Overcoming Doubt To Start A Blog

Welcome friends and possibly strangers too. This is my blog, something I have been wanting to do for many months but kept putting off for various reasons like: insecurities, procrastination, insecurities, perfectionism, insecurities. Will I stick with it? Will people like it? Will I do well at it?

But I’ve decided that I am not going to let these thoughts prevent me from starting my blog. I could spend forever daydreaming and preparing and worrying but this is the point where I have to start and keep going. I have things I want to show, say, and do for the world. I can stick with it. People can like it. I can be good at it. There’s no way to know how this thing will turn out unless I start and give it my best effort.

One of the reasons why I decided that I couldn’t put this blog off much longer was because I have a lot of exciting changes happening in my life right now: I’m moving house. I’ve become sub-editor for Frock Paper Scissors (a Brisbane-based indie magazine). I’m self-improving and trying to live more intentionally. This is something I want to capture.

This blog is going to be about intentional living as it relates to the kawaii fashion and lifestyle. I will be exploring concepts like sustainability, minimalism, health, self-image, finance, productivity, entrepreneurship, success, and failure. It is not my aim to position myself as an expert on any of these topics, but rather to spark conversation surrounding them. I truly believe that a more nuanced and intentional mindset can enhance our kawaii lifestyles and experiences.

There is much we should question, but haven’t as of yet. In future blogposts I aim to explore the following;

• What are the relationships we have with our clothes actually like?
• How sustainable is kawaii fashion and how can we improve it?
• What valuable lessons can kawaii maximists like ourselves learn from the minimalist lifestyle?
• In what ways does kawaii fashion benefit and reduce our self-image?

Above all, I will question what it really means to be kawaii, and how a kawaii mindset can enhance our health, aspirations, happiness, and more. This will mainly include me talking about my own experiences and occasionally interviewing others. There may also be a few fun experiments like "Can I have a capsule wardrobe without compromising my aesthetic?” and "How can I make a cosplay with sustainable materials and methods?" There will also the fashion advice I always wished I had such as “How do I dress cute for university, professional events, formal, and more?"

This barely outlines the content I intend to deliver, so if you want to live with intention and style, look forward to a new blogpost every Saturday.

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