Prompt: A farewell coffee date. Take some time to breath, sip a warm drink, and share with your new blogging buddies. If you'd like a prompt: how did the Blog-tember Challenge go for you? Any surprises? What was your favorite prompt, or what would you like to see included next time?
Overall, I have really enjoyed this new-to-me challenge. Initially I was hesitant to participate. Could I keep up with 30 days of blogging? Would I get bored? What do I do with all my regular features and drafts/completed scheduled posts? In response to the last question, I just pushed everything to October. Took me a few minutes, but not a huge deal. As to keeping up with blogging, I could access the prompts at the beginning of the month. That made it easy to work on posts when I had time which wasn't always the night before. Some days I wrote 3 or 4 blog posts, some days I didn't write any. And I didn't even get bored! I liked the variety of topics and challenges. I had fun sharing parts of myself that I don't usually show on the blog. I love creating lists so those types of prompts were my favorite.
As the month comes to a close, this challenge has made me seriously think about changing this blog. I love blogging. I love posting. But some of my current reoccurring features just don't inspire me anymore. Currently, I post every day, but maybe that's not the best for me now. I'm going to continue my usual type of posts through the end of the year. But come 2016, I may change things up a bit. One big change that I've already decided: no more readathons. My daily routine is not flexible enough to participate in readathons. I have been consistently disappointed in the time that I can devote to reading. Toddler care and reading don't really mix that much. I'll still be reading of course, but i think readathons put undue pressure on me. I am cutting them out for 2016. There amy be more changes, but we'll see how the next three months go.