It’s the month of November and after reading a post over at Black Strawberry about the blog’s anniversary, I remembered that it is my own blog’s anniversary as well.
I started the blog back in November 2011 in an attempt to keep myself busy, improve my writing, and to talk about the things I absolutely love. It was also around the time where I was trying to pursue my professional dreams, and luckily that has come true this past year. I needed a creative outlet to keep my sanity and to push myself to write on a regular basis in general. There is no better way to practice your writing than by committing to writing a blog at least once a week. It is a challenge, but one I wish to continue.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure how many people really wanted to read what I had to say. I’m amazed and extremely grateful for the amount of likes, followers, and comments I get for my posts. Not only is it a great boost to the self-esteem, but it shows I must be doing something good with this blog if people want to follow me and sometimes share my posts with others.
I don’t claim my blog to be the best of the best out there. I believe there is still more I can learn, more to improve, and more I can grow from. I have a passion and enthusiasm for anime, manga, video games, and fashion. I realized I had things to say on these topics, and instead of just analyzing everything in my head, why not put it out there for the world to find and see? By indicating in your own way that there is an audience for my blog, it keeps me constantly writing and thinking of interesting things to say or share.
I want to take the time to thank everyone for making this blog what it is after one year. Before I only had zero to one person reading my blog, and now I have about eighty something followers. I look forward to spending another year with you.
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If you get a double post, my apologies!
Congratulations! Happy Anniversary! Thought you had been blogging for longer. Keep up the good blogging!
Thank you! 🙂 And no, I started blogging around the same time as you. Here’s to another year of blogging for both of us!
Ooh happy anniversary! As I’m sure you know by now, I love your blog, so I look forward to reading more posts in the future. I’m glad to hear your career is going well too, that’s always a great thing! =)
Thanks! 🙂 The year has been pretty good to me. I hope 2013 will be the same. And I thank you for reading my blog! I’m glad I found yours as well since I love seeing updates from you.
Way to go lady 😀 Happy Anniversary!
Thank you! 😀
Congratulations! You have a wonderful thing going here and I look forward to keeping up with all its goodness in 2013! 🙂 (I’m doing a very similar post over on my blog tonight. November must be a good month for starting blogs!)
Thank you, and congrats to you too on reaching a milestone with your blog! 😉 It certainly seems like November last year was a good month to start a blog.
What’s also awesome about keeping a blog is you encounter other bloggers like yourself and you get to follow them as well. I enjoy reading your blog too and I hope to see more from you.
Congratulations and keep up the good work! I always look forward to reading your new posts ^_^
Thank you and I’m glad you feel that way! 🙂
I’m a little late, but congratulations. I’m looking forward to more post as always. 🙂
PS- It seems we started blogging for the same purpose too. I also wanted to keep myself writing.
Thank you! 🙂 I always loved writing. I have taken creative writing and journalism classes in college, and wanted to somehow keep that going. Great minds think alike!
Congrats on your blogging anniversary! You were one of my first followers and I always appreciate reading your posts and hearing your insight. 😀
Was I really one of your first followers? That’s awesome! I always thought your blog was something special when I first stumbled upon it. Still think it is. 😉 And thanks. I’m glad you enjoy reading my blog as well.