10 years of blogging and taking a break

Taking a break at something I've been doing for 10 years is not something I wanted to do. When I started 

blogging I never goals or ambitions with it, I simply just loved to write and wanted to share my interests 

with everyone. It turned into something bigger than I imagined and I am so very grateful for that, however 

over the last few years, but especially this year, there have been so many changes both personally and in 

the world of social media, leading me to my decision to take a break at this. 

July 21st 2014 I uploaded my first blog post, summer essentials and it kicked off this journey. In those 10 

years I have left high school and graduated college, had my first relationship, been engaged, been single, 

got a dog, had a baby, moved out alone, experienced abuse, heartbreak and loss. I have worked with 

brands I never imagined, been to incredible events, became friends with some of the most amazing people 

and so much more. I originally was going to a post focusing on the highlights of the last 10 years, but with 

the ups must comes the downs and both unfortunately and fortunately it's led me to here. 

Social media over the last few years has took a huge change. From being able to post whatever you 

wanted online and connect with others, to it being a competitive numbers game fuelled by views and likes. 

At the peak of my blogging I was getting over 25,000 readers a month, working with incredible brands, 

getting invited to events and feeling like the internet was a safe space for me. I am so incredibly proud of 

those who have turned blogging and influencing into a job, because it would be a dream of mine, but I 

didn't take off that way, and that's ok! But with so many influencers, tiktokers and bloggers blowing up, it 

leaves the the little ones, like me, behind. 

Although I never set out for this to become my job, and I still believe you should do something because 

you love it not because you make money, as your life grows you have to make sacrifices and unfortunately 

something like this that also isn't giving me the same fulfilment that it was when I started has taken a hit. 

The past 18 months I have experienced some of the biggest changes in my life and I'm not the same 

person I used to be. I have had a baby, experienced abuse and heartbreak, I have lost my mom and had to 

battle traumas that I could never imagine. Writing my little posts on my blog made me happy once upon a 

time. But now as a single mom with a son, having to navigate her way through this world alone, I am 

struggling to find happiness in blogging. I hate that something I used to love and be obsessed with has 

become part of my old self. 

I've always been a person who has given up when things get hard. I enjoy taking the easy way out. And 

although this may seem silly to some, saying goodbye to this part of my life was not the easy way out. In 

hindsight I think this has been coming for a long time and I was just too scared to admit it. I will never 

erase this part of my life and it will remain on the internet for not only me to look back but also everyone 

else. I have received hundreds of messages over the last 10 years saying that my posts have opened them 

up to new things and helped them through tough times, and I hope by keeping them up that they will 

continue to do so! I have enjoyed every moment of this chapter, but it's time for me to focus on the new 

chapter in my life and I hope one day that the 15 year old girl who loved to write about her daily makeup 

routine without a care in the world, will come back!

This isn't goodbye, it's a see you later.

xoxo

Lea-Mai