Urm… So, I don’t try to focus on stats too much but my blog somehow took off in November?! I don’t even know what happened but I am beyond grateful and I felt like I had to do a post about it because honestly I’m still a bit confused (in a super excited and happy way).
November has been an incredibly hectic month and I won’t lie, I barely survived it.  Blogging and uni were a bit hard to balance last year, but November has seemed to be peak deadline season.  That combined with more brand communication than usual, a couple of events (I did a post on one of them here), a new internship and a lot of travel between London and Bristol (Read my slow decline into craziness here) was very intense.  However, despite the breakdowns and the brain shut down that I am only just recovering from, I am so grateful for where my blog has taken me.
This month I hit 3000 followers.  3000!  I didn’t even register when I hit 1000!  This month it felt like all the hard work and effort that I’ve put in over the last 11 months is really paying off and that’s such a rewarding feeling… However, it’s simultaneously terrifying.  I don’t want to sound ungrateful, because trust me I am incredibly grateful, I can barely believe that this is happening.  However, I never really expected to receive this much attention on my little blog.  I started this because I wanted to write more; I wasn’t aware that in 11 months time I’d be in communication with brands, or attending events as a “blogger” or have a genuine readership… I’ve gotten way more out of this than I was expecting and I can’t wait to see where I go from here.
I feel like a lot of the attention I’ve received recently came from my racism post?  As far as I can tell that was when things started skyrocketing… and honestly that makes me so happy.  I was so worried about publishing that post and I wasn’t sure how people would react to it but it brought about the best responses.  I love how it provoked a discussion and got people thinking, and honestly my only regret is that I had published it sooner because I’m so proud of what it’s accomplished.  If any post was going to bring me more people I am so glad it was that one, because, I don’t know, it feels more substantial.
The blogging adventures that I’ve experienced in November have given me a real enthusiasm for blogging at the moment and I love it.  Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been very enthusiastic about my blog for the last couple of months, but now all I want to do is improve.  I want to produce the best content I can, and push myself to do better, so I can’t wait to see where December takes me.
I won’t be doing Blogmas – mainly because I barely have time to post 3 times a week right now and my busyness is starting to take a toll on my mental health.  However, Christmas is my favourite time of year so the current plan (don’t hold me to this) is to continue to post 3 times a week until Christmas, with each of those posts being vaguely associated with Christmas/holidays/festivities.  Then, starting December 25th, I am going to daily blog for 12 days and take part in the 12 days of Blogging – a tribute to the first set of posts that I ever did on this blog. So look forward to all of that!
November has been unbelievable and I still have moments where I’m like “Wow, I did this.  This is my creation and it’s actually becoming a thing.” and it’s indescribably rewarding.  I can’t wait for December, I can’t wait for next year, honestly I just hope that I keep up this momentum because who knows what may happen?
Hope you’re all doing well – this was quite rambly but when are my posts not?  How has your November been? Let me know in the comments! Oh also I have a giveaway going live on my Instagram on Saturday so stay tuned for that…
Lots of love,
Jas xx
 
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