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Real Talks: Under Pressure

November 3, 2017      Leave a Comment

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Today I wanted to share something that has been on my mind and it’s about the pressure that social media is putting on many of us. It has affected me as of late. In the blogosphere, this is particularly high because there are so many blogs and so many good ones doing this too. It is very hard to keep up the pace and post on the blog at least once a week and to create content to post everyday on social media when there is also a ‘real job’ and a million other responsibilities to look after.

I started blogging because fashion is something that I love as well as helping people with tips that can benefit them as much as they do to me. But during the last few weeks I have felt like all of this has become an obligation. Having to publish a photo at such and such a time, or to use a filter or such specific color etc. to not ruin my IG feed and so many other factors can take the fun away and add a layer of pressure. I know that my fellow bloggers understand this too; in the end it feels like it kind of loses the essence of why we began doing this a little. I understand too that I have not been in the blogosphere so long myself yet to know what the path is like. However, I have been reading blogs for many years and I am a witness (and now participant) of the negative and positive evolution of this world.

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A few days ago I was commenting with friends of the blogging community that this pressure makes us be harder with ourselves and we disparage the intense work that we do. I think it’s normal to feel frustrated when something does not go as we want. However what is not right is to stay in that state of mind and to lose or reduce our creativity – and this applies to everything, not only in the field of blogging.

This post is, without a doubt, a reminder for myself to continue doing what I like for that simple reason. Along the way I will find someone who also enjoys my work. Not letting it overwhelm me or comparing my work with someone else’s without knowing their backstage is the goal of the day.

Love,

Paola.

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Bajo Presión 

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Hoy quiero contarles algo que ha estado rondando en mi cabeza y que va más allá del outfit del dia. Se trata de la presión que las redes sociales han provocado en muchos de nosotros y que me ha afectado últimamente. En el mundo del blogging, es particularmente alta ya que cada día hay más y mejores personas haciéndolo. Es complicado competir, ya que resulta difícil mantener el ritmo de postear al menos una vez a la semana en el blog y crear contenido para postear a diario en RRSS, cuando además se tiene un trabajo “real” y un montón de otras responsabilidades.

En mi caso, inicié el blog porque la moda es algo que me apasiona, así como ayudar a otros con tips que les puedan beneficiar tanto como a mi. Pero durante las últimas semanas he sentido todo esto como una obligación. Tener publicar una foto a tal hora o con un filtro de tal color para no arruinar el feed y así muchas otros factores -se que mis compañeras bloggers entienden- que al final terminan quitándole lo divertido y pierde un poco la esencia. Entiendo que no he estado en la blogosfera tanto tiempo para saber cómo era antes. Sin embargo, si leo blogs desde hace muchos años y soy testigo, y ahora participe, de la evolución tanto negativa como positiva de este mundo.

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Hace días comentaba con amigas de la comunidad, que esta presión hace que seamos más duras con nosotras mismas y menospreciemos el arduo trabajo que hacemos. Creo que es normal sentirse frustrado cuando algo no nos sale como queremos, lo que no está bien es quedarnos en ese estado mental y perder nuestra creatividad. Y esto aplica para todo, no solo en el ámbito del blogging.

Este post es sin duda, un recordatorio para mi misma de seguir haciendo lo que me gusta por esa sencilla razón, en el camino ya encontraré a alguien que tambien disfrute mi trabajo. No dejarme abrumar, ni comparar mi trabajo con el de otra persona sin conocer sus trasbastidores es la meta del dia.

Que tengan bonito fin de semana. Los detalles del look al final del post.

Love,

Paola.

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Skirt is H&M. Similar here , here and here

Sweater is Primark

Boots are Bershka

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