She's the Man

 Hola mis amores, espero que estén super bien. Wow, dos veces en una semana, creo que me merezco una estrellita en la frente por esto.
Mi obsession por la blogueada comenzó en el 2009, con el BOOM de las fashion/beauty bloggers. Amaba ver las publicaciones de estas chicas, conocer su vida e inspirarme un poco en su estilo. Su styling no era nada como los que veía en la revista Seventeen, eran niñas reales y me identificaba con ellas. En junio del 2011 por fin me decidí a abrir un blog; C'est la Vie. Donde había decidido hablar de pop culture, belleza y moda. Publique me primer post. las 3 visitas al siguiente día fueron desgarradoras. Me atreví a subir un nuevo post pero al ver que obtuvo 8 visitas, mi ego estaba por los suelos y jamas volví a publicar. Nadie mas supo de su existencia. Ni siquiera mis padres.

Después de mas de dos años, en el 2014, inicie un blog que llevaba el nombre del actual (Style by Tathys). Al Igual como pasaba con el primero, no quería que nadie supiera de su existencia. Muchas veces al subir mi un nuevo post en el blog no lo compartía en ninguna red social. En mi ciudad aun no muchas personas estaban acostumbradas al movimiento blogger, y como es una ciudad chica no todos les parecía la idea. No quería ser juzgada ni ser víctima de criticas entonces prefería esconderle al mundo  mi blog.

Finalmente, a principios de enero del 2015 nació mi blog actual, con el que por fin supere mi temor a compartirlo en redes sociales, el que a durado mas de un año, y aunque me he desaparecido de vez en cuando, esta vez no pretendo rendirme. Logre que el numero de visitas incrementara. A sido un camino largo, y no estoy aun donde quiero estar. Quiero poder llegar a mas personas, compartir mi mensaje a muchos países. Quiero que los números de visitas sigan creciendo. Deseo poder ser una amiga para ustedes. Les agradezco que estén conmigo, gracias por leer mi post y compartir un pedacito de mi sueño. Nunca crea que no agradezco la presencia de todas aquellas que se dan el tiempo de leerme.

Sin duda creo que uno de los retos mas grandes a sido poder dejar de lado el miedo al que dirán, a las criticas. a sido poder sobre llevar a la vocecita en mi cabeza que pregunta "nadie me va leer" o "no creo que les guste". Se que probablemente tu, que estas leyendo, tienes la curiosidad de crear contenido de cualquier tipo, o empezar tu propio negocio, hazlo! No dejes que los miedos te detengan. He comprobado que por mas cliché que suene, si es mejor hacer y fracasar, que nunca haberlo hecho. Yo aun voy empezando y no me arrepiento de nada, excepto de no haber iniciado antes.





Hello my loves! I am back. Two posts in one week, I'll give myself a big pat on the back for this one! :)

This week I was interviewed for an article on a local newspaper, I was asked about my blog, how it started, where I saw my blog a year from now, and what my biggest challenges had been since starting this beautiful project.

I really had to think about these questions, because sadly they were those " I never think of that anymore" type of Q's. Today I want to share with you he answers to those specific questions.

My obsession for blogging came back in '09, the fashion/beauty blogger BOOM. I loved watching these girls' blogs, learning about their life and style. It was completely different than the styling in the regular Seventeen (magazine). I wondered what it would be like to have a blog. Finally in June 2011, after my high school graduation I opened my first blog; C'est la Vie, where I planned to write about pop culture, beauty, and a bit of fashion. I published my first post and I didn't see any subscribers, or enough page views by the second day, which of course hurt my ego, I know for sure I published a second one, but when I only received 8 or 10 views I bailed. That blog lasted about three weeks. No one ever knew it existed. Not even my parents.

On January 2014, I started a different blog. Again, only about 3 people knew about it at the time, I had about five posts on that one. I was absolutely terrified of anyone finding out about the blog, even my boyfriend. I live in a small city and many people are not totally open and accepting. I didn't want anybody to judge me, so I wouldn't share my posts on social media (which prevented me from getting views, which made me feel really ashamed and embarrassed).

Finally at the beginning of 2015, I started this baby. Where I made more posts, I shared them on social media. I saw the numbers grow. I did slack off a bit, but I know I want to continue. I want to do the best I can because I now know that this is important to me. I wont give up until I see the page views grow even more. I plan to reach more people through this platform. I'm very excited to know where it will take me. I really happy and grateful for your support. Please know that I don't take any of you for granted, thank you for sharing a bit of my dream.

I think the biggest challenge for me, was finally realizing that when you really want to do something, you should do it. Worrying about what others might think, or wondering if people will like or not what you do is a waste of time. I sometimes imagine where I would be if I had started this journey back in 2011 and continued. As cliche as it sounds, it is better to have tried and failed than to never have tried at all (I want to shoot myself right now for my cheap philosophy) it's true. I don't regret starting my blog, I do however regret not doing so sooner.