Blog Announcement

THIS MAY BE MY FINAL POST HERE AT SISTERSGRIMM-CLARE.

I have made the decision to switch this blog over to a Tumblr.

Why? 

1. Tumblr has a larger user-base, and I admit that I would like more people to be able to read my blog. 

2. A lot of my close friends use Tumblr and it would make it easier for me to keep in touch with them. 

3. Tumblr is much easier to use. It's three times faster for me to log in and out of, and has a lot of useful features that Blogger can't facilitate.

I'm sad to say that it won't look the same or run the same way as this blog, just because of the dramatically different dynamics of Tumblr and Blogger. 

But I will still be posting the same content, if not more content then I do now (see #3). And, yes, this will include more of my pictures from Rome. This new Tumblr is not going to be like the one I deleted because it was sucking too much of my life away. No, sir. 

I will keep this blog to use as an archive, and while I'm happy to be switching to format that works better for me, I'll miss this. We've been together since 2010. Blogging has become very important to me, and keeps me motivated to write and create new things to share with people. 

I hope that you'll keep checking in at my new blog: PutYouInABook.

Love and God bless - Let's make 2014 our best year yet! 

- Clare

Buh-bye, Tumblr!

As you may have noticed, my 'check out my Tumblr' sidebar thing is gone.

That is because my Tumblr is gone.

Completely.

No more Tumblr. I made a post yesterday saying it would be my last, and it was. This morning I went into my account and deleted it. Which was a serious process. Tumblr gave me like three chances to turn back.

Why did I do this?

A lot of reasons.
1. Tumblr, as you may or may not know, is a horribly LIFE-SUCKING website. Its constantly updating with new posts. You could literally be on Tumblr for the rest of your life and not run out of new posts if you follow enough people from enough different time-zones. I'm not even kidding.

2. I was neglecting this blog because of Tumblr! I'm sure you've noticed...I hadn't made a post yet this month. And believe it or not, I always liked this blog better than Tumblr.

3. For a long time I've been praying about my Tumblr, about whether or not I should stop going on or unfollow a bunch of people. I gave it up for Lent, and my life was actually a lot rosier. Tumblr was actually stressful for me, and it took up SO MUCH TIME. I could be on Tumblr for two hours at once time, and usually I should have been doing something else. Praying about it, I finally just accepted that I kept feeling like I should delete it because I SHOULD delete it. It was keeping me from growing in holiness. It had to go.

Tumblr is a great website, but for a person who doesn't have much self-discipline, it can be a black hole of mindless internet surfing. *DRAMTIC MUSIC*

I decided if I didn't get rid of it completely, the distraction would always be there.

So, here I am, dear Blog! Back again to stay!

Things get better

I keep coming across these things on my tumblr...

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okay this is probably going to sound stupid but i wonder how it feels to be one of those pretty girls who get hundred of notes or likes on pictures of their faces

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And all this does one thing for me; it breaks my heart, because they all made me realize something. That's where I was 4 years ago.

And so, I would just love to tell anyone who feels like that:

Things get better. 

It does. You move on from those moments of being lonely and having no friends. You make it past the pain and the sorrow and the isolation.

Things get better.

Maybe it takes a long time, but it happens. 

You meet new people who are way nicer to the ones who ignored you or treated you badly. 

You find people who admire you and love you for qualities that maybe you can't see.

Things get better.

You're not always going to be here. You're not always going to feel like no one understands you, and no one is like you. You're not as alone as you think.

Things get better. 

I promise.