Why I'm Starting a Blog

You know, as terrible as it sounds... Right now I don't want to be writing a blog. I want to lay on the couch and doom scroll on my phone. In fact that's what I have wanted to do all day. I have been sitting at my computer for about 7 hours blankly looking at this screen trying to push through the urge to give up and become a couch potato. I've struggled all day, trying to come up with the perfect "first blog" that will make me a sensation. It's made me feel like I'm not good enough... Why bother blogging? No one will read it. It's a waste of time. There's so many other people out there more pretty and interesting than me with more money to make more exciting posts. So I took myself to the couch and doom scrolled and felt bad about myself for being lazy and not good enough. 

And that's exactly what made me get up off the couch and start typing. Because I am good enough. I am starting this journey from scratch and it's going to be pretty bad to start with. Over time though, I'll improve on my writing skills, I'll improve on my ideas and I'll improve on my community. This blog and my Mumma Dalgity business is about normalising the thoughts and feeling a lot of people have from the first paragraph above. 

Social Media has been both beneficial and detrimental to our mental health. There are positive sides to Social Media that educate, explain, give opportunities and knowledge. Then there are the negative sides to Social Media that can make people feel like they aren't good enough. There's so much comparison, envy, jealousy and toxicity online. That's what I want to avoid.

I want Mumma Dalgity to be a place of relatable content full of mistakes, unwashed hair, no filters, the place of TMI and transparent living. I don't want a single person out there to be made to feel like I am better than them or that my life is better. Because that is not true at all. We are all people and we are ALL important. 

So, why else am I starting a blogging website? I am a mum of 3 daughters, at the time of writing this they are 10 months, 3 years and 6 years old. As you can imagine, (especially if you have any kids) life is messy, loud, chaotic and, at times, lonely. I wanted to create a safe and fun community where other mums and parents could come and hang out and read my shenanigans and not feel so alone. I want my followers to feel seen and heard without judgment. 

It has been a dream of mine to find my passion project that is completely mine which also gives me the freedom to work from home. Not only do I get to stay in my comfort place and be my own boss, I also get to be more present for my kids. I get to be there for all of their school events, sick days and straight after school. That is something I want to have for as long as I can! 

I want to show the real raw life that is a middle-class family just trying to get through each day. I want to share my journey and knowledge with others who are interested in learning about what I may have to offer and just want to sit back and watch shit hit the fan. In my life, it happens quite regularly! I have so much I want to learn as well. 

I want to learn:

- How to grow my own food

- How to raise chickens and ducks

- How to manage other farm animals

- How to live simply

- How to connect with my children better and be a better mum each and every day

- How to love myself

- How to get my body and mind healthy

- How to homeschool my children if that is what I decide

- How to work with the neurodivergent challenges in the household 

- How to eat for the benefit of my body and mind

- How to connect with an online community and build a living for myself that gives me freedom

- How to live on a farm and start living that lifestyle 

And so much more! 

Those are just a few of the main things I would like to learn over the short and long term. I am

no expert at any of these topics, even though I might be pretty good at some of them, I'm here to learn each and every day and give my best. I will share my wins AND fails. The good AND the bad. Because life is full of both and that's ok. Just because something didn't work doesn't mean you failed. 

I'm going to keep this first blog short and end it here. There's definitely more reasons to why I want to start a blog, but this is a pretty good start. If you are interested in anything that has been mentioned, please follow along and join the community! Follow me on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube (YouTube is still in early development and a work in progress) to see more updates. 

Thanks for reading! Hope to chat soon!