THINGS THAT BUG ME ABOUT BLOGGING
Ummhum. Back with a little moan. It's therapeutic, I'm sure. As much as I enjoy blogging I have mentioned that I have a few little grumbles about it that get on my wick. Nothing major, more niggles that I think some of you might relate to.. We all find things to moan about, no matter how much you love something.
My lack of phone memory.
Anyone else got any blogging niggles?! Big yes to having a good First World Problems whinge.
I don't know why I need those 50 other selfies that didn't make the cut but I do. There's blog pictures, various editing apps for Instagram, numerous snaps of food - y'know the stuff. 90% of the time my phone has that irritating 'storage space is low' notification up. Go away please.
Having to be a social butterfly.
I should probably be tweeting away and doing all this schmoozing and networking but admittedly, there are times when I'm much happier sat eating crisps, wearing ugly pyjamas and watching Absolutely Fabulous. On. My. Own.
Social media censoring.
Sometimes I want to eff and jeff on social and I guess I do sort of censor myself. I guess that comes with not having personal Twitter/Instagram accounts, but there are occasions where I could do a lot more moaning about what a dick so & so on Big Brother is.
Having to appear like a cheerful Charlie.
As nice as it would be, we aren't all sunshine and rainbows. I'm more of the resting bitch face kind of gal. I'm not sad, it's not that I dislike you, this is just my face. It's probably more of a YouTube thing, but I do still think there's pressure to appear like life's constantly great.. When in fact you're having a nervy b about exams or family stuff or even just getting down about spots. Instead, you're there putting that tweet out about your latest post on the dreamy pink lippy and pretending life is all hip hip hooray. I'm not one for getting too personal online, but at the same time it's tough to not show the 'life is pants' parts.
Having to be nice to grumps.
When I really want to tell them to piss off. Angrily. With various expletives. Yeah, putting yourself out there on the internet means you kind of have to accept that people have the right to voice their option.. But that doesn't mean I don't want to say BORE OFF every time someone does. It'd be great if we could ignore the nasty comments, but naturally they're the ones that stick in your head. And then you've got that 'trying to the bigger person' thaaang to deal with, when in reality there's a part of you that wants to say you're a horrible little toe rag and I hate you. LOL. There are times I do reply to bad comments, but most of the time I try to just delete them.
Blog tips.
Don't get me wrong, I also love a good blogging related tip.. I've picked up some really great advice along the way from blog 'help' posts and the #bbloggers chats. Having said that, I do think you have to look at these things and realise that the vast majority of it is purely personal opinion. Just because someone likes plain backgrounds doesn't mean that your kitsch trinkets need to be shifted out of the way when taking blog pictures. I like to keep things white at the minute without too much mess, but that doesn't mean I'm right or that's how you should do it. If everyone blogged the same way it would be dull.
That pile of unopened stuff.
Once upon a time I used to buy stuff, rip that packaging to bits and set off using it before I'd had chance to take a 50 plus pictures. These days, that new swish lippy sits there until I get round to blogging about it. The struggle is real.
Feeling guilty.
I'm forever having moments during my daily commute where I realise I haven't replied to someone's Tweet or emailed someone back and it makes me really bad. I do try to get back to people, but with working in social I do sometimes try to switch off a little bit when I get home. It's all on my to do list.. I may be the real life person that takes 2 years to reply to a text, but I will eventually get it together.
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