been tempted to come back online on so many occasions over the past year and a half, but kept bottling it. I don't even have a good excuse really.
I stopped blogging for a while as I felt my life had too much pressure in it, I began to loathe logging in and seeing the hours of work i'd put into a blog post just wasn't being seen by many people and that my message/comments boxes were constantly empty.
Working long hours in a job that isn't a right fit for me was wearing me down, my Fibromyalgia makes me extremely tired so the last thing I wanted to be doing was coming home from work to do a tonne more hours on writing reviews and articles on things my heart just wasn't in.
Over the past year and a half, not much has changed.
I'm still suffering daily with my fibromyalgia pain and fatigue and my mental health is fairly stable (although I am attending weekly psychotherapy).
I'm still working the same old job that bores me to the bone.
I'm still trying to lose more weight (although not completely Keto anymore).
I'm still with Jack and our doggo Jet!
We have however moved house. We have left the flat with horrible neighbours which were causing a strain on our lives and have moved into a lovely new-build flat (the neighbours are better than we could have wished for) in the countryside.
Life feels better here. We feel more secure and calm when we close our door before bed at night, the flat is in immaculate condition so we no longer struggle keeping on top of mould and constant issues like we did in the old place. We have a garden for the doggo which makes my life easier as I now don't have to walk the dog around the block when I'm in pain and I'm exhausted.
Being in the countryside means we have endless fields to explore with the dog and they're quiet fields so he gets to have some 'off lead' playtime... although having a dog covered in mud is not so great when you have new carpets!!
The only issues we've had since being here are the initial issues with moving i.e. setting up all the direct debits ... and we were almost flooded out a few weeks back! (Long story, i'll save it for another time).
I want to come back to blogging, but the type of blogging where I feel no pressure from myself.
I felt I was under constant pressure to keep buying new items to review that I couldn't afford and didn't need, and I was accepting work from brands/companies that wouldn't pay for my time and wanted super tight deadlines.
Keeping up with everybody else on the bloggosphere was exhausting and I never felt that I was good enough to be in their game.
I also began to feel that 'blogging is dead' as YouTube has taken off dramatically over the past few years. I've contemplated YouTube but I doubt I'll ever be brave enough to make the jump and record myself for the world to see.
I will probably do a re-vamp of my blog in the new year; how quickly has that come around!? Forget Moi Knots doesn't fit me as a person anymore. I started FMK when I was around 20 and I have grown as a person considerable amounts since then. Maybe a new look and feel to my blog will entice me to keep coming back and working at something I love.
My hobbies and interests have changed massively within my early adulthood years, my job limits me on what I can/can't do with my hair and makeup and I wear a uniform 4 out of 7 days a week so my current wardrobe is made up of basic pieces and PJ's!
I cannot honestly say where my blog is headed from here on out. Maybe I'll add my sewing and crafting hobby into some posts; I may even turn these interests into a section on its own and still write about beauty and hair products I've tried and love in their own dedicated sections.
If you have any ideas on things you'd like to see from me, let me know by leaving a comment or sending me a quick email!
I have been tempted to come back online on so many occasions over the past year and a half, but kept bottling it. I don't even have a good excuse really.
I stopped blogging for a while as I felt my life had too much pressure in it, I began to loathe logging in and seeing the hours of work i'd put into a blog post just wasn't being seen by many people and that my message/comments boxes were constantly empty.
Working long hours in a job that isn't a right fit for me was wearing me down, my Fibromyalgia makes me extremely tired so the last thing I wanted to be doing was coming home from work to do a tonne more hours on writing reviews and articles on things my heart just wasn't in.
Over the past year and a half, not much has changed.
I'm still suffering daily with my fibromyalgia pain and fatigue and my mental health is fairly stable (although I am attending weekly psychotherapy).
I'm still working the same old job that bores me to the bone.
I'm still trying to lose more weight (although not completely Keto anymore).
I'm still with Jack and our doggo Jet!
We have however moved house. We have left the flat with horrible neighbours which were causing a strain on our lives and have moved into a lovely new-build flat (the neighbours are better than we could have wished for) in the countryside.
Life feels better here. We feel more secure and calm when we close our door before bed at night, the flat is in immaculate condition so we no longer struggle keeping on top of mould and constant issues like we did in the old place. We have a garden for the doggo which makes my life easier as I now don't have to walk the dog around the block when I'm in pain and I'm exhausted.
Being in the countryside means we have endless fields to explore with the dog and they're quiet fields so he gets to have some 'off lead' playtime... although having a dog covered in mud is not so great when you have new carpets!!
The only issues we've had since being here are the initial issues with moving i.e. setting up all the direct debits ... and we were almost flooded out a few weeks back! (Long story, i'll save it for another time).
I want to come back to blogging, but the type of blogging where I feel no pressure from myself.
I felt I was under constant pressure to keep buying new items to review that I couldn't afford and didn't need, and I was accepting work from brands/companies that wouldn't pay for my time and wanted super tight deadlines.
Keeping up with everybody else on the bloggosphere was exhausting and I never felt that I was good enough to be in their game.
I also began to feel that 'blogging is dead' as YouTube has taken off dramatically over the past few years. I've contemplated YouTube but I doubt I'll ever be brave enough to make the jump and record myself for the world to see.
I will probably do a re-vamp of my blog in the new year; how quickly has that come around!? Forget Moi Knots doesn't fit me as a person anymore. I started FMK when I was around 20 and I have grown as a person considerable amounts since then. Maybe a new look and feel to my blog will entice me to keep coming back and working at something I love.
My hobbies and interests have changed massively within my early adulthood years, my job limits me on what I can/can't do with my hair and makeup and I wear a uniform 4 out of 7 days a week so my current wardrobe is made up of basic pieces and PJ's!
I cannot honestly say where my blog is headed from here on out. Maybe I'll add my sewing and crafting hobby into some posts; I may even turn these interests into a section on its own and still write about beauty and hair products I've tried and love in their own dedicated sections.
If you have any ideas on things you'd like to see from me, let me know by leaving a comment or sending me a quick email!
A quick thank you to those who have been visiting my blog for the past 7ish years and to the people who have found my blog more recently via google/other sources and read a number of my posts.
Watch this space!!
Faye x
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