Do You Want More?

I was reading this post on Coast With Me a few weeks ago and it got me thinking.

She shared my favorite commercial of all time (I just love that little girl) so of course I had to read it.

I’ve been blogging for almost 4 years and I’ve been content with my blog’s growth. Granted, I’ve been blogging for a while now so surely, I should have more followers by now.

It amazes me how some individuals have a strong voice. A voice that many (strangers!) want to hear. We want to follow their lives, view their pictures, like their pictures on Instagrams because every image is better than the last. They have built their little space on the Internet. They have worked hard to make relationships and network so with time their blogs just grow and there is no stopping them.

And then you see a new blogger become an overnight blogging sensation. And you wonder, Wow? How in the world did they do that?

And then you begin to doubt what you’re doing. You have to be a blogging sensation too. I mean, really, it can’t be that hard.

But with that comes work (hard work) and I don’t know about y’all but I already have a full time job. And a husband, and a dog, and a cat, and a house that needs to be cleaned, and dishes that need to be washed, and clothes that need to be folded and put a way. Oh and let’s not forget all the shows I have yet to watch on Netflix.

So in order to be anything in life, be it a doctor, an actress, a blogging sensation, you have to work at it. My space on the Internet can only be as good as I make it. I’m not into doing giveaways (tried it, and not really for me) I’m not into the whole sponsoring thing (if I like you, I’ll most likely mention you in a post here and there) I don’t get sponsored (no reason why but I do my own thing, ha) ... and I have noticed that many bloggers who have become blogging sensations have done really well in doing those things.

I’m not fighting to be a blogging sensation. Heck, I’m fighting not to become a big blogger because (I have a little secret, come closer) I’m a little scared of the Internet. Yes, me. I’m afraid of it.

I’m blogging that way one day 85 year old Faith can read and say, “Yeah, that girl lived. I lived and I rocked at it.” And that my blogger friends is enough growth for me.

Do you want more? What are you doing to become a blogging sensation? Or are you like me and just keeping your lives journal?