Why a blog?

Those who have followed me on social media are probably curious.

Why a blog?

What happened to Youtube or the podcast idea?

Well if I’m going to be honest I truthfully wanted to go the YouTube route. I went as far as asking my cousin to make an intro for me (thanks Nicole) and even clearing all of the space in my phone so I would have storage. The thing is editing takes A LOT OF TIME. It also takes a lot of patience. I myself am a perfectionist so it would take me MONTHS to get one thing right and then I would watch it again weeks later just to delete it because I realized I wasn’t proud of it. I know this because I’ve done it before. 😂

Now before you hit me with the “but Velencia- we’re in a pandemic. You don’t work, you’re a stay at home mom. All you have is time!”. Keep an eye out for my next post. 😉

Maybe when my son gets a little older, and once I invest in proper lighting and editing software who knows- maybe it’ll happen. Because I would really love that.

Time was a big factor in making my decision. I knew I wanted to create content, but I just didn’t know HOW.

I tried TikTok- which was fun. But just didn’t feel like it was “IT”. I felt like I had to somewhat force myself to do it. Which means I really didn’t WANT to do it.

And finally it hit me one day when I was taking a shower. I asked myself

“Do blogs still exist?”

and then I asked Facebook the same question where I was given nothing but encouraging comments- so here I am.

In all honesty it works out perfect! Well for now- I mean I guess I really can’t say for sure- considering this is my first actual post…. but- you get the idea. It SEEMS perfect.

I can use my writing skills that I have developed through working with Delta College’s Collegiate & the short but sweet internship with Nosotros Magazine, and it goes in hand with my current major.

Now I’m not saying its going to be 100% easy. Creating this website and doing all this coding crap was a lot of work and frustration. But I’m sure it will work out in the end… I hope.

So before any one says “I was really hoping for you to push video content” I will! I plan to! Maybe even a Podcast 😉.

Only time will tell.

But until then- enjoy my first blog. 🤎