True Amateur Blogger

Amateur.

The word has some sort of strange stigma surrounding it. It's become an insult rather than a mere label. Even as I chose the title for my blog, it seemed like I was insulting myself and my ability. I could have humbly dubbed my blog 'The Awesome Blog of the Amazing Story of Baylee and Her Rise to Stardom', but that seemed 1. a bit long, and 2. a little too hard to live up to.

Sure, my life is pretty fantastic (in my mind) and I have a lot going for me (probably), but the blatant truth is that I am new to this scene. This is my first real blog; my first real blog post! My only other encounter with the art of blogging was a required weekly assignment for English 112 in college. So I kept skirting around the word 'amateur' until finally I decided, "I am an amateur, this is who I am, let's stop worrying about the title, move on, and freaking post something already."

So my internal dialogue is a little wordy, but you get the point.

All that being said, hello there!

I'm sure you are now sick of the word 'amateur' and I bet it has started to sound a little weird in your head. Good. I like to think that my personality works the same way, in such that sure, I should make sense, but no, the longer I think about it I do not in fact make any sense what so ever. I am a 20 year old woman trying to figure out what I like best about life and my opinions will change often and usually without reason. So can you really blame me if I get off topic a lot? 

I wanted my first post on this blog to be something of an introduction to who I am and what I will most likely be blogging about. I considered going with the typical "Hello, my name is Baylee and I am here to share my views on blah blah blah". Easy to read and totally straight forward, but oh my gosh, horribly boring! I can't not read that in a robotic voice or worse, in the voice of 15 year old me during high school presentations.

So then how would I go about introducing myself? 

My name is Baylee.

BOOM! There it is! That is all I'm telling you! The rest, you can piece together post by post or through good, old fashioned internet stalking. I'm sure I'll be posting plenty of pictures, and who knows, maybe I'll try my hand at being an amateur vlogger! 

For now though, I'll stick to learning the art of the blog. If you have any handy tips, tricks, or credit card numbers, leave me a comment below! I can't wait to share my mind with all of you!