One Year Of Life Style Blogging=HAPPINESS

I started to write this blog on the evening of Serenity Saturday and fell asleep! So here we are on a Serenity Sunday?! Lawd knows we all need at least one day in the weekend to rest, meditate, and reflect! So glad we have this one! As you know, the anniversary of my first post was September 6! Of course on that day, I was still on my ME time vacation and just too relaxed to write. Sorry about that! I promise to get my shit together soon! Stick with me and keep believing in me!?? Now let’s move on to what I’ve learned during my first year of life style blogging….I think at my 7 months mark I wrote down some lessons I’ve learned thus far. If you are thinking about starting a blog, you may want to check that one out. As for where I am now….this last year has been filled with so many ups and downs. I have bared my soul, shared my disappointments, and made myself naked (vulnerable) to you all! That has not been easy as I’m sure I have been judged every step of the way. But this journey…I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Even at times when I was embarrassed to share things going on in my life, I opened up that door. The strength and courage it takes to be that transparent and vulnerable…well let’s just say I didn’t think I had it in me. I remember when I first started the blog. It took me forever (or what felt like it) to write something down. I wanted it to be PERFECT. Maybe even read like Shakespeare, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, or just anyone deep and complex! But I soon learned that a life style blog is about anything BUT perfection! When a reader (or listener ?) writes me publicly or personally about something similar going on in their lives and what my blog has done for them…my heart skips a beat! When my parents read and listen to some of my work (the PG 13 ones?) and say they love it…my heart skips a beat. When I reread something I wrote months ago and see how much I have grown (or not grown ?)…my heart skips a beat. This blog is my baby and boy has she grown! I have readers and listeners all over the world and I cannot wait for my fan base to grow! So much more to share and so much more to learn! I am forever a work in progress and as it turns out…that’s the best way to be when writing a life style blog. You see fashion bloggers focus on the perfect look for the perfect occasion and gossip bloggers focus on anyone else’s misfortunes but their own…but with a LIFE STYLE BLOG…you are walking around stalk naked in all your mess…ready to dive in and share! Now that’s tough work! To all my readers that have stuck with me, I thank you! To Toi from ToiTime blog, I thank you for being a great blog mentor and friend! To Willow, I thank you for being a sister to me and allowing me to share some of your deepest and personal stories of triumph! To Nicole, thank you for pushing me to make this blog a self hosted site and believing in my dreams and talents! To the man (the Ex Factor) who I love to hate in many of my blogs, I thank you for being patient and understanding and loving me despite all my flaws! You are either secretly crazy or you truly do love me. FYI he does have access to the blog as well as Elijah and Julio! They got the URL though I am sure the rest skip most of it…just like the Ex Factor. Love you baby…from here to insanity and back! ? To Alexis Skyy, Scarlet, Grace, Nicole, Davincii Productions, ANS Studios, and my producer, the Loyalist, I thank you all for making my first podcast series a success! Stay tuned as the rest of the series will be dropped SOON! To the Michaels family, especially my brother, Junior, thanks for the love and support (and hard work) on this journey with me. You guys know the true me up close and personal and still find it in your hearts to love me!? To many more years of blogging…to a growing empire…and to “living my life like it’s” PLATINUM…I leave it all in GOD’s hands! One Love!❤️ ~KJM on what we might just start calling…Serenity Sunday❤️ Happy FIRST Birthday to Kingston Expressions! May I never be a day late nor a dollar short!??????