Begin Again

                                                 ~  Well, here we are again.  ~

 

Where to begin?  Its been quite some time since I've put finger to keys in this way. Sure, every day in work I type, mostly numbers and some serious mouse clicking, but typing words and thoughts, it has been years.

I fell out of love with blogging some time ago, that feeling of making money from being a mannequin on these social platforms for brands just lost its appeal, and after doing it from hobby to (sort of)career I lost my passion. 

The world changed and so did I it seems. Lockdown forced my hand, in what turned out to be a good way. I stepped back from the daily self inflicted-compulsory outfits of the day(that always had to be different and new and exciting to gain those likes!) as the world closed its doors and very much enjoyed my time away, wearing normal outfits, developing my own style again that wasn't influenced by the latest trend. I stepped back from constantly trying to keep up with the insta-joneses, the constant number chasing and it felt freeing. I found peace in not needing the validation online.

But..

I miss it. 

No, not the number chasing, or that worry of saying the wrong thing in this cancel culture world we all inhabit and being cast the social flames for saying something that upsets someone's feelings.

More specifically, I miss the creative outlet. And lately I have a longing to have a place to call my own, to document whatever it is i may be feeling at that moment.

And so here we are Rachel the Hat, Again.

Should I have chosen a different name? Probably. Could i have picked up my old Wordpress blog with hundreds of bog posts, key words and all that jazz? Of course. 

But this isn't meant to be complicated or mentally taxing. This is for me to figuratively brain dump, whether that's clothes I'm adoring, day outs I'm enjoying,  food I may be cooking in my lovely new kitchen and even the inevitable bad days, sharing anxieties that I'm having. This is also starting afresh without any of the drives that previously fuelled my blog for many years. It will be rusty, it will not be polished in any way shape or form. Raw content with raw images just taken on my phone (with possibly a blurry smudged lens- not arty just messy). I'm trying to make this as easy as possible for me to just do. No second guessing myself or worrying its not good enough to post. Ultimately this is just for me. And if you somehow manage stumble upon this, Hello and warm wishes to you. 

Content wise, I guess it will be a mish mash of life, and of course a good smattering of outfits thrown in for good measure and a sense of, 'Lets just see where this takes us'. Like a rather nice adventure in to the unknown ( but a nice controlled unknown, because lets be honest, as a control freak the unknown is often scary 😆)

So, Hello again... It's good to be back.