“Create in the dark, only then can you recognise the light.”
Jyrki Vainonen
` It took me quite a while to figure out what angle to choose in writing
this post – which I really wanted to use to mark I’m NOT Disordered reaching
1.2 million readers on July 15th. In the end, I’ve decided to do a
bit of an in-depth look into the milestones my blog has achieved in so far as
its reader statistics over the entire ten years of its existence…
.png)
I want to start off by saying something that I’ve spoken about before (particularly in this post celebrating half a million readers: HALF A MILLION READERS!!! | LESSONS LEARNT, ADVICE & MORE! | I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)) – but with the number of readers growing so rapidly so quickly, it’s probably worth saying it again… Another inpatient of the psychiatric ward I was on when I created, I’m NOT Disordered who had a blog, asked me why I cared so much about ‘the numbers.’ Now, rather than this being a genuinely curious question, knowing the girl; I recognised it was a bit of a dig and an accusation or nod towards thinking that I was being somewhat superficial. In all honesty though, in seeing/knowing that the girl’s blog had a good few thousand readers less than mine, and it had been going for a good few years already by that point, I wondered if some of the spite in that question was born out of jealousy or competitiveness.
Either way though, whilst it was upsetting at the time, I’m actually
now so grateful for it because it did honestly leave me questioning my own
motives for blogging. And that left me recognising that there was a very real
possibility that I would be asked it again by someone else, and so I felt
encouraged to think more about it and to really establish a genuine, honest,
and thoughtful answer.
So, the first of my two main reasons to celebrate my read
statistics is the notion that each number represents a person, and each of
those people represent a whole new opportunity for me/my content to actually
help someone. And after this one instance with a reader getting in touch to say
how much I’m NOT Disordered had changed her life, I really appreciate and feel
truly grateful and honoured to have the ability to do this (which is why my
first post to celebrate the 100,000 reader milestone was focused completely on
my gratitude for this opportunity to help others: Thank You for
100k | I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)).
If you’re wondering, the reader had actually gotten in touch a few
years ago when I published a post about how to get through reporting abuse to
the Police and she told me that it had turned out to be the encouragement and
support she had needed to report her own experience of abuse as a child. She
told me that after doing so, the perpetrator had been arrested and then
subsequently sentenced to jail time. Immediately, I got goosebumps at the
realisation that words – my words – can be that powerful and influential! And
recognising this has really helped me to consider my content more thoroughly
and to ensure it’s really giving the message that I want it to and to prepare
myself for the possible outcomes of that because I don’t want to end up
regretting a blog post due to the response it receives (on one reader
milestone, I was actually able to pick 50 of my favourite blog posts with some
based on the response they received: 50 OF MY
FAVOURITE I’M NOT DISORDERED BLOG POSTS | CELEBRATING 850,000 READERS!! | I'm
NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk))!
Becoming aware of the incredible impact my words/content have on
readers wasn’t exactly a completely good and helpful thing to have rolling
around in my head every time I sat down to write a blog post. It was a huge
pressure – but I feel massively hopeful that people don’t think that I’m
ungrateful when I talk about this negative side to having so many readers… I
imagine there’ll be other bloggers out there who might be striving to reach the
size/level of readership I’m NOT Disordered has, so I don’t want this honesty
to look as though I’m whining about a blessing that I should be honoured to
have. I just feel that – especially being a mental health blogger – it’s so
important that people feel a sense of security and confidence in being able to
speak honestly and openly online without fear of misinterpretation or sheer spitefulness.
But that’s pretty dreamy logic or fairytale-thinking! In being honest and open,
it’s equally important that you recognise the realistic potential response you
might receive from your content. Some might say, you’re asking for it by putting
out as much of your life as you choose to on social media, a blog, or just
online in any other way.
So, with all of that being said; let’s just be honest, shall we?
Knowing that so many people all across the world read my blog posts is a huge
amount of pressure and a lot of that probably stems from the basic fact that it
means an enormous lack of control on my part – an element of life that I often
struggle with outside of my blogging career. I think that one thing that makes
it difficult to talk about this is the knowledge that people can – quite
rightly – be saying “you’re choosing to do this!” But my honest response to
this is that there has actually been a number of times since starting I’m NOT
Disordered over ten years ago, where I’ve come across extremely off-putting
consequences to blogging and have had to take it as an opportunity to actually
weigh up the pros and cons to doing it. And yes, whilst we’re being honest, there
has been a few occasions where the balance has almost overthrown to encouraging
me to quit – in fact, in 2014, I actually did find the cons to be the most
powerful and I stopped blogging for a short (though it felt like forever)
amount of time – I talked about this in the blog post celebrating three
quarters of a million readers: THREE
QUARTERS OF A MILLION READERS!!! | EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEING A
BLOGGER | I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)).
Over the years though, the benefits to I’m NOT Disordered have
become so strong and important that any negative experiences have been
completely belittled by all the positivity…
.png)
My second motivation to celebrate my readers, is in my
acknowledgement that in the blogging industry, statistics are so, so, so
important! When I first decided that I wanted to start working with others in
partnerships and collaborations for I’m NOT Disordered, I would send an email
or a DM to one of their social media accounts and tell them how much working
together would mean to me. I didn’t put it as a more structured, proper pitch
and detail the benefits of my idea – but that largest detail I missed out was
sharing my blog’s statistics. And I think that a lot of the reason why I didn’t
do that was because blogging wasn’t yet something which I took really
seriously. I mean, I obviously enjoyed it and it was – and obviously still is –
so therapeutic for me; but in the first two years, I really struggled to even
deem myself to be a ‘Blogger’ (I actually even wrote a post about my thought
process on that confused and uncertain stage back in 2015: Am I a
'Blogger' now? | I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk) and then I
wrote a post in celebration of a reader milestone about utilising those doubt: HOW TO TURN
DOUBT INTO SUCCESS | CELEBRATING 700,000 READERS!! | I'm NOT Disordered
(imnotdisordered.co.uk)).
It’s so strange to look back at that and to compare it to now
where – if someone asks what I do as a job – I feel very comfortable and
confident telling them I have a blog (obviously now I also add in my role as
Head of Marketing and Communications for Time To Inspire!). I think
that it hasn’t just been about my hesitations though; the blog and digital
industry in general has massively evolved, grown, and developed over the years
and ‘bloggers’ and ‘influencers’ are held in a much more important and beneficial
position when it comes to collaborating with an organisation, charity, or
brand. Those companies recognise that these days, those individuals with tons
of followers can actually be more persuasive and influential than a TV advert! Through
this change in the communications and marketing industry (which I also talked
about in my blog post
celebrating 800,000 readers), the years of being committed to I’m NOT Disordered, and the
growing passion for blogging that built up inside of me, I found myself starting
to develop a more formal and determined plan for making pitches to others when
I’ve had ideas for collaborating. This has included creating my Media Kit
(which you can see here) and
utilising it and other documents to tell/show prospective partners the
statistics of my blog – especially those which could be harnessed to benefit each
partner in whichever way is relevant to them e.g. rise in donations, increase
in sales, and followers etc.
Now, I was talking to someone a while ago about the recognition
that telling people the gravity of, I’m NOT Disordered’s following can actually
be something that’s often quite difficult to come to terms with… On the one
hand, it can fill you with the notion that these people and organisations only
find your readers useful – that they only care about the numbers a person can
attract and not who the actual person is that they’ll be working with. For me, having
a better idea of a person, their attitude, their thoughts, and feelings; should
be deemed as way more important than just the attention they could attract. And
so, when an organisation doesn’t display that mindset, it’s hard for me to feel
that they’re genuinely committed and passionate about a collaboration – they
see it more as a business deal or advertorial opportunity.
The way I’ve managed to get around this thought process is by recognising
that my blog wouldn’t have as many readers as it does if I’d been creating
useless content of a terrible quality! So, you know, I must have played some sort
of influential and credit-worthy role in all of this! And having that belief
and improved sense of confidence, has honestly been fundamental in actually
allowing me to fully engage in and really truly enjoy the amazing opportunities
I’ve been afforded as a direct result of the success and popularity of I’m NOT
Disordered. In doing this, I’ve found them to be huge learning curves that I’ve
been able to use to establish my real passions and priorities in blogging and
in my life on a whole. So, in 2017 – in my blog post celebrating a quarter of a
million readers: A QUARTER OF
A MILLION READERS!!! | I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk) – I actually
listed my five favourite moments with I’m NOT Disordered since I started
blogging and then in 2021, in the blog post marking 900,000 readers, I listed 9
favourite moments: 9 SPECIAL
BLOGGING MOMENTS FOR 900,000 READERS | I'm NOT Disordered
(imnotdisordered.co.uk); since it’s now five years later and I’m celebrating a much
higher milestone in readers statistics, I think it’s only right that I write an
updated list (in no particular order) …
1.
The cover reveal for my upcoming book set to publish November
2023; You’re NOT Disordered: The Ultimate Wellbeing Guide for Bloggers has
probably been the largest milestone this year so far, and it’s meant so much to
receive so many amazing emails and DM’s etc full of positive opinions and
feedback of the cover design which was created via Canva: WHY I CARE
WHAT YOU THINK | YOU’RE NOT DISORDERED COVER REVEAL!!! | IN COLLABORATION WITH
DINKY DESIGNS FROM ETSY UK & INCLUDING A DISCOUNT CODE!!! | I'm NOT
Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)
2.
Becoming Head of Marketing and Communications for the brand new
company; Time To Inspire as a result of the skills, knowledge, passion,
dedication, and experience that I’ve gained in this industry through I’m NOT
Disordered: 5 THOUGHTS IN
MY NEW JOB | I’M NOW HEAD OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS FOR TIME TO
INSPIRE!!! | I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)
3.
The one million readers party in January 2022 and in particular,
when one of my best-friends had the brilliant idea of taking a photo of me
standing with the ‘1’ and ‘M’ balloons as guests on either side of me pulled
party poppers (that photo is actually in this blog post too!): A GUIDE TO
EVENTS | MY ONE MILLION READERS PARTY!!! | I'm NOT Disordered
(imnotdisordered.co.uk)
4.
Celebrating I’m NOT Disordered’s 10th Birthday with a
party where the attendees were some of the most amazingly supportive,
inspirational, and influential people in my life. It genuinely made me quite
emotional to see all these special and important people interact with each
other and bond over their mutual support of me and my blog: EVERYTHING
ALL OF YOU MEAN TO ME | I’M NOT DISORDERED’S 10TH BIRTHDAY PARTY | I'm NOT
Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)
5.
My first collaboration with Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust – a Trust I’ve strived to work with for so many years since
their Intensive Care team saved me from a suicide attempt that left me on life
support in one of their Hospitals – because it gave me such a hugely
satisfying, accomplished feeling: FROM
INTENSIVE CARE TO COLLABORATIONS | IN COLLABORATION WITH NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST TO MARK THEIR BRAND-NEW MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGY |
I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)
.png)
I will never forget reaching my first one thousand readers… I was
still a sectioned inpatient in the specialist psychiatric hospital where I’d
created, I’m NOT Disordered in 2013 and the girl I was really good friends with
had been helping me with the design and layout of the blog because I thought it
involved so many advanced, technical skills that I just had no knowledge or
understanding of. Having her by my side in those early months was hugely
comforting and reassuring because doing something new is always a bit
nerve-wracking so it felt good to not be doing that alone. And I think the
feeling was mutual because one night, I refreshed my statistics and saw I’d
reached over 1,000 and just as I flung my bedroom door open to go to hers two
doors down, she came racing out of her room (and I love that this meant we were
both checking the numbers at the same time!) and we just screamed and cried and
hugged in the middle of the corridor! I mean, we screamed so loud and were so
emotional that the staff came tearing out of their office thinking that we were
‘kicking off!’
I’m all about recognising people’s input and efforts and not
taking full glory for something that I’m not 100% responsible for, so reaching
that first milestone felt like a joint effort and a win for both of us. As the
Doctors began discussing her discharge from hospital a whole lot sooner than
mine though, I was almost forced to learn how to do all the design work myself
because I didn’t want to be messaging my friend when she was back at home and
relying on her to do things on my blog for me. Seeing I’m NOT Disordered begin
to ‘take off,’ I felt a sense of passion and purpose that led me to
experiencing the urge to be more dedicated and responsible for it. And I think
that the fact I remember this moment – as well as the evening that I actually created
my blog (which I talk about in my blog post discussing all my thoughts leading
up to reaching one million readers: “IT FEELS SO
SURREAL” | EVERYTHING I’M THINKING ABOUT ON THE WAY TO ONE MILION READERS!!! |
I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)) – has really enhanced my ability
to stay grounded in my blogging career.
In all honesty, being grounded and humble is a quality I really
appreciate and admire in others, so it’s quite important to me that I try to
exhibit these myself. I also recognise how difficult it is to find a blogger
who has these aspects to them – and it’s not even so much about or because of
the person, but because of the industry in itself. Because blogging can almost
naturally become competitive. Because the industry really does thrive on people
constantly trying to better their content – and themselves! And let’s face it;
how exactly can you possibly be expected to continue to live the life exactly
how you were living it before you found yourself having millions of followers
or readers? How do you stay that same person when there’s been such a hugely
monumental achievement or milestone? It’s like when someone gets a promotion at
work… Would they take any steps backward from that? If they wanted to move on
and work somewhere else, would they apply for a job that was a step below in
terms of organisational hierarchy? And could you expect someone who did get a
promotion to stay the complete same person as they were prior to it? I mean,
everyone hopes that success doesn’t go to a person’s head, but realistically,
it must have some understandable level of impact upon their behaviour and/or
their attitude. Even if you just consider that they will very obviously have
new responsibilities, so how could they keep an attitude or behaviour that they’d
had when they had completely different tasks to complete? Surely it gets more stressful
(and stress can have so many effects on people)? Surely there’s a level of
pressure to perform to a higher standard now? Surely there’s a sense of
expectation that they’re capable of so much more?
I think that having been diagnosed with a mental illness and then
blogging in the mental health industry, has meant I’m probably more aware and
conscious around even the most insignificant and minor changes to my thoughts,
feelings, and behaviours because I recognise, that they can be a precursor or
warning for a massive change in my mood and/or a deterioration in my safety
levels. This has meant that I’m more proactive on finding healthy coping skills
at the slightest sign of struggling and so; here’s my two favourite and most
effective tips on coping with the pressure in blogging:
1.
Talk to yourself the way you’d talk to your best-friend: I heard an
online influencer say this the other day on her Instagram reel; she said that
before you think or say something about yourself, take your phone out and write
it into a message to your best-friend. Would you send it? Would you say that to
them? Would you tell them that they’re useless and aren’t worthy of any
success? No? Then why should you be any different?
2.
Find a safe and healthy outlet: When I was in the psychiatric
hospital and created, I’m NOT Disordered and started blogging, one huge benefit
I discovered from it (which I hadn’t thought of or expected) was that it
provided me with a place to rant. A place where my ranting wouldn’t cause a
massive drama or an argument with other inpatients or staff. With the hospital
specialising in Personality Disorders – and one key ‘symptom’ being
experiencing intense and uncontrollable anger – it meant the ward was pretty
volatile 24/7 and it was so challenging to just keep my head down and stay
quiet. But being able to write/type out all my thoughts and feelings was so
much more therapeutic than it would be had I said it out loud and caused a
confrontation.
Another difficulty in staying humble and grounded whilst gaining
so many followers, is that the size of my blog’s audience means so much to me –
for all the reasons I talked about earlier – and so reaching milestones like
1.2 million readers, it’s incredibly hard not to see it as a huge achievement
that really is worth celebrating. And I know I’m not the only blogger or
influencer to feel that way because I’ve seen so many others – particularly those
who mostly film and have the majority of their followers on YouTube – mark
their own milestones with giant balloons (as I did at my one million readers
party(!): A GUIDE TO
EVENTS | MY ONE MILLION READERS PARTY!!! | I'm NOT Disordered
(imnotdisordered.co.uk)), by creating special content, and a whole ton of other
celebratory actions.
I think that the challenging aspect to celebrating your reader
milestones, is that others might perceive it as attention-seeking and self-centred…
For so many years, I lacked confidence in my skills, talents, and abilities –
particularly in my writing – and so it’s taken a long time for me to realise
and accept that actually, it can be really healthy to recognise these positive
qualities in/about you. I was never one to even ‘blow my own trumpet(!)’ and –
growing up – it made me really uncomfortable when people would compliment; even
though it was just my family members talking about my imaginative short stories
that usually centred around horses (because I used to have horse-riding lessons)!
And so, just the fact that I’m now proud of my writing and all that it has
achieved is actually, kind of an achievement in itself and so trying to squander
that improvement and productive change in my confidence, would be pretty
self-sabotaging. It’s reminiscent of the advice on talking to yourself the way
you’d speak with a friend because I have a best-friend who’s also a blogger
(Martin Baker from www.gumonmyshoe.com) and
whenever he’s talked about the statistics of his own blog, (I’d like to think
that) I’ve been very proud, supportive, and excited for him.
Through my mental illness, I was convinced that my purpose in life
was to commit suicide to highlight the failings and errors of mental health
services. Not long after starting to blog though, I found myself filled with
the relieving and incredible sensation that this was my purpose – writing and
helping both myself and others through doing so. And so, the notion of achieving
something within that purpose? Why the heck wouldn’t you throw a party?!
And, with my first party to celebrate 100,000 readers (you can read about it
and see the photos here) being The
Greatest Night of My Life for so long, really enforced the positive impact that
recognising your achievements can have for yourself and, especially, for your
mental health.
In hosting parties and creating celebratory content on my blog and
social media channels, it might seem contradictory to claim to still be
grounded, but I think that a hugely helpful tool in evidencing that I really
am, is the fact that I so vividly recall all those first milestones. It means
that I will never stop being grateful because I remember where I started – I
remember how it feels to just be starting out and to achieve that first 1,000
readers. And this has meant that with my best-friend’s milestones – whilst they
are ones I may have reached a while ago – I still recall the excitement and pride
I felt in those moments and so it makes me incredibly happy to know one of my
best-friend’s is experiencing that now too. Having Martin in my life also means
that I have no real sense of competition in my blogging career; I’m a very
passionate believer that we need to look to other bloggers as inspiration and
not someone to resent or be jealous of in any way. There’s already so many
spiteful people online that you don’t need it from your peers. You need support
and you need to stay grounded and humble in recognising the importance of every
achievement someone else has.
.png)
I talked earlier – in this extremely long blog post(!) – about
having gratitude and not wanting to appear ungrateful in any way or to look as
though I’m taking things for granted; and this becomes relevant again here… In real life, I’ve actually said quite often
that people assume that being a blogger and having so many readers must mean
that I’m good with technology. That I know the complications of it and have
skills and talent in managing it and utilising its features in a larger, more
professional sense than is typical for someone who purely uses technology in a much
smaller way in terms of how significant it is for their life/career. However,
we all know that whilst it’s incredibly easy – and in some instances – natural to
make assumptions, we shouldn’t because they can be so wrong and can leave a
person feeling a bit of a failure that they can’t do something others believe
they should. And I say this because I’m actually not really educated or knowledgeable
when it comes to technology.
When I first created, I’m NOT Disordered in 2013, I honestly gave
no time in thinking of the idea that I might need some sort of education or training
regarding technology and all the tools within it that I would need to run a blog.
Which is why, initially, the other inpatient took on the design and layout
aspect of the blog; because I knew how I would like it to look, I just didn’t
know how to get it there. I didn’t know how to change the colour scheme, add a
logo, and edit the way the blog was laid out in terms of its pages, the posts, and
having special features like having a live Twitter or Instagram feed. And
whilst I very obviously really appreciated having someone who was able to make
all the changes and improvements that I wanted for my blog; I found it a bit frustrating
because it meant I wasn’t really in control – and we all know what a control
freak I am!
I really disliked having to ask her if she could do something for
me… I felt like it wasn’t fair that I had thought to do this huge, new
commitment but then I was asking her to do some of the work for me! It was also
really awkward when she would do something I had asked for, but then I wasn’t
100% happy with the way she had put my idea into real life… It wasn’t quite
what I meant, or it wasn’t the right shade of a colour I had tried to describe…
It was so difficult to have to turn around and say something to her and so half
the time I would just let it go and plod on unhappy with my blog’s appearance. And
whilst I had a massive panic when she was being discharged from the psychiatric
hospital before me and I realised I would need to do everything for myself now,
I’m obviously so grateful for that now! Now that I can honestly say I’m fully
responsible for I’m NOT Disordered and that I’m completely happy with the
design and general appearance of it!
A few years ago, I found myself looking at the layout and features
of my favourite blogs – particularly www.inthefrow.com – and
wanting to figure out how to do these things to my own blog, but eventually, I
recognised that maybe I still needed some sort of help with the technology
behind all of these ideas and so, I used www.pipdig.com to create
the template and things for I’m NOT Disordered and have found myself the most
satisfied and content with my blog’s appearance than I’ve ever been in the entire
ten years it has been running. Pipdig was surprisingly easy to use – this isn’t
an ad for them by the way! – and I only had to make a couple of changes to the
colours because the layout I chose was as pretty perfectly suited to my content
as I had thought it would be!
So, I hope that if anyone is reading this who is considering
creating a blog and is put off by the idea and assumption that you’ll need a
lot of knowledge on technology and the IT world; it provides you with some hope
and reassurance that you actually don’t. And there are a number of ways to get
around or to get help with any challenging technical problems you might come
across because of course, in any use of any source of technology – a phone, a
kindle, iPad, Xbox – there’s always the possibility that something (that’s not even
in your own doing), will go wrong. With that in mind, surely, it's totally
understandable to occasionally completely lose my temper with technology? I
think that your temper and response when there’s a technology error can largely
be influenced by the level of importance you hold your blog to in your life.
.png)
When my mental health was at its most poorly in 2009 – 2012, I was
very easily influenced by other psychiatric service users or inpatients, and I
found others who were poorly to also be that way. I mean, for me, I was just
desperate for some level of guidance or firm structure to rely upon because the
hallucinations I was experiencing felt like the most real, stable thing in my
life yet so many people were saying they weren’t even real… So, what did I have
to rely on? What could I lean on for reassurance or as a means to lead the way
for me? I needed something or someone who could actually provide me with a
level of comforting advice, and I was so desperate for this that it meant I would
follow even the most unhealthy and unsafe guidance.
I honestly believe that the fact I’m still alive after doing everything
I’ve done, is born a lot out of sheer luck. I mean, there have been many
instances that I really shouldn’t have gotten through, and where I genuinely
didn’t even want to! And so, for a long time, I didn’t feel capable of giving
advice and/or recommendations because I didn’t feel that I’d really… done
anything worth publicising. I felt I had no real recognition where I could say “because
I did this, that has happened.” However, when I was admitted to
the specialist psychiatric hospital and began Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
(DBT) I found myself developing a better realisation that I had actively taken
steps to improve my mental health and reduce my levels of risk from the
self-harm and suicide attempts I had been engaging in during the three years before
being admitted.
Lacking in confidence when it came to talking about any skills I
may or may not have, meant that I did still struggle in even just talking about
the importance and impact DBT had on teaching me better and safer coping
mechanisms and methods to changing my thoughts processes and minimise distress,
erratic moods, and unstable relationships. To overcome this, I recognised that
talking about the ways in which I had finally – after two and a half years in
the psychiatric hospital – entered recovery might encourage others to seek help
and advice. And having self-harmed and attempted suicide before, it meant that
I knew full well just how dangerous it could be to not speak to someone and
engage in therapy, cooperate with taking medication, or agree to any other professionally
recommended interventions.
Experiencing the benefits to providing others with advice meant
that I didn’t struggle too much when it came to blogging advice. I think it’s
fair to say that typically, a blogger – regardless of why they started blogging
– can end up with the goal of gaining followers or readers. I mean, I created
I’m NOT Disordered with some very genuine, wholesome motivations that centred
around my mental health and the therapeutic value that writing/blogging held
for me. However, as I watched the reader count climb and recognised what it
meant – that each person was a new opportunity to help someone and that the
higher the numbers rose, the higher the chance was that I would be granted or
offered an incredible opportunity – I found myself striving to accomplish more
and more reader milestones. And so, I would’ve gladly taken any advice I was
offered from bloggers with the sorts of numbers I was aiming to reach. So, I totally
understand how meaningful such thoughts and opinions can be for someone who is
looking for direction in their blogging career.
I think my largest difficulty in giving advice was mostly linked to
the panic that I would give someone the wrong advice. That I’d recommend doing
something and it would be the worst thing for someone else… I’ve tried to focus
on how beneficial blogging has been for me and my mental health though, and so
I’m prioritizing the positive impact my advice on gaining readers could have
for someone…
Finally, here are a few advice posts that have come out in posts
that were primarily around reader milestones:
CELEBRATING
ONE MILLION READERS!!! | I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)
10 Tips To
Get Over 100,000 Readers | I'm NOT Disordered (imnotdisordered.co.uk)