NaBloPoMo: Lessons Learned
Monday, November 30th, 2009I totally meant to write this earlier, but I’ve been bent double with a stomachache for the past couple of hours. It flares up horribly, then subsides, and then just when I think the worst is over, another bout of pain ensues. Anyway, I think it really is over now, and I want to share some of the things I learned this month of posting every day.
On to it then:
1. Themes are essential. I would not have been able to do this unless I had a blueprint, so to speak. Without my themes, I would have probably subjected you to daily updates of my dog. Think “Took doggy for a walk. He pooped, then we came home”
2. Planning is crucial. I would have had more info/longer posts if I could just have decided on a specific time of day to write. As it stands, I still haven’t settled on a time to write, though I’m honing in on my most creative times of day.
3. Writing regularly takes serious dedication. It’s not easy either. I know that I was extremely motivated to complete this project, and even then there were some days that I just didn’t want to do it. My themes helped immensely in this, since I had already decided on my topic.
4. I really do enjoy blogging! Even though I think my only reader is a Google bot, that’s alright. I like to write, and I’m excited to develop my skills. I’m actually thinking of going a step further, and doing the photo a day challenge for a year, so keep an eye out for that.
Moving forward: while I’m not going to post every day, I do intend to post several times a week. Not sure what days, yet, but there will be a schedule, so you know what to expect.
And that’s that.
Final Day of Shoes
Saturday, November 7th, 2009Sadly, this is the last day of shoe week. However, I have a magnificent shoe to leave you with:
This is the Lady Page shoe from Christian Louboutin. I love everything about this shoe, from the color, to the impossibly high heel (5 inches!), to the detail in the front. It’s simply elegant.
I can’t give you shopping info, because I know this shoe is way out of my price range, and I wouldn’t even know where to go to buy them. The Louboutin website is pretty cool, so I’d give it a look.
So ends the first week of NaBloPoMo. I really enjoyed this week, and I’m thinking of making a weekly shoe feature here. Since the point of this exercise is to learn about blogging, I can say that one thing I learned is that I should have a set time to write every day. I know, I know, that is common sense, right? But I almost forgot to post a shoe on a couple of days. Now I just have to figure out what my optimal writing time is. I start my new job on Monday, so it’ll definitely be in the afternoon/evenings.
I’ll announce next week’s theme tomorrow, with it’s first post. I hope it’s as fun as this week!
peace!