Ever since I started blogging I have heard comments like "Oh the blogging community just isn't what it was" Constant doubts of the bloggers, or the number of us now. This is typically said by bigger YouTubers or bloggers, missing the good old days where it was some sort of exclusive club... *eyeroll* I hate the exclusive vibe they wanted to keep, like somehow being new means you are not worthy, or wanted... To be honest I didn't take much notice of it, I just seen it as them being huffy over their club being open to all.
I think the hardest part about blogging is often not having real life friends who understand, it can be really hard to rant about an email, or a comment, or DA - if your friend has no idea what most of it means.
Twitter it can be so supportive.. you can find so many other like minded people who share your interests and blogging style, but at the same time it can be like shouting into an Abyss - making it hard to form friendships with people.
The best thing I have done this year is join an Instagram Comment Pod. Without a doubt. Sure they are frowned upon by IG, but having a group of 15 people - you quickly become so close with one another, chatting about all things blog, life. Suddenly I had a group of people I could go to about all things blog.
I couldn't love my friend circle more now - the people I chat to, the blogs I read, the videos I watch, it all feeds into one another, I feel like I know so many more people now just through the blog - something which could be seen as isolating is giving me friends. I LOVE it!
Funnily enough me feeling like this has come at the most ironic time, just as all the big YouTubers are moaning about the lack of community and the some of the Instagrammers are being called out as fraud, the little bloggers are all of a sudden looking incredible, and I couldn't be more proud of us!
Check out a few of my blogging BFFs:
Emmy's Beauty Cave
Dainty Alice
JinksyBeauty
The Sunday Girl
What is your favourite thing about the blogging community? Who is your blogging BFF? Let me know in the comments below!
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