As always, I will start with apologizing for my lack of activity . The sweet siren song of Tumblr and the wonderfully interactive environment keep me faithful, as well, my life has been somewhat turbulent the last few months.
This weekend I have come down with a touch of a cold, and after a very slow-paced few days, I am reflective this evening.
I've been thinking quite a bit about my various online niches; this is something I'd like to elaborate on shortly, but first, I owe you all a small update.
As of August 24th I am officially no longer corporate-employed. This was an early birthday present, as I turned 26 years old on the 25th of August. After many years of office jobs and going through the motions, I was able to be honest with myself that it was not my calling. While I am thankful for the experience these jobs have given me, I am now quite happy to be going full steam in an entirely different direction: my own.
Firstly, I will be taking time for myself for a few months to prepare for this new road. I have my sights set on a fruitful entrepreneurial endeavor - however, first, I need to relax, reflect, and rebuild. I am lucky to be in a position that allows me to take some time "off", and I will be focusing on healing mentally and physically. My days have been and will be, filled with taking care of the small things you just "put off". Preserving those valuable memories in photo albums, finally reorganizing closets, get back to being more active, creating more healthy and economical meal plans, and working on various long-neglected hobbies. These things are important, and you truly forget about them when you are so very focused on just making it through another work week doing something that gives you no satisfaction.
So I return to my online footprint. As many of you know, I have various blogs and am active in different sectors of this wonderful blog-o-sphere. I use Tumbrl primarily, as I mentioned earlier, because of the intimate atmosphere, which allows me to interact with my readers. I love the fat fashion and body-acceptance circles, as well as the passionate feminist movement, the vintage lifestyler sharing, and being able to satiate my love for geeky internet memes and random photos. I use twitter hand in hand with Tumblr, and sadly, neglect my Blogger accounts, and as a result- Fat Glam Kitchen ( since FGK content feeds directly from a blogger account of mine).
My current personal project is finding a happy middle-ground. The thousands of followers I have are spread out over various social media platforms, and I think consolidating into one area is my best bet. This brings about all sorts of questions, specifically: Which platform?
So, my dear readers, I am cross-posting this to all of my social media. I need advice! I'm on the fence between combining my personal blog and Fat Glam Kitchen to contain all of my fat fashion as well as cooking. However, I also like the idea of being able to keep two passionate but separate spaces- one devoted to my cooking, and one to my fat fashion and personal life.
Before I sign off for another evening, I'd like to thank each and every one of you- from my unbelievably wonderful partner, my supportive parents, my loving friends, to those on Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, Fat Glam Kitchen, Etsy, Blogger and beyond, for your support, your kind messages, your witty comments, and your powerful emails, the coffee dates, the nights-off from cooking.... To my many social-media-friends- the interaction I get from you all is truly touching, and I am so honored to call many of you new friends.
I will ask for your continued patience in coming days or weeks as I streamline my online footprint, and I appreciate any messages or comments you may have.
Here's to exciting new things my darling bunnies,
xox Lenora
