Blogging at 50, It’s a Lifestyle

Me, A Blogger?

I recently met another blogger while I was going about my day. She is a fashion blogger. Truth be told, I have always thought I should have started a fashion blog years ago. After all, I did live in San Francisco, work in a luxury, fashion department store. It seems only right that is where I should have started. Oh no, rebel that I am, I had to go and write about the spiritual journey, the vegan journey, the single journey, the blah blah blah journey. You get the picture, I like to write about the journey. Seriously!

What Do I Know…

All along I realized, I should have been writing about what has been under my nose the whole time. It took this fashion blogger to put it in perspective for me. I definitely couldn’t see what was right in front of me. So fast forward all these years later and I meet The Flabby Fashionista. Yes, you read that correctly. She is a plus size fashion blogger. Our conversation was brief, well not that brief. Yet in a short amount of time we got to talk about a lot of things. The biggest take away…write what you know.

What I Know For Sure

Here is what I know: I am an over 50, single woman, living in the suburbs. I am a vegan. I practice yoga (sometimes), I help take care of my aging parents, I am a dog mom; and not so long ago, I was all about the latest fashion trends. What I didn’t know? How to put it all together. So I studied. I read all the lifestyle blogs I could. Middle aged lifestyle, millennial lifestyle, curvy fashion lifestyle. I’ve read them all. I am learning how to live the life of a blogger while having a full time job. What I didn’t know was starting to morph into something called, hold on to your hat, a lifestyle blog. Wait just a minute…

There’s Got to Be a Market for This

Who is going to be interested in an over 50, single woman, no kids, living in the burbs, vegan, dog mom, part time yogi blog? According to the market research I’ve done (aka my friends), lots of people. What? There are other women out there just like me? Okay, maybe not vegan, or maybe not a dog mom, or, you get it. But for the most part…YES! I have poured over many different blogs, many different social media sites; and I have come to the conclusion, everyone is just being themselves, putting themselves out there. I have been afraid my whole life to do that. NO longer.

Face Your Fear and Do it Anyway

Why don’t I feel that fear? Because I don’t give a you know what. Not anymore. I am who I am, and rest assured I am NOT everyone’s cup of tea. I do know this, I AM a lot of people’s flavor though. So now I am armed with my camera wherever I go, only because I need a new cell phone. I have my notebook with me. I have and continue to update my social media pages (are you even following me???). I am ready to be a part time blogger, until I can be a full time one. So this is me, putting it all out there and hoping you like it, but if you don’t….remember, I don’t give a…..!