I decided to wait before writing this post because sometimes inspiration and ideas strike when you least expect it. I was walking in my neighborhood park and I had to acknowledge a feeling that I’ve been having for awhile…I’m ready to change The Shop My Closet Project.
5 Years
I’ve been blogging as The Shop My Closet Project since 2012 and I’m very thankful and blessed that I started this project. It has truly been a lifeline for me and a great way for me to share all of my thoughts about finances and life.
Seasons Change
It’s not lost on me that I’m writing this post on the first day of Spring. It’s a slightly overcast 80-degree day in Denver and I’m blogging from a lovely coffee shop in the LOHI neighborhood of Denver.
It’s time to change the name of my blog. For reasons lost on me people never understood the concept of shopping your closet and using what you have. In fact, in the past five years I can count on my hands how many people understood the concept immediately. Want to guess? I had 5 people totally “get” it.
Sigh.
But, even if they did understand the concept after 5 years it’s just time to make some changes. So, I’m hoping to get the name of the site changed and launched by May 1st. I love the new name and the concept is still basically the same: single women, between the ages of 29-49 who love travel, organic stuff, and pursuing debt and financial freedom. But, the blog will be a lot more obvious about who I’m focused on and my financial philosophies.
After 5 years of working on my financial mindset, I’ve changed as a person in some pretty significant ways that just aren’t obvious on the blog right now. I want to share those financial mindset changes and I want to start a movement to empower women to take charge of their financial lives.
I drank the Kool-Aid.
I’ve also mentioned that I have a goal of being debt free by July 24, 2018 (my birthday). As part of the changes to the blog, I will be sharing passive income goals and reports. When I talk about earning money from my websites (I have more than one) I’m talking about the following:
- Affiliate income (my favorite)
- Sales of digital products that I produce (my second favorite).
- Monetizing Girl Gone Frugal (again) my podcast. That name will stay the same.
- Public Speaking (not passive)
- And, ad revenue.
I do not include the following types of income that a lot of bloggers tend to include in blogging earnings:
- Freelancing of any kind.
Passive Income has long been my primary focus but I must admit that I haven’t focused on it in the way that I will be moving forward.
I’m excited about the changes coming up and I think that these changes will help me grow my income and connect with more readers.
Change is Good
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Nice! Looking forward to the changes. And can the weather please stay 80 when I visit? It’s not even 70 degrees (at least in my part of LA) right now!?!?!?
I hope we get a HUGE snowstorm in the next couple of weeks. Boulder was already on fire yesterday. Not good.
Go go go! I think you have grown beyond it to so much more. And I agree, I kinda hate when bloggers count freelancing into their blog income. It’s so misleading.
Really looking forward to changing things up. And, while I do understand that freelance writing can be directly attributed to being a blogger I don’t really think of it as blogging income.
How exciting! Looking forward to it!
I am too LOL!
Awesome! I can’t wait to see the new changes 🙂
I’m excited about it!
We are so excited to see all the new changes in your blog and we can’t wait to find out what your new website address will be! 🙂
Bwahaha! I’m really excited about the new concept.
I’m looking forward to see your updates. Change is good.
I’m ready for it!
I’m inspired by your confidence and desire for change. As we well know, just the word “change” scares most people straight to failure. Simply because they refuse to leave that comfort zone or do anything other than the only thing they have ever known. Without change there is no growth.
We must pay a price to achieve something, and understand both emotionally and intellectually that we will become what we think about. “Reap What You Sew” But first we must rise above narrow mindedness and pettiness, and refuse to believe our lives have been shaped by circumstances and that they hold us back. For the opposite of courageous is not cowardice, but conformity. So welcome all experiences, and replace fears with good thoughts. Do more than you have to, give more than you have to. Keeping in mind that your returns are gained by what you give. This law has been around since the 17th centuries Isaac Newton. Be persistent, ask and you shall receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened unto you. Michelle your amazing. Keep going. I’m far behind you, but still cheering you on as you lap me each time until one of us cant go on.
To help them understand your concepts without spelling it all out. One might blog a bit on Linguistics, Formal Semantics, Lexical Semantics, and Deixis. Just a thought. I dont even know what a blog is or anything else when it comes to social media. But somehow feel completely captivated at times by it. LOL
Hmm….
Jake, I am more afraid of things staying the same then making changes. It’s very nerve wrecking because either things will work-or they won’t. But, I’m willing to try and see what happens. I’ve also learned that I learn a lot when I fail and that failure is part of the process. Cheering you on as well!
I’m excited for you and to see what changes you bring!
Thanks Amanda!