Letting The Blogging Beast Take Over

I used to be fairly good at this.Coming up with topics to write about was nothing. I stopped blogging almost a year ago due to intimidation. I felt like I had somehow lost my way. Back in 2007, blogging seemed so new to a lot of people. It was a little bitty baby just growing and learning to walk. Now, it seems it's become a big overgrown hairy beast. I had been blogging for almost 7 years with very little following on my blog. I had so many people tell me they read my blog, but it was seeming like no one really followed it. I began to get frustrated. I admit I started to try to fit in. I started trying to do what everyone else was doing because that was what you were "supposed" to do apparently. Wrong!I'm quirky, I'm odd and pretty much just all around different. I never really was too good of a dresser. Let's be honest, I really like fashion but I'm not a fashion blogger. I'm not going to take pictures of myself in different outfits everyday. That may have worked when I had to go to the office everyday, but now that I'm a stay at home mom...well you'd be getting pictures of me in t-shits, leggings or sweatpants.I also discovered I'm not a makeup guru. Sure, I wear make up when I go out of the house but I need all you make guru's out there with these YouTube channels to help me do that. How can I help someone else when I need the help?LOL.Am I a branding guru, social media specialist, mom blogger, consultant or expert? The answer is probably slightly all of the above and none of the above.I tell you what I am though. Someone who just loves writing, sharing and connecting with others. When you try to be something your not, it's always going to come off as un-genuine and fraudulent and no one wants that. Plus, I don't do fake very well.So on from that confusion, I am just going to be me.-Nicole Alicia