A Little (Probably Boring) Life Update!

My last post here was in April, whoops?? I could probably try and come up with some elaborate excuse why, but I won’t. Plain and simple, I just didn’t have the time or energy to blog. And for a while, I felt like that made me feel like a bit of a failure, like how could I suddenly jump back into it and pretend that everything was hunky dorey and nothing had changed? Simple answer, I couldn’t, hence the absence.

So, what’s happened since the last time I was active around these parts? I handed in my notice for a job that was really affecting my mental health, found another job, didn’t stick around long and walked out of that one too, before finally landing where I am now. I’ve been at my new job for almost 4 months now and I finally feel like I’m finding my feet and learning how to sort this home/work balance. I also fell out of love with blogging, as a whole. I stopped writing, I stopped reading other blogs, I didn’t want to take photos, I just didn’t want to be involved with any of it at all.

I think a lot of this was to do with not feeling as though I was good enough. Which then made me feel like it was pointless to even bother. I didn’t really have the time to work on content, so when I did, it felt rushed and I didn’t like it so I didn’t put it out.

And then I saw that Vix had opened the doors back up to join Grow and Glow, and I just thought why not? Worse comes to worst, I would lose a couple of quid but then I’d just move on and find some other hobby. But joining Grow and Glow may just have been the best decision I’ve made all month. In the short few weeks I’ve been a member, I have found my blogging mojo and found a group of girls in the community that are just so fantatsic and supportive. So much so, they’ve encouraged me to actually get one of my other blog ideas up and running soon, which I never would have done without their support!

I’ve worked through a few of the bundles and not only am I learning so much about the blogging world, I’m also learning a lot about who I am and the kind of presence I want to bring to the blogging community. You’ll notice that we have a new theme here, which is something I wanted to do for months but could never bring myself to do. I’m also finally self hosted, which would never have happened had I not had the help and support from the lovely girls in the Grow and Glow FB chat. I’ve invested in some presets that, I think, make my photos look better than I could ever make them look, and saves me the time I would have spent editing so I can actually write more.

So where do we go from here? Well, I’m the same gal, but I have a vision and some direction now. I’ll be trying to post at least once a week, sometimes twice. I’ve not figured out whether I’ll have a scheduled day because I feel like that’s just adding a little bit of extra pressure on right now! I’ll be focusing more on books, which will always be my first love, with a sprinkling of all the other things I love, like theatre and beauty boxes (yes, I have a problem, I know).

I’m really excited for this new chapter for Tea Time & Books, but it’s nice to know that while things seem to be changing, I’m still the same me, talking about the same things I love, but I’ll hopefully also be bringing you ‘better’ content. This is just a little hello from me, to let you know I’m still here, and I’ll be getting stuck in soon and bringing you more ramblings from my slightly chaotic brain!

So hello, my name’s Taylor, and I’m really looking forward to speaking to you soon.