You’ll still be a happy camper, I promise. That’s the most important thing, people! If you’re an “eat with your eyes” type of person, then just close your freakin’ eyes! Hah. If you happen to be an expert cake decorator, then please excuse my lame attempt. I have made a few (this one is a repeat offender), and they always taste a hell of a lot better than they look. If you’re like me, you are no expert at baking and assembling layer cakes. Let’s get to the good stuff: this freakin’ amazing cake. It’s been an overwhelmingly satisfying and humbling experience thus far. And strangers were postingabout/pinning my content on a daily basis (which is still shocking to me, heh). People I’ve known for years were suddenly interested in trying out my recipes and giving me feedback. Those connections span my personal life and the blog world. Most of all, though, I’ve relished in the connections I’ve made with people over my favorite thing on Earth: FOOD. My photography is still an area where I have much room to improve, but I think I’ve already improved in some ways (despite the pictures for this post – I hate every single one. Once I turned off the knee-jerk inclination to compare myself to others, I was happy with what I was putting out there. Something I could look back on and say “hey, good job.” I wanted to share my recipes and inspirations with people and not worry so much about how they were received. Instead, I wanted to focus on putting GOOD CONTENT out there. I was not going to torture myself over the number of hits or page views I was getting. I made a deal with myself in the beginning that I wouldn’t focus on the popularity of the blog. That all being said, I’m proud of what I’ve done here in the last year. Are they good enough? Different enough? Delicious enough? And I constantly worry about the recipes I’m putting out there. I still agonize over my obviously-still-a-beginner photography. I still read and re-read every single post/recipe before I hit the “Publish” button. Even after I’ve received such a great reaction from friends, family, and…strangers. I’m not sure what made me finally take the plunge…because I’m still totally self conscious about anything I post on this blog! Even a year into it. BUT, my self consciousness won over time and time again, and I would snuff out the idea as quickly as it came to me…over and over. Starting a food blog kinda seemed like a no brainer. Cooking had served as one creative outlet for me since my early 20s, and being an English major, I had always loved to write. While I am perfectly satisfied at said job, I knew I needed a creative outlet. I’m a creative person by nature, and my real-life job doesn’t lend itself toward a ton of creative freedom (read: none). Quite frankly, I didn’t think I could compete. I found those people to be far more impressive than myself. I didn’t think blogging was for me, even though I LOVED reading food blogs and was fascinated and impressed by people’s constant creativity. I didn’t think anyone would care about what I had made or had to say about…well…anything. One year ago, I finally worked up the courage to document my cooking after months (years?) of self doubt. A LOT has happened in this past year (um, I made a HUMAN BEING. Today marks the one-year birthday of this blog! I can’t believe how fast the past year has flown by…both in the blog world and real-life world.
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