Letter to Self & Subscribers

Dear Diary,

Lately, I have been feeling overwhelmed, lonely, and disorganized with my life. The stress from my final college semester, application deadlines for graduate school, meetings with the different organizations I am in, not spending time with my friends in person, and trying to build up my blog from scratch has officially taken a toll on me. It seems that I have lost the ability to effectively manage my time wisely since the fall semester has officially started.

I had a plan for this month’s posts, making it a “Blacktober” edition where I touched on all the beloved black sitcoms that are on both Hulu and Netflix throughout the month. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out as planned. I was swamped with a lot of assignments, got caught up in researching graduate schools, and lost focus as to what my goals were. In the end, I decided to take a two-week mental health break from writing and just focused on getting everything out of the way for my classes instead. Do I feel better now? Not exactly, a blogger is supposed to be consistent with their content and transparent with their subscribers, and I feel as though I have let not only myself down but everyone who follows my social media page and subscribes to my blog. Put simply, I feel like a failure and the only thing I can do next is pick up this laptop and type out my feelings.

So for those who have been waiting on new posts, I’m sorry that I let you down. From here on out, I want to get back to putting out content on a consistent biweekly basis. I can’t promise that I won’t do another two-week mental break but what I can say is that I’ll put more effort into getting my life back on track. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for upcoming posts.

XOXO

The Unrivaled Gypsy