Unboxing the blog

Do you have a blog?

You probably do.

If you're a female, or have a baby, or once baked a cupcake, or have an instagram account containing a photo of your feet with your toes pointed together, or own more than one pair of yoga pants, chances are: you have a blog.

Ever blogged yourself into a box? You know. You learn something new and for a few months (or a year), your entire life revolves around perfecting that one thing? Did you then start a blog about it, only to find 11 months down the road that there is only so much you can write about needle felting or the art of the cloth diaper? Yeah, that was me, only it was a clean living blog. Don't get me wrong. I love the clean living lifestyle my family has adopted over the past three or four years; but after a while, I realized that I had run out of things to say about it. I had run out of homemade cleaner recipes that I honestly used. I had run out of cosmetic recipes. I had run out of things to say about clean living.

Then I started paying better attention to the crunchy blogs that I looked up to and noticed something else. The blogs would start out really great and be chock-full of useful information on nutrition, D.I.Y. projects, and different ways to meal plan; but then something started changing, and the posts became repetitive, badly written, poorly researched, or just downright dumb. They had run out of things to say as well, but they just didn't realize it.

After having my son, I stopped blogging mostly because I couldn't find time in my day to really sit and think about what I wanted to say. Also, the things I did want to say had nothing to do with clean living. They were just thoughts and opinions on life and mothering. I didn't know how to make that transition, or even if I could. So I stopped, but the desire to write stayed with me. Now, I am 5 weeks away from having our second child, and am realizing the incredible need to express myself and to be able to do it freely without the boundaries of any specific topic. Being a stay at home mom is wonderful, but it can easily consume your entire life. Now, two years in, I'm coming to see how necessary it is to take time for myself, and to do something that feeds my soul, creativity, and self-expression.

So, instead of a blog where I'm the one trying to educate you on one single subject (psh, who do I think I am anyway?); this blog is about me. Most importantly, it is for me. It will probably include a recipe or two, a D.I.Y. here or there, but mostly my musings on my personal life.

That's what I mean by, "Eat the whole cake... not just a slice." This is my whole cake. I hope you enjoy it!