Finding My Voice

So, I've been struggling this month with finding my voice. Figuring out where I want to go with this blog. It's a constant pull between going for the "number of hits" and doing what feels right in my heart.
The reason I started this blog was to help attract people to my shop. I would love to eventually be able to work less at the "job" and more on my own shop. Live a life where I could spend my days doing what "makes my heart happy".

I've noticed some posts generate more hits than others. Like when I link up to more popular blogs. So then I feel like I need to keep writing posts that I can link to. Except sometimes I don't feel like my heart is in the post. And I don't think that someone finding my blog during a search for "photo a day" means that anyone is sticking around and checking out my other posts or my shop.

But then I feel like the more "hits" I get, the more people that will possibly see my shop.

So, I have taken some time the past few weeks to really think about how I want to handle things. And I feel like I need to listen to my heart. To write posts that make my heart happy. To create art that makes my heart happy.

This blog/shop will either make or not. But it needs to be true to my heart.

Hope this post wasn't too weird. I felt like writing a blog post would help me sort everything out. And it has.

Thanks for listening. Hope to see you again tomorrow!

And i can't post without a photo. So I searched Pinterest for "makes my heart happy". And this came up. And I'm in love. Wish I had an "art" category in my weekly/monthly budget!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/65575477/paris-graffiti-yellow-heart-wall-art