Tickled Pink Woman Blog Celebrates Its First Year!

Reflective art journal collage created a day after my own birthday (May 2010)

It’s surreal...  The blog celebrates its first birthday, today!!!  Yes, March 5, 2012, I launched this blog with a post entitled "My Sketch for Living Tickled Pink."  Interestingly enough, it took me two years to get there—now, I wonder what it was that held me back for so long???

The blog’s original focus was “All things Zen, elegant and feminine.”  In December, I announced a shift to “A Woman’s Celebration of Self,” in an effort to more accurately define the blog’s content.  This change seems to have resonated with readers (since the end of the blog’s first full month (March 31, 2012) through February 28, 2013, the blog has had a 192 percent (192%) increase in readership, AND since December, an eight percent (8%) increase!).

Writing this blog has opened me up to a whole new world.  Some examples are:

• having the opportunity to connect with many wonderful new souls; 
• experiencing first's (e.g. being interviewed by other bloggers, having my posts published in online publications, being a guest blogger for a favorite author of mine, etc.);
• writing/being creative on a more consistent basis (in the past 365 days, I’ve published daily 93 percent (93%) of the time); and
• gaining a clearer concept for my second book (slowly, yet surely, I’m crafting the proposal for it).

In this first year, the five most popular posts (in descending order) have been:

5.  Sure You Can!  

4.  Celebrating Summer's Solstice 

3.  A Loving Tribute to Becky: She Taught Me Much

2.  Safe + Secure = Confining 

1. Celebrating Feminine Camaraderie! (1,370 reads to date)

My favorite posts have been (in no particular order):

5. Self Confidence: Apply Liberally + No Less Than Daily

4.  A Self-Heroine's Manifesta 

3.  Get a Leg Up by Living Without Regret!

2.  On the Journey & Little Steps Taken

1.  Creative Ways to Make Adversity More Bearable!

Thank you for your readership, comments, emails and other various forms of support (buying my first book, purchasing from my Etsy Shop, listening to my podcasts or following via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.).  It means so very much to me as I strive to share my art and writing with others!

It’s bright and early, so my proclamation of “Cheers!’ is made with a hot cup of Highlander Grogg java in hand while writing from my home office this morning; nevertheless, “Cheers!!!” And... “My extreme gratitude to each and every one of you!”

A martini I enjoyed while celebrating my own birthday last May!

Hugs, joy and peace.  T.