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The end?!

22nd April 2019 by Organisedjo 4 Comments

It’s taken me a few days to write this post. I have made a big decision – I feel I have come to the end of my blogging journey. Let me explain.

I set up Organised Jo three years ago as a place for me to share and help others who were in the same situation as me. Being a working mum is hard, and as I had already had 8 years of juggling life, work and kids I wanted to show others the tips, tricks and routines that had helped me.

Organised Jo has taught me so much. It has shown me that I like a challenge, I mean I knew nothing about how to set up a blog let alone sort a domain name and use WordPress. So after many evenings of teaching myself and seeking help from others my blog was born. Three years later I have written 150 posts and shared them with you.

The blog has also shown me the power of social media, a place where you can meet like minded people and through engaging and taking part how you can have an impact on someone else’s life. It was through this love of social media that led me onto developing my skills further and in November 2017 I signed up to the Digital Mums Social Media Manager course, which I qualified from in November 2018.

Having a organising blog though means there is a pressure that you have to be organised all of the time. The blog was a place I could share all my organising projects and routines that I implement to help us as a family. But it also meant I needed to come up with new ideas and content, and recently I have struggled with this. The pressure for me has been time, and as we all know, being a working parent and juggling being a wife, mother, home maker, school, kids activities, work, professional and personal development and self care means more often than not one or more of those things gets dropped.

The girls are now older, more independent, but that has also brought a change in our routine. They don’t go to bed till later and I’m not sitting down until about 9 pm, by that point after a full day at work I’m tired and finding it hard to then be motivated to create some more.

So, what next, I’m not 100% sure yet. My eldest starts secondary school in September and I want, need, to be more present while she, and us, transition in this huge next step.

I also want to focus more now on my next steps carer wise, use what I have learned through my Digital Mums Social Media Manager course. I want to use my knowledge and skills to help people understand how to use social media to help them and their idea/business. How I do that, I don’t yet know.

With regard to the blog, I will keep paying hosting for Organised Jo as my posts are still helping people. The blog is still receiving hits everyday from people that have found me through search engines and Pinterest.

For my social media channels I am going to change the names on my Instagram and Twitter accounts and start posting more personal work orientated things. On Facebook I’m going to hide the page for now, I may delete it in the future. I am still thinking this all through and if I find after a few months that I don’t want to bring everything back to life I will delete it.

I have loved blogging. The community is amazing, and I have truly found some great, awe inspiring people on my journey (shout out to all my Devon bloggers who have been such a supportive group). I can’t wait to continue watching them flourish and grow. Also the comments you get back from people who have read your blogs, after someone has tried out one of your ideas, is just amazing. I have had that warm fuzzy feeling of job well done so many times.

But what I won’t miss is the constant imposter syndrome thoughts that go on around my head. I often find myself comparing my blog, and me, to others, and that’s not healthy. The pressure to not only come up with content for blog posts, shoot great photos (damm you winter and a job that takes up all your daylight hours) and to be on social media posting more content and constantly engaging is hard hard work. Being consistent takes up a lot of time and energy.

Making this decision has actually felt like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders, which I know means it is the right thing to do. But I do have so many mixed emotions about it.

So finally, a thank you. Thank you for taking the time to follow and engage with me. Thank you for sharing my posts and liking my pictures. Thank you for making me smile with all your wonderful comments and feedback.

Thank you and goodbye (maybe for now, who knows, goodness this is hard)!!!!

Jo

Xx

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Comments

  1. Sam Davis says

    22nd April 2019 at 11:42 am

    Beautifully written, I wish you all the best on your continuing journey. xx

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  2. Lisa says

    22nd April 2019 at 12:03 pm

    What a lovely post. Leaving the door open if you fancy popping back is a good idea. Good luck with your next chapter xx

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  3. Kleby says

    5th September 2019 at 8:18 am

    What a lovely honest post! I have recently decided to start a blog, for very similar reasons to yourself and have come across yours in my research. I have two children, veen doing the parenting thing for 6 years now, work full time and often had friends tell me about something I may have done oh thats a good idea, and so I’ve thought why not share it with more people!

    However, I have already had thise worries about, what do you do when you run out of tios and ideas, or life gets you so tired you simply lose interest?

    Well, you did it for 3 years, and that’s amazing! That tells me just go for it, see what you can do and don’t beat yourself when it comes to the end of your journey.

    I wish you all the best in your next chapter and hope to see more from yoy in the future!
    X

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  4. Elana Purton says

    19th January 2020 at 9:15 pm

    organisedjo,

    Want to be Instagram cool?

    Well, today I’m going to teach you the best way to amazingly change forever the way you Instagram.

    Now, imagine that it is Friday and you’ve just woken up from a sound summer-time nap.

    You spring up to check your cell.

    Make your way to your page.

    Wow, you think, Over 561 likes on one picture.

    Heading to the kitchen, you put the kettle on for some coffee and check your Instagram while you wait.

    Bam! Another 87 likes.

    Here comes another one. This time it is not a like but a message from one of your followers. They congratulate you on your success and let you know they love scrolling through your content.

    As you read it, you begin to smile. It is a really hot person, and they love your posts.

    As you begin to write back, your cell buzzes again.

    It is another message coming in. You glance up at the clock–almost time for the gym. You will have to reply later.
    Listen, organisedjo, most people just are not in control of their life. Heck, they can’t even force themselves to eat a balanced breakfast, much less hit the gym.

    I’m here to show you how to take the reigns of your Instagram.

    Now, what if you could raise your popularity by 100%, or 1000%?

    Truth is, it’s not the most difficult thing in the world to get more. For example, all the old pros use our website.

    Automagically see tons of likes on your images just minutes after posting.

    The “Top Post” section, all of a sudden, doesn’t seem that far away.

    Sound too good for reality? Just follow these steps to get a taste:
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    2. Enter in your Instagram username.
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    Hitting the Top Post page will 10X your InstaGrowth. But you have got to do more than just want it–you have got to do something about it. Are you willing?

    See you soon.

    Reply

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Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my blog Organised Jo. My name is Jo, a 40 *cough* something year old married working mum living in sunny (ish) South Devon. I live with my lovely and very understanding hubby and our two daughters, who are aged 9 and 6. During the day I work for the local Council as a Communications Officer. I don’t work full time or part time but inbetween doing 30 hours a week. I run Organised Jo alongside my day job and what started as a hobby has now really become a huge passion of mine. Read More…

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