1000 Hours of Writing: 360 - 380
When I started this blog, I thought that it'd be a fun way to write down whatever was floating around in my head and maybe make a few people laugh along the way. It was a way to pass the time - after all life was already set in stone: I was studying and why should writing get me anywhere? It's unrealistic anyway. I have not considered that one day it might think about where to take it. However, after life changed, I am in a position where I wonder what to do here ...
I am not sure when the turning point was. Maybe when I was accepted as a pre-launch tribe leader. Just a minor hint that showed me, that my writing wasn't all too rubbish. This in turn "forced" me to make a second twitter for my writing persona. So I discovered an unbelievably kind blogger community. I noticed that my blog flourished under its watchful eye and it became more structured.
Then I ran blog and tribe side by side, saying that both have the same priority. If I do one blog post per week, I am going to do one tribe post and vice versa. While usually, I wouldn't feel inclined to share my thoughts and ideas about the future, or where I want to take things I feel like this time I should clear it up. After all I walk a thin line between motoring bollox and lifestyle bollocks.
After half a year, it has been established that this blog has priority over the tribe. I can't exactly explain why, it's more a gut feeling that this is going to take me somewhere - wherever that is.
While I don't want to make it a habit of missing tribe posts, I won't stress myself over them either. Don't despair I have new ideas for "DriveTribe" as well. But let's start with the changes for this blog:
On floralcars:
Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that a whole category went missing in the menu: #everyday life.This decision has hurt me a little bit, because it was the founding idea of my blog. However, not only do I lack posts in the category, the voice and humour has simply spread all over the blog anyway. So in a way it's not eradicated or lost at all. Instead it has been worked into the very fabric of this blog.
Posts which were categorized as #everyday life are now re-branded under #lifestyle and #life. Hence they're not lost at all, and I don't plan on stopping on telling funny stories when they cross my path or using silly jokes, they'll just be in a different category and more topic wise now.
While taking something away, I decided to add something else instead: Monthly Favourites.
I know, I know. It's not the most original idea. I didn't find it quite challenging to write about it, instead I decided to vlog about it. The categories are: Fashion/Lifestyle - Entertainment - Music - Quote
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The first of hopefully many |
On DriveTribe:
In it, and with the help of Sticky, I want to explain things related to motorsports: Formula E in general, LeMans, introduce race tracks, or talk about certain drivers. I have shied away from race racaps because that feels too close to the MiniDrivers.
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The ever so faithful Sticky |
Something that is not as far away is The Rookie Road Tripper.
This is going to be an extra tribe in which I want to share pictures and story from my road trip(s?). I have wondered for a while where I could share this, or even if I should.
The tribe does not quite fit - since I need to create a problem for it and for the blog it seemed too far off. Making a second blog would subconsciously force me to update it regularly, also a lot of coding would be involved ... However, DriveTribe takes care of that - I don't have to worry about coding, styling or not even engagement if I am honest, and since I am regularly active anyway, I wouldn't feel stressed about updating.
Of course, my priorities may shift again, an idea just does not work out, or I get bored of it. But for now, that's the plan. I am both excited and slightly terrified of them, but when am I not?
Thank you for posting this; what a great way to keep us updated :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading :)
DeleteJust keep on writing girl!
ReplyDeleteThat is the plan, enthusiastic anon ๐๐
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