Today marks the 2,191st day that I have been blogging on Eating Bender.
Six years and 913 posts later, it still amazes me that a pretty lame post about baby kiwi written anonymously from a college student’s apartment could kickstart a journey that has lasted nearly a quarter of my life. A journey that has resulted in amazing opportunities and incredible friendships with people who live in the same city, the next town over or thousands of miles away.
Back then, I was grateful to have an outlet for my newfound passion: food journaling. I blogged as much as four times per day (not sad to say the low quality photos on those posts didn’t make it through these six years) and introduced recipes like Coffee Cocoa, which I still drink daily. I experimented with ridiculous condiment combinations like humbecue, fell in love with an Ebleskiver pan and reveled in coming up with pun-tastic post titles.
The latter hasn’t changed, but the focus of the blog certainly has – gone are the days of multiple postings (I’m lucky to get one up each week) and frequent recipe experiments (thank goodness for Pinterest parties and book club). Slowly but surely, this blog has become less about “eating” and more about “living,” and I’ve loved having the chance to share even more “pieces of my life with you,” which has been and remains my ultimate goal.
So, as I like to do every March 16, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for reading. Thank you for sharing pieces of your own life with me. Thank you for inspiring me to keep writing. I can never say enough how grateful I am for all that blogging has given me.
I look forward to another year of great memories!
Abrazos,
Cheers, Jenn! Happy Blogiversary. Who knows where this site will be in a few more years? 😉
Adventure awaits!! 🙂
Happy blogging anniversary! Congrats!
Thanks, Caroline!
6 years is a long time! Congrats! I’ve been blogging for 3 years and I am constantly wondering how long I’ll do it for. haha.
Haha – I’m with you! Your blog is awesome, though, so please keep it up. 🙂 Thanks, Kelli!
I really enjoy your writing style and content. Looking forward to following you in the years ahead!
Thank you, Cindy! I’m so glad that we’ve connected!
I love this! Not only because I feel like I went on the journey with you while reading your posts (and even while not commenting) and also because this almost exactly mirrors my own experience and history of blogging! Even the timing of the shifts in focus, you and I have seemingly been on the same trajectory. It’s weird that that doesn’t seem weird. 😉
Love everything about this comment – thank you so much, Katie! I completely agree that our blogging journeys have mirrored each other, and you’re right that there is nothing weird about it at all. 🙂 I’m really glad that we’ve met via the blogosphere – but I hope it can also be in person someday!
Happy Blogiversary! I love reading about your food, your life, and your holes-in-one. 😀
Haha!! Thank you, Chelsea. I’m so glad that blogging has connected us – I always love and look forward to reading your posts, too!
I’m so happy I’ve been here for the whole thing!!!!! :D:D:D:D:D:D
I’m so LUCKY you have been here! Grateful for our friendship every day, lady. <3
Your blog journey makes sense as food is a part of life, and an important one at that, but not life itself. Happy to be along for part of the journey.
You know, I think I’ve been reading your blog for most of those six years! Crazy how time flies!! 🙂