Comfortable nineteenth KERFDay!
August thirty first marks 19 years of steady running a blog! I began this weblog in my twenties, out of an odd mixture of curiosity and creativity.
Nineteen years is a very long time to maintain displaying up in a single place, and someplace alongside the best way it become a working document of my complete grownup life. That’s truly kinda cool once I give it some thought! Once I learn older posts, I don’t even acknowledge the girl (woman?) within the pictures. After all I keep in mind moments from these days, however all of them really feel like a dream. I believe a few of you may have higher recollections of my life than I do! This house has held each model of me, and I thanks for cheering me on from afar.
By The Numbers
At 10 years in, I had 6,844 posts. Right now that quantity is hovering round 8,177! A number of extra numbers that stopped me in my tracks:
- Someplace north of 383,000 feedback left on this weblog since day one
- 6 homes, and plenty of Residence Neat Residence posts!
- 2 delivery tales, which had been a few of my most considered posts
- 431 journey posts, that are my favorites to write down!
- 3 Wholesome Residing Summits, born out of wanting to satisfy you all in individual. Plus many extra weblog occasions!
Friendship (noun, pronounced /?frend???p/)
The state of being associates based mostly on mutual affection, esteem, belief, and help.
Even though I haven’t met a lot of you in actual life, I really feel your vitality day by day once I learn feedback and DMs. And once I do get the prospect to say hello in actual life, I do know we’re already associates. I want there have been a better technique to collect as a bunch (which is precisely how the Wholesome Residing Summit was born!) You’ve gotten grown up with me, and boy have we gone by way of many phases collectively.
There are feedback I nonetheless take into consideration, like when a few of you may have written that sharing one in all my tales (delivery, separation, well being) immediately influenced your life. That’s my why.
This was my precise license plate in 2013!
KERF = Kath Embraces Actual Friendships
I really respect your loyalty, enthusiasm, and kindness over the 19 (!) years that so a lot of you may have been repeatedly studying.
The OG KERF Brand!
I now maintain hair provides on this bowl!
My grandfather cherished his KERF sweatshirt!
Reader Questions
I put a query field on Instagram for an “Ask Me Something.” Right here had been among the questions I acquired:
What do you miss in regards to the peak HLB (wholesome dwelling weblog) days?
The whole lot! I cherished that my solely focus was publishing posts and the standard didn’t matter – footage, captions, accomplished! I cherished that everybody appeared to have a weblog so there was a lot connectedness. Again when folks truly left feedback on blogs, that they had hyperlinks to their blogs and you would go see who was behind the remark (normally). I cherished the Wholesome Residing Summits and getting collectively in actual life and the opposite weblog conferences from the time (BlogHer, Foodbuzz). It was only a actually enjoyable time! And nobody took it too significantly.
Why do you suppose you’re nonetheless impressed to weblog all these years later?
To be utterly trustworthy, the revenue. At the least on the stage, depth, and tempo I’ve been going for 19 years. As I share under, I don’t suppose I’ll ever chilly turkey cease. But when or once I’m doing it only for enjoyable, I might in all probability simply do journey and the occasional life recap and name it a day 🙂
What do you miss about having a Nice Harvest?
Clearly all of the free bread! And the Savannah bars. We used to make such good sandwiches. I not often make sandwiches at dwelling now. I can nonetheless go purchase bread, however it’s not the identical.
What would you inform your self 19 years in the past, realizing what now?
Work smarter, not tougher. I attempt to be strategic, however I’m solely trying a month forward. I want I had spent extra time learning the trade and making an attempt to be forward of the curve as an alternative of following it.
Do you may have a favourite put up of all time?
Ahhh such an important query! The primary one which popped into my thoughts was this put up the place I completed my dietetic internship. I simply keep in mind the RELIEF I felt of being accomplished!! I additionally love that each of my delivery tales are preserved in such element. I do return and skim them now and again. There are numerous extra – a lot of my journey posts!
How is your new regular going? Any hobbies or journey within the works?
New regular is nice. I’m obsessive about my new home and so glad I made a decision to go for it! I really like the vibe, pure mild, and neighborhood. I’ve been truly studying piano through the Merely Piano app, which has been actually enjoyable. And journey – sure – I’m going to Paris in 2 weeks with a few associates!!!
What’s the most effective factor that’s occurred out of your weblog? And the worst?
One other nice query! One of the best factor is that it has allowed me to have a versatile, work-from-home-on-my-own-terms life-style for nearly the entire 19 years. I all the time wished to have the ability to be dwelling as wanted for my youngsters, and suppleness is one in all my high life values usually. I’m so grateful. The worst is straightforward: all of the judgment that comes from sharing your life on-line. That has ebbed and flowed, however it’s been the largest supply of stress / frustration from running a blog.
Assume you’ll nonetheless be running a blog one other 19 years?
See under! However the quick reply is: in all probability, however as a section out.
What’s Subsequent?
When folks ask me about my weblog, I describe it as a bell curve. I believe it peaked across the time when Mazen was born when it comes to public curiosity. However it’s nonetheless chugging together with respectable visitors, good revenue through adverts and partnerships, and plenty of function for my life. I’ve no intention of writing a farewell put up, and plan to write down by way of yr 20! I do suppose I’m going to downshift some within the coming years, maybe publishing posts much less typically and solely writing about subjects that basically carry me pleasure, even when meaning fewer posts per thirty days. I waffle backwards and forwards between eager to develop and begin new ventures and doubling down on what has labored nicely for the final 5-10 years and striving for simplicity above all else. I modify my thoughts each week in that sense.
I wish to say thanks to all of you, as a result of with out you there could be no KERF! I’m humbled that you’re all nonetheless right here, and in addition so very, very grateful.
