08/02/2026
I hadn’t intended to take a 2-week break from posting. Up till recently, I felt immense pressure to keep up with some sort of regular posting schedule (minimally twice a week) because I told myself - you’re already not getting much traction, the least you can do is keep showing up.
But recent changes in my life meant that I had much less time to call my own, and I just didn’t have the bandwidth to plan and make content. I underestimated how difficult it would be to context switch, and to be honest it was so easy to let it just fall by the side once I stopped. Scarily so.
And here’s the thing I learnt - no one notices you’re gone. Probably because I don’t have a big audience, so really all the pressure I felt to show up really was just from me alone. Even if you have an audience, they probably also didn’t notice and would understand why you were gone for a while.
Which brings me to my second point. Your loyal audience will still be around (I mean it’s not a one year break) for you in a few weeks, but in that same amount of time, you could enjoy precious time with your loved ones by being fully present.
I felt like I was failing to keep up with posting because everyday I would be reminded by other accounts on how much they were doing, experts teaching you how easy it is to create content effortlessly. I didn’t realise how stressful it had been until I stepped away.
I could easily have let this become an infinite hiatus, because the inertia to start again is great (and offline life is so easier!) but taking time away reminded me of why I still want to have this platform and channel - to share my love for interiors, vintage, snippets of my life and the challenges I face. I dream of building an engaged community of like-minded friends that want to live a simple life, finding beauty in everyday things.
So I’ve enjoyed this break, and really hope it’s not another 2 weeks before I post again (even if so, that’s ok!) and I hope to be hit with some brilliant content ideas in the meantime 🤣