A Little Setback, A Big Reset & Finally Turning the Corner

Well, y’all… I had a little setback. 😂

And by “little setback,” I mean I discovered something last night that sent me into a full-blown frenzy.

Remember all those links I’ve been putting on my blog? All the things I’ve been sharing, my favorite things, my ShopMy, Amazon, all of it?

Yeah.

Apparently, they weren’t actually connected correctly. 🤦🏼‍♀️

So y’all could click away — and I could SEE that you were clicking — but I wasn’t getting credit, recognition, commission, money… NOTHING.

Basically, I’ve been sending everybody shopping and standing outside the store waving goodbye. 😂

When I figured that out last night, I about lost my ever-loving mind.

I already had Part Two and Part Three of my Favorite Things planned, but I’m going to hold off on those for a little bit. Once everything is set up correctly, I should be able to share things with you where the links actually WORK the way they’re supposed to.

Imagine that. 😂

I’m also eventually going to redo Part One because I want to do it RIGHT.

And that brings me to the bigger news…

I’m Making Some Changes

I’ve decided I’m going to move my blog to another platform and have a professional company set the whole thing up for me.

Same me. Same blog. Same email. Same crazy life.

Just hopefully a whole lot less of me sitting at my computer yelling, “WHY THE HELL ISN’T THIS WORKING?!” 😂

It could take somewhere around two to four weeks to get everything exactly the way I want it, so bear with me.

Because I want to do this right.

And the reason I care so much is because I realized something through all of this:

This blog has become my heart and soul.

I LOVE IT.

It’s therapeutic for me. It’s fun. It’s enlightening. And this is the one place where I feel like I can be 100% ME with absolutely no reservations.

I can talk about my life.

My crazy kids.

My crazy husband.

My grandbabies.

Travel.

Restaurants.

Recipes.

Fashion.

My favorite things.

Jewelry.

The things I love, the things I hate, the things I buy that are fabulous, and probably the things I buy that turn out to be complete crap. 😂

Eventually, I want this little corner of the internet to be a place where you can come and find ALL OF IT.

I want you to be able to shop my jewelry right here. I want my links to actually work. 😂 I want to share my favorite recipes and restaurants. I want a travel section. I want to tell stories about my life and my family.

I basically want this blog to feel like you walked into my house, sat down on my couch and said, “Okay, Whit… what are we talking about today?”

THAT is what I want.

And Then There’s Social Media…

Instagram, TikTok and Facebook?

I’m still figuring all that shit out. 😂

If I’m being completely truthful, I think I’ve been trying to do WAY too much at once.

Jewelry. Fashion. Elliott. Food. Travel. Funny videos. Reels. TikTok. Facebook. Instagram. Blogging. Links. Affiliate stuff.

I’m all over the damn place.

One thing I DO know is that Elliott wins the internet. 😂 That child gets more views and likes than anything else I post.

So I’ve been thinking maybe I do more with her — cute clothes, some of her favorite things, funny little Elliott moments — because y’all obviously love her almost as much as I do.

And as far as my jewelry goes, I’m starting to think I’d rather have a completely separate Instagram just for my jewelry business instead of trying to cram it into everything else.

I’m working through all of it.

Today Was a Reset Day

Today was also just… a day.

I had a few things going on this morning with myself and my husband. NOTHING MAJOR, so don’t go getting worried. We’re fine.

But y’all…

I went to bed BEFORE 1:00 last night.

Do you understand how unheard of that is for me?!

Then I woke up around 7:00 this morning, let the dogs go potty, went potty myself, crawled back into bed…

AND SLEPT UNTIL NOON.

NOON!!!

I woke up wondering what year it was. 😂

Then I look around and realize my husband is HOME.

I’m like, “Why are you here?”

He tells me he feels horrible and he’s sick.

So naturally, I had to deal with that because y’all know what happens when a man gets sick.

They are not “a little under the weather.”

They are actively dying.

There will be no tomorrow.

Call the family.

Prepare the arrangements.

It’s over. 😂😂😂

Thankfully, I think he’s going to pull through.

But Here’s The Good Part…

This may not be the most exciting blog I’ve ever written, but I actually wanted to tell y’all where my head is today.

Because for the FIRST TIME since December, I feel good about all of this.

Last night my husband asked me:

“Do you feel like you finally turned the corner?”

And I said, YES.

I really do.

Everything leading up to this point has been a shit show.

Trial and error.

Mostly error. 😂

It has been confusing, frustrating and honestly an emotional roller coaster.

But I think I finally see where I’m going.

And if there is ONE piece of advice I could give younger people, it would be this:

LEARN TECHNOLOGY.

Learn the internet.

Learn computers.

Learn AI.

Learn social media.

Learn ALL OF IT.

Because technology moves so damn fast, and if you don’t keep learning, it will leave your ass standing on the side of the road wondering what happened.

I’m not stupid. I KNOW I’m not stupid.

But technology can make me feel like the dumbest human being walking the earth. 😂

I get so aggravated when I can’t figure something out. I will sit there and spin my wheels for HOURS trying to make one stupid little thing work.

And people will say, “Well, don’t your kids help you?”

Y’all.

My kids have jobs.

They have children.

They have lives.

My kids aren’t even going to show me how to wipe my own butt when I’m old, much less sit down and teach me the internet. 😂😂😂

So I’m learning.

Slowly.

Sometimes painfully.

And sometimes with a LOT of cussing.

But I’m learning.

So Here’s The Plan

Friday, I’m having a consultation with professionals who actually know what the hell they’re doing. 😂

We’re going to talk about my blog, where I want it to go, what needs to be changed and how to build this into what I actually envision.

I’m also keeping my helper because there is still SO MUCH I need help with. I still don’t know how to use CapCut. I need help loading things, making things, organizing things and learning all the stuff I still want to be able to do myself.

Plus, I have an actual jewelry business to run somewhere in the middle of all this madness.

But I think I’m going to turn the majority of the technical internet stuff over to professionals and let them do what THEY are good at…

So I can concentrate on what I’m good at:

Being me.

Talking too much.

Sharing too much.

Finding things I love.

Selling beautiful jewelry.

Traveling.

Eating.

Shopping.

Loving my family.

Spoiling my grandbabies.

And telling y’all every damn thing about all of it. 😂

So today is a reset.

Not a failure.

Not starting over.

Just figuring out what works, what doesn’t, and making it better.

And I really do feel like I finally turned the corner.

Thank y’all for reading this blog, clicking on it, sharing it and coming back every day. You truly have no idea how happy it makes me.

We’re just getting started.

Even if half my damn links don’t work yet. 😂

Have a wonderful day, y’all.

Love y’all.

XOXO,
Whit ❤️