I've been trying to blog on and off for years. This little thing called fear held me back. Fear of failure. Fear of being ignorant and not having anything to say.
Let's fast forward to 2018. I was telling hubby about all these ideas I had for a lifestyle blog and another idea for a food blog. I researched so much. So I presented him with so many facts. But that is all that I had ideas, facts, and research. Well unbeknownst to me he went out and purchased not one but two domains! He was so happy to present this gift to me and all I could feel was fear once again. What am I going to do with this? I don't know how to web design. I don't know the first thing about having a website. How do I divide my time between two very different blogs. It's like having two jobs. Not to mention I already had a job as a wife/mother/homeschool teacher.
Overwhelmed was an understatement. I froze. I didn't do anything with either site for about two weeks. Then I decided to start with the food blog. It was a "do it yourself" WordPress site. Only I had never heard of WordPress. So YouTube University to the rescue. I watched dozens of you-tubers on the subject. You know what I learned? I learned how to nap several times per day. Holy cow is learning about WordPress boring! I decided to look for an actual class to see if a live teacher could keep my attention. Our local library offered a class. It did not help. All it taught me was what I already knew. I did get a handy dandy certificate though.
So being paralyzed and frustrated by fear I just gave up. I did not touch those websites for months. Finally I decided the best thing to do was give up one site in it's entirety and just concentrate on the other. I called support from our host company and they had some good advice for me. They even had a simpler way of designing my website that did not involve WordPress. Boy was that a relief!
So I learned that when I let go of something that is completely overwhelming and I ask for help that little thing called fear becomes defeated. I have been hard at work on www.casavelilla.com.
I am so happy with what I've been able to put together so far. I know I have a long way to go and I will continuously be learning about websites, blogs, technology and so much more.
Come visit me on the website. Let me know what you think.
