Dear Yanni,
So here it is, my Dear Yanni letter to myself. I know a lot of you off the top are confused, but for once I’m finally not. For a while now I’ve been feeling a huge disconnect from blogging. To some of you that may sound crazy because I’ve been blogging for such a long time in different capacities, but to others (especially fellow bloggers) this may make a lot of sense. When I decided to relaunch my fashion blog in 2014 I was at a different stage in my life. I finished grad school and had been searching for a full time job in marketing for quite some
time. There came a point where I felt that maybe this was a sign. Maybe I could not find the job I wanted because I was meant to go a different path. The freelancer path which included blogging, contributing, styling and personal shopping. All of these things have been a passion of mine for a long time especially writing and since I started my first blog at 17 this all made sense to me. Now that I am approaching two years with this particular blog I do not feel the same passion I used to feel for it. This is due to a lot of reasons, but the main one would be my heart just isn’t into it. I personally feel like I’ve lost my objective for why I wanted to do this in the first place and although I have been trying to push through that feeling I realized that I just can’t anymore. I love to write about things I love. I come from a place of purpose and lately I’ve been questioning that, which isn’t okay. A lot of little signs have been leading up to this feeling; hence why I needed to write a letter to myself and share it with you all. I’ve decided that this month I am taking a self-break. I really need to take some time and step back from this blog sphere in all capacities. I need to access my next steps in my career and just my life in general. We all know how much I love the fashion industry, but after being involved in it from every angle for 10 years it is time for me to figure out what is next. This doesn’t mean that I may stop blogging on According to Yanni D indefinitely, but I do believe a break from this platform is necessary. I truly appreciate all the love and support from my readers, fellow bloggers, stylists, brands, friends and of course family. Starting this blog and being a part of this blogging community has taught me some valuable things. I do not regret any of it. I just need to go back to a place of remembering and decide if According to Yanni D is still in my future and if so what capacity will it be. It’s funny because I’ve done so much in my time, career wise, yet I sometimes feel like I haven’t done anything at all. It is time for me to figure out the lane I really want to be in now and work towards that. Again, it could be continuing this site, but it may not be. I have to figure it out and I believe I need some time to do that.
With love!