Searching For My Niche

Having had a couple of blogs in my life, I can't help but notice I've never been great at attracting readers. I think the biggest problem is that I don't have a "thing". When I was (much) younger, I had teen angst, and that worked reasonably well to attract similarly angst-ridden peers. But then....well, I'm not sure what happened.

There are so many different blogspheres it can be next to impossible to figure out where you fit. I tried infertility blogging, but instead of soothing me it only encouraged me to dwell on the negative. Not to mention nearly everyone on my blogroll got pregnant at basically the same time. Great for them, but not very encouraging to me!

I love beauty bloggers, but I don't have an unlimited Sephora budget. I like photography, but I'm only just learning it as a hobby and am in no position to be giving anyone tips. I enjoy cooking and baking, but I certainly don't have the skill to create recipes on par with the food bloggers I admire. My dogs are my life, but we don't compete in flyball or anything as interesting as that. And social work is out. I may be passionate about social issues, but it's just too heavy to write about 24/7! And sure, I'm on a serious weight-loss journey right now, but I don't want that to define me.

So this leaves me where?

I'm confident that I will be a wonderful mommy blogger....but that isn't exactly possible when I'm not yet a mommy. I would love to know how other bloggers find their niche. There are surely other jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none such as myself? How do they build their blogs? How do you find your audience when you can't even sell yourself as being a certain "type" of blogger?

All interesting questions that I unfortunately do not yet have an answer for.

~Michelle

Reality Check

So the holiday season has come to an end...*sigh* I always find this time of year extremely depressing, and this year it is compounded by the fact that the end of the festive season also brings an end to my excuse for delaying my job search. I simply don't feel ready to return to the real world yet, but it's time to at least start. January 2nd also brings an end to my justification for eating everything in sight, such as these:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies -

find the recipe at Big Flavours From a Tiny Kitchen

So tomorrow I will be overhauling my resume while sipping smoothies. I'm going back on my Zero Sugar plan and will be hitting the gym. I'm exhausted already....*yawn*

I already miss my holiday playlist and the warmth and merriment of the holidays....not that my holidays were all that merry anyway. But that's not the point. Now there isn't much to focus on except waiting for summer to return and working on some serious self-improvement projects. I trust this will become fun once I get going, but right now it's a matter of utilizing brute force against myself, which does not equal a good time in my opinion. I'm calling the fitness and nutrition regimen Project Baby - to constantly remind me of why I am doing this and why I never want to slack off or cheat.

In the meantime, I bid adieu to the holiday tunes until next season. I'm hopeful that next year I will have plenty to celebrate!

(Notice that I'm photographing inanimate objects AGAIN? I really need to practice on some human subjects...)

~Michelle