What’s Going On, Anyway?

I’ve been asked recently when I’d be returning to blogging, so I thought I’d make a post to address my extended hiatus, and why it’s taking me so damn long to come back. Continue reading

From Adie, with Love

Hey everyone! You might have noticed that I haven’t been posting lately.

Over the last couple months, I’ve been thinking a lot about not just what I want to do, but who I want to be, and the intersection between those things and the reality I live in as a normal human being with twenty-four hours in a day, many of which are taken up by non-negotiable tasks like school. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m just trying to do far too much at the moment.

When I transitioned from having a small blog to vent about my personal struggles into lifestyle blogging, I’d intended to actually blog about lifestyle things: food, fashion, craft projects, events… and maybe include some semi-personal posts about more serious topics, written in a serious way.

The thing is, while I do enjoy food, fashion, crafts, etc… they’ve become casual hobbies over the last few years. I hoped forcing myself to blog about them would change that. Obviously, it didn’t, because instead of blogging about them, I blogged about the same personal struggle stuff I always had, only then I felt guilty about not sticking to “my brand.”

My main interests are writing and photography, and I want to do those things professionally.

For a while, I’ve been saying that I want to add my fiction and photography to From Adie, with Love. There are a number of reasons why I never did, but I’ll just say this: FAWL doesn’t feel like the professional space I want to showcase my work.

So, taking into consideration my waning interest in “lifestyle blogging” and my desire for a more professional space to post my writing and photography, I’ve decided to step away from From Adie, with Love and relaunch a new site dedicated to the things that interest me most: creative writing (fiction and nonfiction) and photography. I may also post about other creative endeavors, but writing and photography will be the main focus.

I plan to launch it in the next month or so. I’m aiming for around my birthday in early June. Of course, I’ll post a link here and on my social media accounts (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook), so if you’re not following me yet, I hope you will!

This is not goodbye!

This is just a transitional period while I get my new space set up. I’ll still be available on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook as linked above, as well as in the Dungeon of Loom. So keep in touch! I’ll be around somewhere, little internet addict that I am.

I want to thank everyone who supported From Adie, with Love over the past couple years. Your likes and comments kept me writing when I doubted myself and thought I’d be better off just getting some office job and hanging up my keyboard for good.

I really, truly, deeply, from the bottom of my heart love you all.

Adie & Allen Save the World 2: Bullet Journals, Cauliflower, and Blogging (Oh My!)

Behold! Another installment of Adie and Allen Save the World with Allen T. St. Clair of Das Midnight Goose! If you missed the first installment, click here to give it a read. You won’t be disappointed (or maybe you will; I’m pretty disappointing).

adie and allen save the world

This week, I posed such thought provoking questions as why cauliflower won’t leave my favorite foods the fuck alone, and what’s up with bullet journals, anyway? We also mused over the state of blogging today. When you’re done reading, be sure to click the link at the bottom to read Allen’s half over at Das Midnight Goose! Continue reading

Breaking for Spring

Today marks the beginning of my college’s spring break week. Personally, I have been looking forward to this since the semester started at the end of January.

I’ve been so stressed out lately and it seems like everywhere I turn there’s something new to ruin my chill. I’m just tired. I foresee a lot of trips to the Meditation Gardens and the beach in the upcoming week. I need to refocus and recenter myself, desperately. Continue reading