Uncategorized over 14 years ago by Liz Adams

Things I’m Afraid to Tell You

By now, you’ve probably seen the amazing movement originally + unintentionally started by Jess, spread by Ez, and the most recent wave kicked off by Meg. Well yesterday, a few of my favorite bloggers shared the things that they were afraid to tell their readers and it confirmed my desire to do a post like this for my readers. So here it goes…

There are days {and sadly more often than not} that I don’t change out of work out clothes and sit at my desk all day in sweats. 
I am moving in September and I do not have the money to style a home for a magazine, or the patience/time to surround myself with beautiful things. I look forward to the day when my home doesn’t look like a hodge podge from my college days. 
My savings account has less than $500 in it.

I think Pinterest is destroying the blog world and inhibiting original content + creativity. So, I am going to try and make this blog a bit more personal and use more original content and photos moving forward. {I still use and love Pinterest, but as a separate platform.}

My boyfriend is not a professional photographer so outfit posts are not as easy for me to tackle, plus I am very critical of myself. 

I want my readers to know and believe that I am 100% me on my blog and I sometimes fear that they don’t. I also fear that my readers think I am superficial because I talk about material things.

When I was younger I took diet pills. 

There are times when I wish I still lived at home with my parents. I have a difficult time realizing what it takes to be a grown up.
I have gained weight over the past year and refuse to buy a larger size in my jeans, so that’s a problem. 
The idea of instagramming perfectly styled images is exhausting. 
I tend to compare myself to everyone around me, even if our career paths are 100% different.
I hate working from home. I get very easily distracted and it sometimes makes me feel unproductive. 
I am extremely impatient and I think it makes me appear inconsiderate and rude when I am actually very emotional and constantly concerned about everyone around me.
I have a sickening fear of death and feel like I have to protect everyone around me. 
Sometimes, I’m insecure.

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So there you have it! I know that these really have nothing to do with running a business or being a stylist, but I wanted to relate to you all on a personal level. Because if I am being honest, there is nothing that separates me from you. If that fact that I run my own business, a fashion blog, and seem to be living an extremely stylish life puts me on a pedestal to you, well let’s just throw that idea out the window. We are all the same. Young women {yes, we are all young} trying to be the best versions of ourselves. I hope that this blog can help you be the best version of you.

Check out the other fabulous bloggers who participated in Things I’m Afraid to Tell You:
Bloggers Who Participated in Wave No.2:

Cassie: Coco + Kelley / Christine: Court & Hudson / Caitlin: Sacramento Street / Roxy: My Cup of Te / Crystal: Blog / Meg: MIMI+MEG / Ashlina: The Decorista / Katie: Modern Eve / Erin: Apartment 34 / Erica: Design Blahg / Victoria: Vmac & Cheese / Christine: Miles to Style / Franki: Life in a Venti Cup  / Sue: The Zhush / Erika: Radiant Republic / Gabrielle: Savvy Home / Monika: The Doctor’s Closet / Naomi: Design Manifest /Tobe: Because It’s Awesome / Becca: {extra}ordinary wonders / Lynzy: Sparkling Footsteps / Hitha: Hitha On The Go / Sarah: Note To Self / Liz: So Much To Smile About / Sarah: Blogstar / Alissa: The Goods Design / Jessie: Style & Pepper / Erika: Small Shop Studio  / AV: Long Distance Loving / Maggie: Maggie Rose Blog / Nicole: The City Girl In Me / Priscilla: The Best Laid Plans / Jen: Concrete Jungle DC / Janelle: Food Fashion Fitness / Natalie: East Coast Chic

Bloggers Who Participated in Wave No.1:

Design for Mankind | Little Brown Pen | Beautiful Hello | Curating Style | Sweet Fine Day | The Jealous Curator | Happy Days | Sage & Berries | Really Handmade | Peck Life | Satsuma Press | Rena Tom | For the Easily Distracted | The Hemborg Wife | Vitamini Handmade | Courtney Khail Stationery and Design | Meg in Progress | Dando Photography Blog | Widdershins22 | Alison Citron | Pink Moon Daily | Just Pretty Things | From China Village | Tea with Me | The Darling Ewe | Not Your Average Ordinary | The Electric Typewriter | Elleby Design | Parsimonia {Secondhand With Style} | Life as an Artistpreneur | Hello Cupcake | Dellie | The A & B Stories | Pretty Little Things | Feistyelle | Nib & Zed | Well and Cheaply | I Ripple. I Dance. | Whitfield Awesome Blog | Foxtrot Press | Dry As Toast | The List of Now | Apple Blue | For the Love of | Four Flights of Fancy | Miss Modish | Snapshots & Secrets | Dirty Laundry | Bubby & Bean | Penelope’s Press | Little Nostalgia | Vale Design | Pikaland | Fleurishing | Print Pretty | Vespa Tales | Hazel & Agnes | Amanda’s Musings | Mo’ Funk Designs | Ordinary Mommy | Camp 1899 | In Honor of Design | Liberty’s Yarn | Love, Life & Pictures | Stacey Winters | Owl in the Rain | Living Life Creatively | Emma Elizabeth Clease | I Live in Vacouver Now | British Cream Tea


{image via Ez}