Why I Took Four Years to Launch my Blog

I’ve been saying I wanted to launch a lifestyle blog for four years.

FOUR YEARS.

What took me so long to launch my site? My struggles with self-doubt paired with an obsession with perfection led me to procrastinate.

I told myself that all my photos had to be immaculately edited before they saw the light of day on social media.

I told myself that I needed a better wardrobe before I even think about making an outfit post.

I told myself that I needed to dish out tons of money on a website.

I told myself that I had to check off all these boxes for my content to be worthy of publishing.

I even began to compare myself to other bloggers and creatives and told myself that I could never create content on the level they did.

I became so consumed with self-doubt and the unrealistic expectations I set for myself that I placed this dream of mine on the back burner.

However, the desire to have an online platform of my own and share my love for beauty, fashion and entertainment never went away over the years (it actually intensified), but I kept dragging my feet.

For the past four years, the fear of being imperfect and producing imperfect work paralyzed me.

But after experiencing the devastating and shocking loss of my beloved grandmother last year, I realized that life is too short to let fear control my life and prevent me from doing the things I am passionate about.

Last year was a wake up call that taught me that I needed to stop doubting myself and start doing what makes me happy. Letting go of the toxic mindset that held up my progress for so long has allowed me to develop a revitalized sense of confidence. I found joy in creating again, and I’m finally in a place where I feel completely excited and confident enough to do so.

This four year period has taught me that to progress towards any goal; you have to get out of your head and simply go for it. Whether you want to launch a blog or a business, just start.

Because, after all, starting somewhere is better than never starting at all.

I made a promise to myself that from 2019 onwards I will stop trying to be perfect, own who I am, and fearlessly go after what I want. Making this promise to myself is the reason why oliviahancock.com finally exists.

If you take one piece of advice from this, I want you to stop letting those voices in your head get you down. Don’t allow feelings of doubt or fear stand in the way of your success or happiness. You got this! We got this!

With all that said, I’m so excited to finally launch my blog and share the people, places, and things in my life that make me happy. I hope you stick around to see all the moments I'll be sharing on oliviahancock.com!