The view from karensjointatthetopofthegarden.com
Many of you may wonder why my website address has the name Karen in it.
Many moons ago I was once known as Karen. After a huge mental health crisis which almost took my life, a new name change came about.
I was no longer Barren Karen, and I morphed overnight into Blogging Betty.
Unfortunately before the morph took place, our website had already been established.
Changing the name of a domain etc is just not worth the hassle, so in loving memory of our dearly departed Karen, the name will stay.
As most of you are aware I have severe mental illnesses, and spend a lot of time healing my fractured mind, by doing any kind of therapy that I can think of.
I am currently sitting in the joint at the top of the garden doing some of my other therapies.
I’ve got one hand on my MacBook and the other one is smoking a reefer.
It’s dark and cold outside, but it’s so quiet, comfy and peaceful up here. I now have electricity and heat, which is a welcome bonus now that its way below zero, and the middle of December. The only sound I can hear is the odd hoot from a Tawny owl looking for his supper.
I am sitting here meditating, trying to get out of my own way, so that I can blog tonight.
I love Blogging.
Yes I found it late in life, but better late than never, as my old grandad used to say.
Unfortunately because I found it later in life, and because my mental health issues get in the way, I often find myself wondering if I will ever become a top blogger.
I’ve been blogging now for around 6 months. In that 6 months I have learned a lot. Not only about blogging, but about myself.
Being on so many different journeys at once is amazing.
A journey of self discovery, a spiritual journey, healing from trauma, self acceptance journey, and my blogging journey all take up most of my time.
Being an Autistic single parent at the ripe old age of 50, to a 15 year old son who also has Autism with severe Anxiety, and Tourette’s Syndrome, takes up a fair bit of my time too.
Does this mean I don’t have the time to be a top Blogger ?
How much time do you need to spend on your blog to be a top Blogger ?
Since I started blogging I have been following a few top bloggers, but finally found my soul mate in Ryan Biddulph.
He doesn’t know we’re soul mates, but I do and that’s all that counts.
Apart from the fact he’s a very handsome chap, he gives out fantastic advice, and if I had more hours in the day I’m sure I would be a top earning blogger just like him by now.
So as I sit here wondering where I can find the extra hours to follow Ryan Biddulph’s advice, I realise that I am already doing it. Because those of us who walk that fine line between sanity and insanity are juggling so many balls at once, the fact that every time they even publish a blog it’s a huge achievement.
Little steps on this journey we call life.
keep on keeping on… ‘All Bloggers Rock’ love Betty x
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