And did I spend part of my day just downloading TikToks, I surely did. I, unfortunately, didn’t get all of my videos like some of my old story archived ones, but I at least got most of my videos and fav videos downloaded so I should be okay.
Now, to see where this new blogging thing will go. So far, it’s become a sort of a diary, but I know going forward I want to turn Lost with Yvonne into something bigger.
But for now, please follow me on all my social medias!
Okay, so maybe I haven’t really been blogging. But I have been thinking about getting back into this blogging space.
Life has been life-ing a bit too much lately and now I think it’s time to go back to my roots. My blogging/vlogging roots.
I was @writewithyvonne on the Clock app and I actually grew a small following on the platform when I started to post my bookish content and officially became a BOOKTOKER. Like what?
Who knew that sharing my love for books and mostly buying books and reading manga would turn into this cute wonderful community of other book-loving people! And now, it’s possibly going away. A platform I finally grew a following on and it might go away.
Because I’ve been on a lot of social media platforms trying to make a community and not much stuck. I would say the most connection I had made was when I was in middle school writing my Draco FanFiction on Quizilla and people were actually reading my story. But since then I haven’t been able to cultivate a community of like-minded people until I got on the TikTok Platform.
Yes, I have this blog and I’ll forever have this blog and hope to one day turn it into something greater, but TikTok shared a community of people with me I never would have never met without getting on that silly little clock app and just posting the dang videos about my love for certain books and showing off the library books I got.
And when I say I have tried to make it on other social media platforms, I have tried. I was Facebook Pages, Instagram when it first came out and I was posting random food pics, Youtube with my travel vlogging, a small stint in Vine and i even tried podcasting. But alas, my consistency was awful and I just couldn’t get it right.
But then in come this app that lets me just pull out my phone talk about books in my car and then hit post. My broadcasting dream to be creative without overthinking it.
Now it may go away and I’m sad. I truly never grew the potential I had in this app like I should have. And don’t get me wrong, when you think about 1500 people following you that’s a shit ton of people and when I see some of my videos with over 15k views, that’s an even more shit ton of people.
But here we are at a bit of standstill not sure what to do, like will it be banned, will it not be banned? But what I do know for sure is that my website is mine. Unless I make some big no no to Google, this is my baby and I can do whatever I want with this.
And guess what, I think it’s time to bring blogging back. I’m first and foremost a reader/writer since I’ve been younger, videos and broadcasting came a bit later in my life. But why not revive my blog? Why not revive my YouTube? I have nothing left to lose.
So please, if you made it this far into my journal entry. Welcome and I hope you stick around and we’ll see where this journey takes me. ‘Cause honestly there is still so much potential in this online world for me to grow and be seen how I’ve always seen myself.
If you want to stick around, please keep checking out my website when you can. Also checkout all my other platforms.
Nostalgia. That’s a big thing in the digital world right now.
Throwbacks of Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time outfit #FreeBritney and seeing N*SYNC and Backstreet Boys collab together just give you all the feels.
And so when I came across this little ABC’s of Travel questionnaire, it brought me back to my Xanga and LiveJournal days and I figured, why not?
Why not have a little fun on my blog and bring back all the nostalgic feels as I make my way back into the digital media world? Why not have an enjoyable post that will bring me back to my traveling days and get me on the up and up on this blogging thing.
(The following post has been sponsored by chestertravels.com). You can see my disclosure page here
Carry-on.
That is my way of traveling. And I was always a backpack carry-on girl for most of my life.
That was until I got the Chester Minima Carry-on luggage.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m still a backpack girl. But when they reached out to me about sending me their Chester Minima Carry-on to review, I couldn’t pass up on the opportunity to feel like a grownup, and actually own my first real carry-on luggage. (I usually borrow my parents. Hi, I’m in my late 20s).
If there is one thing that I miss the very most from my cruise trip, besides seeing all the beautiful islands, is the food. 24 hours of free food included in your cruise package is what I think heaven must be like.
I love food, so in reality it was my heaven.
I decided to take a photo of almost each meal I had during my cruise ship. So I hope you’re hungry because you’re about to head to delish-town. (I’m corny, I know)
Once upon a time I was sitting at my work computer, I had multiple web browsers up and my phone in my lap, just in case. When that clock struck the hour, I was on it. And after multiple attempts I actually made it, I got me and my friend Coachella tickets for weekend 1!
This was a big deal. Like a hug deal. But this was also way back before hologram 2Pac came alive on the Coachella stage. It was cheaper and easier then.
But even though things have definitely changed in the Coachella game since I last went, I figured my knowledge of Coachella is still relevant because I went with a local Coachella resident.
If you didn’t know, the islands I went to from these posts were all because I went on a cruise that took me to these wonderful islands. And that cruise was for 10 days, and only 4 of them were spent at the islands.
So, what about the other 6 days?
Well, I got to experience the fun times of the Norwegian Gem. And boy did they not disappoint. They had so much to do to keep your vacation both fun and relaxing.
If you’re from Southern California you know about about the Potato Chip Rock hike in San Diego, Poway to be more exact. It’s a local favorite and one helluva hike up that’s for sure.
I’ve actually hiked up to this ‘Potato Chip Rock’ three times. While I’m by no means an expert, I’d like to think if I’ve hiked this more than once in my life that I can give at least any newcomers a bit of a guide on how to survive this uphill climb of hell to reach that wonderful photo op at the top.
It’s halfway through February and many of us may already be feeling like the New Year is kicking our ass. I know that’s how I feel. Today I’m giving you all the boost you need. I have some inspirational quotes to keep the momentum of the new year strong.
That’s right.
These are some of my favorite quotes to date. I mean who doesn’t love quotes? Especially ones that might just spark something in you that will ignite something even bigger than you. How cool would that be?
