- Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
What is “FAITH”? Confidence? Loyalty? Faith is a word that can be used in many situations. I have had to remember this quite often this last month. I’ve needed Faith in myself to not give up when I feel like I’m drowning in blog “to-dos” and still have my full-time job to go to as well. Faith that I won’t give up easily when I come up to a hurdle, or in some instances it feels like a mountain.
Here at Little Iowa Farmstead, the daily living has not slowed down a second, yet working this blog format has been one I tend to procrastinate on. Why? Answer #1, I just haven’t figured out all the linking yet. I have certainly told myself “don’t give up on this yet” and asked for lots of “help me lord” in the last month. Walk away, come back later. The ideas keep coming. I do my part to take pictures, start title ideas or maybe drop a line or two for a draft start. That is behind the scene so to speak and can be easily deleted if needed.
On a wonderful note, I have figured out Instagram. This is super easy to keep snippets of Farmstead Happenings in the know. Perhaps I do the Insta snips to easily and don’t do actual posts. Truly getting the posts on the blog are not the real hurdle right now.
Where is the issue?
I just can’t seem to figure out a format theme that flows well with my pages. To be more specific, I have had to change themes a few times because ‘page’ titles don’t link with my posts when used on a slider. I made too many different pages that sit empty to begin with. When I change themes, the pictures I set for headers on the pages disappear. Does any of this make sense? I am struggling to find the eb and flow. So to get over my current hurdle, I switched to a very simple theme. VERY SIMPLE!!
I have a goal. It is not set too high, my goal is completely attainable yet moveable. And I will push it off further once I feel I’m catching up to it. Kind of like a rotating vision board. This blog has been baby steps for sure. Sometimes I think I jumped in the deep end first, now I’m struggling to stay afloat with all that should be going ” behind the scene”.
Faith is keeping me going. I know I can’t be disappointed with numbers or there lack of. I know my page is a bit slak in good material. Resources for information on how to start a blog is aplenty. Good resources are hard to come by. One source had many things done in a matter of days. Get a name, write a pages, link up social media. Published blogging in the end of those short days. Share your blog name and all social media, go on a find common niches. Big mistake. Too much left undone.
Another source says to work slowly and one step at a time. Don’t try to make it ALL great at the same time. Start and finish each process then move on. This way there aren’t empty tanks for visitors. You know the disappointment when you go to the zoo and the animal is sleeping inside out of sight. Ooppsss!!!
I am following the later source now. Makes sense for sure. I have a few social media outlets sitting completely idol because I personally don’t feel I have enough content for them. Sure I can direct back to the blog. On the Little Iowa Farmstead blog I have a few posts, a couple empty topic pages and one for email. To be completely honest I have not thought much of newsletters to send out yet. And would more likely to panic should someone want to follow with email. Do rainchecks work in blog nation?
There are a few other items that should be in the blog. That was part of the hurry and publish to make lots of money resource. Making 7 figures was not in my vision board. Heck I simply wanted this blog for my own accountability. Like I stated in my About Me page. I have an ever growing “to-do” list as well as several farm animals. The blog is more like a journal and goal intention or vision board.
For now…it’s okay. I am okay with the undone. There is a list of what needs to be accomplished yet. Having the list gives me Faith to know what’s coming and what I will complete. Knowing it is not an easy adventure is okay. If it was easy, everyone would do it. I have always liked a challenge and being told ‘No’ is sort of unsettling. That is where having Faith to begin and courage to complete is all that I NEED right now.