Goodbye, 2019: Year-In-Numbers, Most Popular Posts, + This Little Blog's Future

2019 was a weird year for this blog. I blogged less often + less regularly than ever before and then basically just stopped blogging after having Teddy in mid-July (I've only put up 3 posts since then!).

In fact, I've been thinking a lot about what I want to do with this space and at this point, I just don't see how I can return to blogging on any sort of regular schedule. 

So, I've decided that in 2020, I'll blog when I feel like I have something long-form and important to say, but otherwise, I'll continue to "micro-blog" and share my life primarily on Instagram. I've found that smaller posts on that platform make much more sense for my life and audience right now, so that's where I'm going to focus my energy *for the most part* moving forward... 

That being said, if you're not on Instagram, I urge you to either join (yay!) or  subscribe to my newsletter, as I'll [once again] be sending out updates and info there on a more regular basis. 

But now lets turn our attention to a quick summary of/reflection on 2019. Here are a few snapshots of this past year in my life + business:

2019 Year-In-Numbers
{Note: Where applicable, I've included my 2013 #'s to the right because I think the comparisons are fascinating--I had SO much more time before kids, haha!}

• Starr Struck Design Studio Clients Worked With (with Sara's help, of course): 47
• Client Logos Designed: 20
• Client Websites Designed: 9
• Client Marketing Materials + Apparel Designed: TOO MANY TO COUNT! 
• Yoga Classes Taught: 130  (272 in 2013)
• Workshops Taught: 8  (10 in 2013)
• Etsy Orders: 106 
• Therapy Appointments Attended: 7  (34 in 2013)
• Yoga + Fitness Classes Taken: 49  (181 in 2013)
• Blog Posts Written: 61  (291 in 2013)
• Pics Posted to IG: 219  (565 in 2013...what???)
• Babys Had (haha): 1  (0 in 2013)
• Trips Taken: 2  (9 in 2013)
• Commissions Painted: 5  (41 in 2013)
• Small butts + noses wiped: 2,467  (0 in 2013; only halfway joking here...)

Most Popular Posts of 2019

1. Our Team is Growing: New Player Joining the Roster in July
2. Motherhood Monthly: When Things Don't Go As Planned (Which is Always)
3. 31 Weeks Pregnant: First Child vs. Second Child
4. He's Here! Teddy's Birth Story
5. Preparing for Baby #2's Birth
6. List of 100 Dreams: 6 Years Later
7. On Crying Big, Heavy, Yogic Tears
8. Teaching Yoga "Full-Time" Can Be Really Hard: Here's Why
9. A Letter to My Second Child, Written at 26 Weeks Pregnant
10. Life with Two Kids {Thus Far}

And because I've done it every year, here are the big "themes of the year" since I started this blog in 2011...

Blogging Themes By-the-Year

• 2011: The Yoga/Teaching Yoga Year
• 2012: The Wedding Planning + Marriage Year
• 2013: The Big Move [to Cape Cod] Year
• 2014: The Total Self-Employment Year [+ Sayde Year!]
• 2015: The Home Ownership/Home Improvement Year
• 2016: The Pregnancy + New Baby Year
• 2017: The Figuring Out Motherhood Year
• 2018: The Loss + Big Life Challenges Year
• 2019: The Second Child Year

This was a good year. There were challenges, losses, and hard times, of course, but when I look back on it I will always remember 2019 as the year that Teddy joined our family; and for that reason alone, it's one of the most special years of my life. 

Thanks to all of you who have stuck with me over this past year of sporadic blogging ​​(and a HUGE thank you to those who have been here since the beginning--2011, OMG!!!). 

Happy, happy New Year! Let's make 2020 the most mindful, joy-filled year yet.