Finding My (Writing) Voice

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I know I know it has been a long time in between posts, but please trust me when I say I have started many a draft only to lose momentum or not really know what I want to say.

I started this blog as a weight loss blog but weight loss hasn't really been a focus of my life for the last few months.

I read all these other fabulous blogs and tell myself I will never sound as good as that. they have an opinion, they have something to say - where I still feel I am finding my way.

I want to sound original, I want to sound cool but I feel like I sound like a fake, I feel like a fool......because

I want to be validated by lots of comments and feel part of the crew.

In real life, I am hardly ever stuck for words, funny quips just flow from my tongue, I have opinions and can convey them eloquently - why can't I get them out here!

Maybe I'm overcomplicating the process and should just start writing abiut what I want to write about - but shit that's the problem I don't know what I want to write about!

Where the hell do I start?

Another Return

One of my greatest real life friends (who also happens to be trying her hand at blogging - Lou)  told me that I should get writing again. And I think I need a bit of focus again! So Hi Guys - Here I Am!!

I have to admit I've been a bit 50/50 about it.  The is due to a few reasons - most of them probably excuse - you can choose for yourself which ones you think are real - they all seem real to me!

• I've just finished uni forever and am enjoying the break from the computer
• I've been busy planning a wedding - 10 weeks to go people - 10 weeks!
• I have fallen off the weight loss wagon - not sure how badly yet, but there is definitely more skin around my central area
• I've started another new job which is flat out (but I love it)
• I have lots of chores around the house that could do with some attention, e.g. the linen cupboard & skirting boards
• I've been wanting to change the direction of my blog and not make it so much of a weight loss blog
• I really want to find my "funny" writing voice - I read other amazing blogs that are so laugh out loud funny and I want that to be me!!

I've thought about starting a completely new blog but then I risk losing the 100+ posts that I've written here that have been a fundamental expression of my journey over the last year and then some.  So I figure I just keep writing here and hopefully entice some of my past readers back.

So with 10 weeks until the wedding you'd think I'd be stressing about putting weight one - I am, but I'm not - weird hey?  I  have been eating way too much chocolate, lollies and drinking too much wine, I love them all!!!  There's a little family owned gym near me and they sent out an email last week lookng for someone to share some PT sessions with another client - I thought it was a sign so stuck up my hand, turns out next week the gym starts their 8 week challenge - maybe that's a sign too so I'm going to throw my hat in the ring - maybe the focus and the push will do me some good!!

Gotta run and do my food plan - got the bridesmates coming over this arvo for some girly time  xxx

Charity Begins at Home!

I am doing a PR assignment which requires me to write a campaign to raise the profile (within the community) of a small, local organisation that assists people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.  I am in the research phase of the project and it got me to thinking - so thought I'd make a shout out here!

Do you regularly support (finacially or physically) any charities or community groups?

What do you do?  Who do you support?

How do you decide which charity or community group you support?

What charity events do you like to attend?

If you don't, what makes you choose not to?

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Transformation

I've seen a couple of my favourite bloggers - Sugar Coat It
and BMI Don't Care - revamp their blogs in the most wonderful way. (sorry I haven't linked back to these guys I am on the bus writing from my iPhone and haven't worked out how to do it yet xx)

I want to do it too! But I don't know where to start!

So those of you with fabulous, jazzy blogs can you please suggest some arty, creative IT types for me to have a look at?

Pretty please xx


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