December + 2016 | Day 12

17:00

I know that Christmas doesn't mark the end of the year and the end of December. There is still another week until the end of December but I wanted the write the post now so I could do my 2016 post at the end of the month if that makes sense.  
For the last few months, I have been super conscious of my blog statistics. I mentioned this briefly in my November post and since then, I have definitely let it affect me more than it should. If I see a post get less views, I over promote on twitter and also feel really bad about myself. I start thinking that something about that post was bad. That shouldn't be how I feel. Some posts do better than others and I should post posts that I want to and am happy with. One of my main goals for 2017 is to not let the numbers define and affect me because it just doesn't make me happy. 

A good thing this month was that I went to my friends house for a photoshoot. Unfortunately it was tipping down with rain so we had to take the photos inside. The photo for this post is from the photo shoot because we had such a good time and it was nice to hang out together as we don't really see each as much at school anymore. 

In December, I feel like I was very reflective on the past year. I have definitely identified some key areas that I want to change which I will talk about in the new year. One of the main one is to keep on track with this blog and establish what direction I want it to go in. I really want to start planning more and writing posts I am interested in.

2016 has definitely been a big emotional roller coaster, personally and globally. I definitely feel like my state got worse towards the end of the year which I found happened last year as well. I am very happy that I recorded special days and uploaded them to a youtube channel because I want to be able to remember the good things of the past year. If you are interested, you can go watch them here but I am not interested in gaining subscribers so please don't feel like you have to.

This is the last post from me for a while so I hope you all have an amazing Christmas!

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5 comments

  1. 2016 was an emotionally roller coaster indeed! Nice post 😊 Merry Christmas!

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  2. I agree about stats - I let statistics and comments affect me way more than I should!! 2016 has been up and down but I hope 2017 brings a better year for everyone! Lily xx

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  3. 2016 was definitely an emotional roller coaster, for myself as well. Hope your Christmas was great, and all the best for the new year x

    Sophie's Spot

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  4. I could relate to this but what helped me is, just trying not to be hard on myself. If a post gets less views, I don't really care that much and I just let it go. :) Move on, continue doing what you love and don't care x <3

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  5. 2016 has been a tough year but I'm sure 2017 will hopefully be better. Lovely post as always x

    Najida | The Average Gurl x
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