7 Valuable Life Lessons Learned Alongside 7 Years of Blogging

Clare - This Is Still Me♥️
4 min readJan 11, 2024

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed the festive break and are ready for whatever 2024 has in store for us. Oh, and guess what? This Is Still Me just turned 7 today! Can you believe it?

To mark this exciting milestone, I thought I’d share 7 valuable life lessons I’ve picked up in these seven years.

People are too busy worrying about themselves

When I first started out, I was petrified that people were going to judge me. I was worried they would be thinking, “Who does she think she is?” and “Why would we care” but what I failed to realise is that most people are far too worried about what other people are thinking about them to worry about what you’re doing and if they are worried about what you’re doing, they should probably pay more attention to their own lives.

Bottling things up can lead to explosions

Keeping things to yourself to make other people comfortable serves no one. Being open about how you feel about things allows others to understand where you are coming from and stops you from bottling up those emotions and then exploding over something small like an unloaded dishwasher. No names mentioned 👀

Taking Time for yourself should be non-negotiable

I keep learning this the hard way. I’m always giving myself stuff to do. Even when I’m supposed to…

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Clare - This Is Still Me♥️

Join me as I conquer my 40s with humor and honesty. From Marriage to Step-Parenting, Perimenopause to freelancing – I'm spilling it all.