It has been over a year since I last posted on this blog. My last post was only up for a few days. For the first time in my two years of having this blog, I received some very negative comments from people I didn't know and they didn't know me. They were basing all of their judgement off of a girl who was just figuring out how life as an adult works. Their words did something to me that I can't even explain. They drove me to cry myself to sleep, wonder what in the world I'm doing, asking myself if I had just wasted the last two years of my life obsessing over a boy, and eventually led to completely taking my blog offline.
Why am I suddenly back?
I just recently listened to Munchin' With Moguls' podcast with Hailey Devine.
Hailey talked a little bit about how she handled the negative comments she got on her social media accounts. You know what she does?
She deletes them.
She doesn't respond. She just taps that little red word, and they're gone.
This made me wonder why I let those few negative comments dig so deep into my skin. Hailey also mentioned a quote that she saw on Pinterest.
"If they don't know you personally, don't take it personal."
Those people that said those hurtful words actually said in their comments that they don't know who I am personally. They don't know me and who I really am so why would I take what they say so seriously? This post is a new start for me. I am finally over those hurtful words. I married the man I waited two years for. Our life together is amazing. We obviously did something right along the way.
Now that life has settled back down and the craziness of a wedding is past, I am going to restart this blog. However, it will be at a new website address and will not be about my adventures of waiting for a missionary. I don't even really know what it's going to be about yet. I just know that this is something I loved doing while I was doing it, and I'm not going to let a few negative comments get me down! Also, this little blog is falling apart. What even happened to my header??
Once I get my new blog up and running, I will post one final post on this blog with the new web address and if you choose to come check it out, you will be welcomed.
I loved my experience of waiting for Justin while he served his mission. It was hard, but it doesn't seem like it in hind sight. We've been happily married for over 3 months now and it's a whole new adventure. But this adventure is much better. We get to do it together, hand in hand.
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