How Does A Blog Begin?
Jaesephines - The Blog, Post 01
Jaesephines has been many things. From a (metaphorical) stage name for a dream long ago, a writer’s name (so as to maybe keep my real name private), to even being what I just genuinely wish my actual name was (perhaps minus the “s”). Through all these ideas though, a blog had always been at the back of my mind. A safe place for literally everything and anything I chose to create or even support. Art, poetry, retellings of my day-to-day life as a mom, student, worker, writer, let’s say just honestly the works. I laughed anytime I thought of Jaesephines being a full-blown blog. I was too young and too busy already to have such a dedication, what was I thinking? Because of this, I kept pushing it back, no matter how much, at times, I felt I should move forward with it.
So, as it was, in the beginning stages of a different kind of Jaesephines, I started an Instagram with the name. Instagram is nice for many things, but the outlet wasn’t large enough for the full scope of what I wanted and still want Jaesephines to be. I went to Facebook shortly after, but I didn’t even try to begin there. The hurtles it wanted me to go through just to begin the page were something else. A few days after that whilst in the midst of going through an old poem filled notebook, I thought about how I used to have a Tumblr where I followed writing blogs on, and the idea to come here was born.
I began figuring out the look and essence for this blog days after the idea popped into my mind. My first step was opening a Tumblr under the username and putting password protection on so that no one could see anything before I was ready to have it under exposure. After that, I spent quite a bit of time finding the right code that gave me a creative, open spacious look for work. From there, I hit color, picture, all of it. All throughout this process, I kept the secret of what I was trying to achieve from family and friends.
There was a certain ambitious amount of joy that came with doing this on my own. With how busy life was, I was looking everywhere for help and even reassurance, and I’m not afraid to admit to that. But when it came to Jaesephines, I wasn’t looking for help or reassurance or anything or anyone else, I was just creating, and I have always felt happiest when I was creating. No matter what dooms seemed to loom over me, even if I was making them up in my head, coming onto Tumblr and working on what felt like a second child pushed me past that sense of incoming ruin. When life was hardest, I could come here. In the future, that’s the same thing I intend to do. This is going to be a journey, and I’m looking at the horizon of it knowing it’s the beginning, and hopefully far, far away from the end.
The idea behind Jaesephines is simple, an outlet for creativity and growth as a person. For myself and others. So, welcome to me, and welcome to you. I don’t know the rules of a blog, or site in general, but I hope I’ve started this eloquently enough. I also hope you stick around to share this experience with me. Time to bloom.
