Two years ago I signed up with WordPress!
Yay!
What have I learned?
- If WordPress is going to make a change, it will be two steps forward, one step back. Case in point, the new editor, which I’ve heard Zero people that like it…
- I still like writing off the top of my head: I still may think about a post overnight, in my sleep like some sort of weird osmosis thing, but I write the post in one take on my computer in the morning. I don’t know if this is good or bad.
- When I started this blog I was focusing solely on aging. As I started to write, I realized that I just see things differently now that I am older. The chronological age doesn’t bother me: it was just strange to see how my mindset changes/changed.
- This calendar year I changed up my blog writing a little. Instead of just writing whatever came to my head, I began to think of topics, and then write all week about one central idea. I realized how important comments are to my process and gained much of my insight and thoughts based on what others say. Seeing other peoples perspective has broadened my mind. I like having the ability to reflect and write about that during a week.
- Sometimes when I’m thinking about a certain weekly topic, ideas start to come to me from all around. I might hear something on GMA, then I might read a blog with something that oddly correlates, then something might happen in real life that backs it up.
- I have met amazing people during my blog journey- that’s been the most fun part of blogging- the connections
- I still do not know what a widget is
- I am not looking forward to the new editor
- I am looking forward to what comes next
- This week is a little bit of a compilation- I am going to follow up on some things I’ve been working on/talked about, and there is most probably going to be a guest post from my daughter on Friday
Thanks to all of you who read, listen to and challenge me on a daily basis!!
Congratulations π π π happy blogiversary π this is simply awesome β€οΈ
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A wonderful milestone.
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Congrats, here’s to many more years of blogging. π₯
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Your welcome! ππΈππΈ
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Congratulations on your blogiversary!!!!!!! Iβve enjoyed almost the entire time following you!! π₯³ππππ keep enjoying yourself!
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‘LA’ my favourite writer on WordPress π , btw the responses have been fun, in fact ‘Fashion mistakes for the older woman’ still remains my most Liked Post to date!!
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I love when we get energized by each other!!
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Congrats. You’re doing great here, adapting and growing your blog. Who needs to know what a widget is, eh?
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Thank you! We just keep trying!!
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Happy Blogaversary!:)
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Thank you!π
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Congratulations!!!!! I have enjoyed getting to know you through this platform even though I have been MIA.
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Thank you!ππ
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I like following you because you have a great response from your followers and also because you live in New York City. I have lived there and my parents were born and bred New Yorkers, so I look forward when you talk about the life in New York.
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Thanks!!π
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I am hoping t hear more about NYC in your blogging!
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Iβm sure Iβll still talk about nyc!
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Congratulations! I’m coming up on the same, too. Thanks for following me over a year ago. π
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Thank you!!ππand congrats!!
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Thanks!
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Congrats! I love your blog and how it stretches my brain to think of things in a new way. Always a good thing. Here’s to many, many more years.
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Thank you!!ππ
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Congratulations on the blogiversary! Iβve enjoyed following and participating in the interesting discussions you generate.
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Congrats on two years. You are one of my favorite people to read because you have such interesting topics. I also read most of your commenters too because you are right, the insights others share is terrific. Here’s to many more years!
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Congrats on the 2 years. I’m glad I found you. Yours is one of the blogs I read on a daily basis.
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Thank you!! ππ
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Took me a while to figure out widgets…lol…If you look at my blog on a laptop (not in reader) and you see a margin on the right that has my instragram feed, blog stats (followers), a search window, a list of recent posts…those are all widgets that I added to my margin. π I can take them away or move them or add new ones as I see fit. I’ve contemplated putting the Goodreads widget on but I decided against it because many people read in reader and don’t see the ‘blog set up’ etc.
Maybe this helps?
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Totally helps! Thanks! I always read in reader so I never think about the other stuff
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Congrats on two successful years! Well done!
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Congratulations. Keep up the good work!
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Agree about the new editor – and yes, I have tried it. Congratulations on turning 2.
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Two years … so many years ahead. I think most of us start blogging with a fairly specific theme in mind and then, lo and behold, new ideas pop up and side shoots sprout. And how well thatβs been working for you! Keep on exploring every idea that grabs you. Your readers are listening!
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Thanks! Just taking the road wherever it leads!
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Congratulations!
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Happy blogiversary!! Hereβs to many more years to come!
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Congratulations! I always find your poststo be thought provoking. Don’t worry about the new block editor….just read a tutorial first. I feel better about it than I did last week when I blogged about my first attempt, as the second went better. I have a link to a basic tutorial if you or anyone else is interested?
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Thank you! I havenβt played with it yet….but not looking forward….
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https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/wordpress-gutenberg-guide/ Here’s the link, a fellow blogger passed it along to me, and I wish I had read it first for the basics, instead of doing the trial and error stuff. Think I might try it again for short posts, and then use the Classic for longer ones. I am hoping they will keep the old one optional as a plugin.
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Thank you!,
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I have enjoyed your posts. Surely we have known each other over two years! No? It has been great getting to know you.
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Same here!!ππππ
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I love your posts. I also wonder sometimes if I need to do what you are doing – stick to a theme – but for now, I just ramble on what’s going on and I’ll see where it leads. Thank you for writing!
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I started doing themes because I started getting so excited by feedback that I had to expound on ideas. I always hear so much I never thought of!!
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Happy blogiversary!
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Oh god I am not doing well with the new block editor – I keep having to hassle the chat people – whereβs the word count? How do I link it with twitter now? WHY WONβT THE PICTURE STAY IN THE CENTRE! Damn. I hate change π€― I also hate how much I sound like my mother
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I havenβt tested it out yet. Im the proverbial ostrich assuming that if I. D.o.n.t think about it it wonβt change!
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Oh and happy anniversary! Well done on two years – thatβs a fantastic achievement πͺπͺ keep up the good work
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Thank you! I canβt quite believe it!
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Happy bloggiversary!!
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Thanks!
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Congratulations. Two years of posts and interactions… I wish you as many more as you will enjoy π
That new editor is so crap. Lol
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Iβve heard…π but thanks on the good stuff!
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Happy anniversary! You know how I adore your blog!
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Thank you!!ππ
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Congratulations on hitting the two year mark
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I just had my 2 year anniversary, too. CongratZ!
I think you hit the nail right on the head – we are growing and developing when it comes to blogging. It’s a good thing.
And I agree with your dislike of the new editor. Why?????
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Too complicated. I want to write and post. I donβt need bells and whistles
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Happy 2nd Blogiversary! I especially like #6 and agree with you on that one!
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