Starting Over with the Blog

After almost four years of complete silence, you may be surprised to find new content on Laughing Lindsay. In fact, I am a little surprised too. However, I decided that I am starting over with the blog and taking it in a new direction.

In The Beginning

Way back in the summer of 2009, I published my first blog post. It’s a very short post that essentially states that I’m starting a blog to review and giveaway items. Prior to starting the blog, I was an avid review blog reader and had entered many giveaways. However, I was a tiny bit annoyed that I didn’t see anyone my age in the category and figured that I could fill that gap.

For years, I built the brand by delivering new content almost daily. I featured hundreds of different items over the course of several years and was proud of the work. The blog also helped me acquire necessary items during and immediately following college. Then, it became my outlet when I lost my father and allowed me to grieve by sharing about him and reading comforting comments from readers.

Burnt Out

However, I became burnt out by feeling like I always needed to be working on new content. Often times, it didn’t feel like all of the work (taking pictures, writing posts, advertising giveaways, notifying winners, etc.) was worth the small item I received in exchange. In short, my heart wasn’t in it anymore and I couldn’t/didn’t make time for it. So, I quit blogging. However, I kept paying the bills to maintain it in case I ever wanted to come back.

Starting Over with Laughing Lindsay

That brings me to now. I am once again noticing a hole in the market. I have come to realize that lots of people write about Disney Parks. While I love and really enjoy visiting those parks, I would argue that it’s an over-saturated market. However, there is far less content to consume about other theme parks and destinations. So, once again I’m going to attempt to fill the gap I see in content by starting over with this site and making the content myself.

I don’t have a set schedule in mind yet but I have a whole page of blog post ideas ready. It’s mostly travel content with a few personal posts (such as this one) sprinkled in thus far. I realize that most of my old readers joined for product reviews and giveaways. However, I hope you will stick around and continue reading as I think I might be able to provide some value to your life. I’m not 100% set against covering products (particularly travel related ones), but just know that this isn’t going to be a pure review/giveaway site anymore.

So, did I miss anything over the past four years? 😉