Thanks for all of your feedback on yesterday’s post of questions. Some of the things you all said made me really think and I still think I have some noodling to do. As I continue in my recovery, my focus moves farther and farther away from food and I wonder if removing the label of Food Blogger is most appropriate. I enjoy writing about food and for a long time, with food journal style blogging, I was able to make that work because I could weave all of my personal insights into the story of the food. Now, I feel like I only want to occasionally write about food but feel bursting at the seams with words filled with yoga, ED and intuitive eating.
In my heart, I feel like I know what the solution is and I have felt this way for a really long time. I have been a part of the FoodBuzz network for a year and a couple of months now and it has led me to feel a sense of obligation to food blogging around the clock. Through Foodbuzz, I have met some amazing bloggers and have enjoyed lots of “freebies” and luxurious meals with wonderful friends. But, in the end, I’m just not sure if I want to continue to distinguish this blog as a “food blog” anymore.
Last night, I attended a power class at Solid Ground Yoga, which is fast becoming like my second home, and few thoughts were roaming around as the sweat dripped onto my mat. First and foremost, as crazy as it sounds, I want to dedicate more time to my yoga practice. Tim brought us to the front of our mats into tadasana and we reached our hands high to the sky, I looked at my hands and knew I was at home. The class challenged me and I fought with my ego. I wanted so bad to be able to go farther than I am and then I remembered, be now here or be nowhere. Time and time again, I reminded myself of that and struggled the whole time. After the class, we all hung around and chatted about yoga and life. I opened my heart to my fellow yogi’s and I was present in the moment. I stayed out later than I “should have” but connecting with my new friends felt right.
As I drove home and chatted with my husband, I knew what I had to do about my blog. I need to write, it is just a part of who I am but blogging about food can’t be my sole purpose anymore. That part of me is in the past and this moment, right now, is all I really have. It is time to let go of my label as “food blogger” and move out into the world of just writing about what my soul needs to say. I will be removing myself from the Foodbuzz program as soon as I hear back from them about how to do that. I will still write about food and recipes because I do still love food, I just have to move away from being tied to that label.
I hope you all will enjoy what I have to come and understand that this is just what feels right. It has felt right for a really long time and your responses yesterday was exactly what I needed to push me to make the right choice. So thanking for telling me what I already knew.
Peace and Namaste, my friends.
I think that it’s good for you to remove sources of pressure. I love food blogs, but I know that I’d be bored to tears if I wrote about what I eat every day. I love personal finance blogs, but I don’t want to write entirely about finances, either. I just want to write about what I feel like I want to write about… something that you have always been good at doing!
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I’m struggling with the same thing right now because I’ve been so busy that my eats have fallen my the wayside. I think it’s important to remember that you blog for yourself just as much if not more than for your readers. It’s fairly evident when bloggers are writing for the readers because it seems forced. I think the best thing about your blog is the variety. :)
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I think it’s natural. People evolve and change and this is your blog so you can do whatever you feel like with it. I like your writing and I’ll still be here reading you. :)
That’s definitely one of my fav quotes ever.
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I am sure I will enjoy what’s to come! Congratulations on taking the steps you feel are necessary at the moment! I look forward to hearing more about your experiences with yoga and everything else that you choose to share.
You took the words out of my mouth! I agree that I love food and blogging about it – and I’ll continue to do it. But I’ll never be able to document everything I eat and devote all my posts to it – for me, personally, it just becomes too obsessive and guilt/anxiety inducing….like when I line up all the chocolate wrappers on my counter…yeah – I know emotional eating , etc , etc…but I hate people telling me “you should/could” do this cause it only makes me feel worse. I kind of just want to go with the flow. I also prefer to avoid blogs where the person is still young and dealing with recovery and posting their food for the day – that seems all very healthy and controlled – again it makes me nervous.
I think it’s important to keep that part of you – like you said!! – but also explore other areas…hey it’s YOUR blog – you can write whatever YOU want…I still be here reading ;) (especially looking forward to your experiences with Yoga as we can discuss as we both go further into this). Enjoy your Halloween girl and take some time to relax for you!
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Stumbled on your website. I am a yoga teacher, food blogger, and have had my own issues in the past with food, life, and everything else. Just wanted to say hi and whatever you make your blog, enjoy it!