Twenty Days of Blogging, Ten More to Go: You've GOT to Check Out This Challenge

You may or may not have noticed that I'm on a bit of a blogging binge lately.

Today marks day 20 of the FREE 30 Day Blogging Challenge that I've joined!  

Sarah Arrow of Sark e-Media is an amazing UK blogger who loves blogging enough to have a passion to share her wealth of knowledge with others... for free! 

All you do is sign up here, and you will get 30 daily emails from Sarah about blogging. Sometimes the emails have post links with even more info. And you can either take her thoughts to launch your own post for the day, or you can post about whatever you want and file her ideas for later (I have a blogging Pinterest board that's exploded in the past 20 days!) 

Then you throw your post up in the group on facebook to get credit and feedback. 

It's been really cool to find new bloggers whose work I really love. And to hear their kind words about my own posts has been so great!

And Sarah is like the blogging "mother hen" who's always at the ready to answer any and every question.

I'll admit, there were a few down days where I didn't want to blog or didn't know what to blog about or didn't have time... you get the point. Lily and I have been sick this past week and even so, I've pushed through. Not every post has been a gem, but I'm still proud that I haven't missed a day!

The challenge has broken me out of my comfort zone about blogging regularly... it's actually not as difficult as I thought to blog daily. And although I don't plan to keep up the daily word-vomit, I have learned a ton just by having that pressure to blog every day!

So if you have a blog or even the slightest inkling that you want to blog, I can't recommend this challenge enough! 

It's been a fabulous tool to get me jump-starting a more serious plan to provide YOU, my dear sweet readers, with great content.  

I realize the importance of a great content-plan and I have started a "diary" of posts so that I can map my content out weeks in advance. I understand better how to network with social media, provide better calls to action, promote my blog post over the course of the day, and utilize time-blocking to be more effective when I work on the computer. 

All this thinking about blogging has got me coming up with more and more and MORE blog ideas! 

Sarah's emails, posts, prompts, and the Facebook group have been a huge inspiration! I'm totally on a roll and I can't wait to see how these many lessons and ideas will help me grow my blog even more!

I'm literally exploding with ideas, here! 

So fellow bloggers, I challenge you to Sarah's challenge!!! 

Especially if you use your blogging (or want to use it) to grow your business presence in an online world, you’ve got to check it out! 

And are you on the fence about blogging? 

Have a blog that you've neglected as of late? Then consider this: the world can benefit from hearing your unique voice! 

In the book Blogging for Creatives, Robin quotes the CEO of BlogHer, Inc... when asked if there are just too many blogs? Lisa Stone replied, 

"It's a bit like asking are there too many movies. No, I don't think there are too many blogs - I'm not sure there are enough good ones!"

So that's my gushing review of the 30 Day Blogging Challenge. Make sure to check it out! It's definitely a challenge, but one well worth the effort!

Sign up today! Or share with a budding blogger you love! 


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Inspiring Quote | Happy Fall

A friend shared this quote on facebook this week and I just can't get it out of my mind....

"Live each Season as it passes - breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each." - Henry David Thoreau

The "resign yourself" could be interpreted in a negative light but it actually makes me feel pretty peaceful when I look around me at the changing season(s) (of fall and of life) and just truly soak everything in and embrace it!

We all know that fall is a beautiful time of year.

There are certain comforts that come with the changing of the seasons... but since moving to Germany, fall has become a little difficult for me.

You see, I hate the cold and I hate the dark. And fall comes before winter. And winter here is pretty much nothing but cold and dark.

But I don't want to miss out on the beauty of this season because I'm conflicted about the next season!

So I'm "resigning myself" to fall, and whatever comes next! 

How about you? Can you use a little dose of good old Henry's wisdom? Any other fellow residents of Germany (or anywhere else!) struggle with this?

My Juicy Saturday Morning Project

Good morning world! It's a fabulously dreary Saturday morning here in Germany and we have nothing going on. The girls are bingeing on movies and J is unwinding with a much needed video game session after a super stressful week of ALS.

So I'm enjoying my pajamas and I am about to sit down to a lovely project...

I finished the book Blogging for Creatives by Robin Houghton and I'm ready to start reading through the 38 blogs I wrote down that interested me. (That's just a fraction of the amazing content she recommends!) I've got a hot cuppa chai and I'm ignoring the laundry and dishes. It's time for some serious blog research and inspiration!

If you are interested in blogging you should buy this book. If you follow this amazon link I will get a small financial kickback from the amazon affiliate program for recommending it to you.

Robin's book is super informative, clear, inspiring, and just plain phenomenal. If I didn't already have two blogs, I would want to start one just because of how amazing this book is! But three blogs seems excessive so I'll just stick with what I already have going on! ;o)

I just love this quote from Lisa Stone, CEO of BlogHer, Inc. When asked if there are just too many blogs out there, she replied, "It's a bit like asking as there too many movies. No, I don't think there are too many blogs - I'm not sure there are enough good ones!"  

So what are you doing lately that's inspiring you? Have you always wanted to start a blog but just weren't sure? Do you have a blog but really want to take it to the next level? Seriously Robin's book is for you.

Tell me in the comments where you're at in your blogging journey or what blogs inspire you right now! I'm not quite sure I have enough blog research to do so hit me with your suggestions! ;o)

Happy Saturday everyone!