Isn’t it strange how the universe works?

A week ago I shared on my social media platforms that I had been struggling with my mental health for the past month or so and that whilst I was so focused on my business (deafidentity.com), I no longer had the time to focus on my blog, social media and my ‘brand’ so to speak.

Yet, here I am. On my blog, writing this new post to be shared across my social media platforms.

2020 has undoubtedly been the year that has shaken everything up and if we classed life prior to lockdown as ‘normal’, then I’m glad we’ll never go back to that ‘normal’ again. Life I think for everyone was becoming too fast-paced, we’d lost sight of what was actually important, what we truly value in life and what we hold dear to us. I’m glad that that ‘normal’ is now becoming a thing of the past and that as we begin to navigate through these tricky times, a different way of life is coming. It’s needed.

I had an email come through to me a couple of days ago asking for my ‘Media Kit’ and when I saw that phrase it took me back to the old days of blogging, when blogging was good, when it was real and when people didn’t care about Instagram followers and how their feed looked.

But it was a little bittersweet, because whilst I reminisced about the early days when I had just started, I’d basically announced that I was taking a step back and that the transition from being a blogger to becoming a businessman was now underway. I no longer felt connected to my blog however, it made me curious to see just what my July 2020 Media Kit actually looked like given that the last time I’d updated it was January 2019… I was shocked.

It made me realise how far I had come both in 1 year and since September 2015 when I started. It kick-started something within me again. I don’t want to feel pressured or like I have to put something out there just for the sake of it. I want to feel inspired. I want to write as if nobody reads blogs anymore, the way I used to so that if people did and do read it, it’s a bonus.

So, I’m restarting again from scratch and reconnecting with things that (to quote Marie Kondo) spark joy.