Why I have two blogs

Someone asked me recently why I have two blogs and I had to think about it for a second. I have two blogs because I am the type of person who others may describe as easily distracted. I am the type of person who can’t give her 100 per cent commitment to one thing for fear it’s the wrong one thing to be focussing on so I give 80/20, 50/50/ 90/10 always trying to find the perfect fit. I second guess myself even though I don’t lack conviction. I love both of my blogs, sometimes equally and at times I definitely favour one over the other. They both represent different parts of me. They are both my truth. They are both in my voice, even if the tone may seem different at times, they are both me.

They are both my truth.

Some people know what they want from life and who they want to be from a very early age. They study towards it, take the relevant courses and then work their way up the career ladder until they reach their chosen vocation. I’m not one of those people, though sometimes I wish I were, it would be easier to explain to my parents than saying that I want a career that makes me feel fulfilled or that makes me feel warm inside. But it’s true. This is why I’ve got such a varied resume! I feel like as a person we continuously change and with that, our interests change. There would have been no need for Kinkdred Spirit 5 years ago, but now, it feels like an integral part of me, but that doesn’t mean that Circus Mums is going anywhere! It’s still very much who I am too.

Confusing much?

I want to write, to take photographs, to teach, to change the world. I’m not saying my blogs will change the world. . . . What they do though, is give me a chance to reach others, to be creative, to write, to take photographs, to maybe teach people something new about me. They are an extension of me. Living breathing examples of where I am in my life at any given time. They change direction and pace as I do, as my ‘outside’ interests or troubles pull me in different directions so do my blogs.

I think I am an introverted extrovert. A creative who doesn’t yet feel she is worthy of calling herself such. Blogging is a way to share what makes me tick and fight the urge to chill out with Netflix under the duvet for the rest of all time. Circus Mums allows me to talk all things family and Kinkdred Spirit is a bit of everything else, sharing photography, culture and travel. It’s also where I share things that I think that people who have read Circus Mums might not want to read. I may be over thinking it. It’s not like I have thousands of die hard followers who will suddenly get switched off because I’ve posted about my favourite Black Bloggers or shared a video on the power of the word beauty. Perhaps there will be a time when they become one and the same. One blog for the one writer. For now though, I love them both the same, they are both my babies.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the journey on them so far and that you continue to. Grow with them as you grow with me.

Have you seen my other blog yet? Check out Kinkdred Spirit here. Let me know what you think, even if you loathe it (but be constructive please, I have feelings!!)