You are not alone.

I started writing this blog as a work project back in 2018.  I needed to learn about how blogging and social media promotion worked. I wrote a few and learned what I could and then stopped writing my blog posts.

Enter Covid. I found I needed a creative outlet while I social distanced from my friends and family. I began writing my blog again.

I started with the same concept of simple suggestions. I found that some of my blogs were more personal and not necessarily a simple suggestion.  I realized that some were being written because I was trying to work through something personal.  I had issues I was dwelling on and writing about them helped me deal with them. Some of the blogs scared me as I wrote them because I started to realize things about myself that I was unsure about, or was even trying to hide from myself.  

I posted these more personal blog posts and my readers sent me the most amazing notes. They told me how they have struggled with the same issue. Or, they shared that they have been having the same thoughts.  

You can't imagine how helpful it was to realize that I was not alone.

Sometimes I struggle with an issue and I don't want to burden a friend or family member with my thoughts. Sometimes I like to pretend that my life is perfect and I have no issues. 

I have been reminded of a valuable lesson this year... it is okay to have issues.  It is okay to mention them to others.  Sometimes speaking about my issues, helps others. 

Thanks to all my blog readers and their support. It helps more than you know.