My First Blogiversary!

 

I can't believe I'm saying this.

Today, as you read this, on April 26th 2015, it is my blog's one year anniversary!

That is freaking mental! Seriously crazy!

It doesn't even feel like I've been blogging for that long, but in the same way, it feels like I've never not been blogging.

I honestly can't remember what my favourite hobby was before blogging came along. I had just got into YouTube, but I never took to any of my hobbies like I've taken to blogging.

I went into blogging completely blind. I did not have any friends who blogged and I didn't know what to blog about.

The name 'Lou's World' was an instant thing, I had always imagined having a brand (of anything) and calling it 'Lou's World', because it just means a lot to me.

Something funny about when I started my blog is that, on the first day of blogging, I posted 4 times!

The posts were: Being You, Friendships, Divergent Review and Exam Pressure

Looking back on them now, it makes me laugh. I think my writing style was basically the same (although I think I'm better now), but I love the fact that, from the beginning, I wanted my blog to focus on reviews and helping you guys.

I still try to do that, but now I'm not so conscious of it. I post things that really excite me and I'm passionate about.

But I just love the way that my blog has grown! If I could change one thing, I would have taken pictures of my blog when I first started, so that I could compare it to what it looks like now!

When I think back to the beginning of my blog, I never expected to get to where I am now!

Currently I have 17, 962 views. That's nearly 18,000 times that my blog link has been clicked on and my posts have been looked at, which is the craziest thing that I really can't believe!

I have 67 followers on bloglovin!! I hit that number today and I could have cried because it's just so amazing to me! I know a lot of people have more, but to me, 67 is a huge number. 67 people like my little blog enough to follow me and be regularly updated about when I upload. That's crazy!! (You can follow me on bloglovin' here! Please do!)

And the thing which probably means the most to me, the comments. Currently, I have 860+ published comments. That. Is. Crazy!!

I have always replied to comments because I think it makes my blog a lot more personable and just to let you guys know how much your comments mean to me.

I really hope you guys know that, without your views, comments and follows, I may not be blogging right now. Or at least, I would have completely no motivation for it!

Whether you comment to reply to what I said in a post, or to tell me you liked it, or to tell me a story about you, I love it all, I read and reply to it all, and every single word that you write means more than the world.

For me, blogging is like an outlet. Like most bloggers (probably) I'm an introvert, and could never express myself in school, for fear of being judged or ridiculed by the people at school/college who I either didn't really get on with or just felt indifferent about.

So it's crazy to think that I write posts that have now been read and commented on so many times! That you guys seem to care about the things that I have to say is a thought that I can't even fathom!

I also need to give two special thanks. One to the girls in the Beau Blogger community. I can't remember now when I joined the community, but I think we had about 10 members. We now have 39 and that's also crazy! Beau Bloggers is such an amazing, supportive community and it really reassures me to know that, no matter what, I'll have at least one person viewing my posts. It really allows me to know that I can literally post whatever I want without worrying that you guys will think I'm weird. (Although when I post things that I think are weird, a lot of you comment and either say that you like my weirdness, or that you're weird too, which I love more than everything!) So yeah, thank you to the Beau Blogger girls. You're all amazing and have made blogging amazing for me. I hope we get a lot more members as time continues! (If you want to join, click here!)

And the other thanks is to Chloe, aka Professional Daydreamer. First of all, congratulations on your own blogiversary, even though it was a few weeks ago now. Second of all, Lou's World owes you a hell of a lot! You were the first blogger that I made friends with (can't believe that we've almost known each other for a year) and you are the first person that I always go to with any blogging problems, and to be honest, I go to you with lot of personal problems too, and you always give me great answers and the best advice ever! We started our blogs around the same time, which means that we've grown as bloggers together, which I love. We're also both working on novels, and I know that you'll definitely have books on the shelves of everywhere in the future because you're an amazing writer! Thanks for supporting me and making Lou's World what it is, because you really have!

And thanks again to you reading! Whether this is your first time here or whether you're on my blog every single day, you mean a lot to me and you mean a lot to 'Lou's World', so really, thank you so so so much!

Hopefully you'll spend another year and more supporting me, and hopefully I'll still be blogging!

Thank you for reading

Comment below when you started your blog (and when you started reading mine!)

Keep Smiling - Lou xx