I'm Back! - It's Sarah Lilly

Okay, so that break didn’t last long. And many of you might not have even really known I was going on a break as I only really talked about it on Instagram and Facebook (er, if you aren’t following me there then you really should be!). Back in December I announced that I was done with blogging as I didn’t have the time and I didn’t enjoy it anymore and that was 100% true at the time.

I have been blogging as The Lilly Mint Blog for…. I don’t even know how many years now. During that time it’s gone through a lot of change, from a beauty blog, to a fashion blog, then an all-natural beauty blog, before I dabbled in fitness and most recently my pregnancy. I never really felt like I found a niche I truely enjoyed and I didn’t like feeling like I was restricted to one thing and as a result I really lost interest in what I was doing and writing. I was also feeling so overwhelmed with trying to post so many times a week, take photos, write content, work, AND look after a baby, so giving up the blog seemed like the most logical thing to do.

When I made the decision to leave, I did feel freer but I also really missed writing about the things I do love. I found myself wanting to take photos and write content and really missed being able to share my story. I guess this generation is really just a bunch of oversharers as I really do miss sharing my life online and I love being able to look back and remember what I’ve written. Blogging was something I truely enjoyed doing and it was also a hobby and something that I did for me. I found when I wasn’t writing, I hardly did anything for myself, so I want to get back into content creation as a creative outlet for ME.

So I’m back. But I feel like the blog that I started all those years ago really isn’t me anymore. I thought about rebranding, but to be honest I’d have no idea how to go about it and trying to work out how to redirect everything seemed like a bit of a nightmare (and ain’t nobody got time for that!) I also thought about starting from scratch, but I’m still really proud of this little blog that I’ve built up and I’d be sad to just delete it all.

So I’ve decided I’m just going to write and I’m not going to limit myself to a niche. I’ll write about whatever I feel like writing about, whether that be motherhood, every-day life, our renovations, or a little bit of beauty and fashion. I’m also not going to stick to a schedule, I’ll just write when I can and when I feel like it. I already have some exciting ideas for posts and I can’t wait to share them all with you.

To all of you who have continued to read and support my blog, thank you. To all my new readers, welcome. I hope you enjoy following along and reading what I have to say. xx