Reader Survey Feedback: My Response to Your Suggestions

Oh, dear wonderful readers, thank you all so much for taking the time to share your feedback with me.

I feel like I've been in a weird place with the blog ever since having Charlie Mae (I guess I've been in a weird place with everything from my past life...?) and it was really helpful for me to read all of your thoughts on what you like, dislike, miss, want to see more of, etc., when it comes to this old blog.

Hearing from you has helped to remind me why I blog, what I love blogging about, and most importantly, has re-ignited my passion for blogging and made me want to jump back in wholeheartedly. 

Since you took the time to share your thoughts with me, I feel it's only fair to take a few minutes to respond to your thoughts and let you know how I'll be tweaking things in the coming months in order to get back to my roots and work-in some of your suggestions and requests...

Here's what's returning to the blog starting next month:

• Monthly Artist Features: starting in April, I'm bringing back my old "Love This!" column, which focuses on sharing artwork by other artists whose work I admire.
• Mat Matters: this monthly yoga video tutorial series has been on an unintentional hiatus ever since I was a few months pregnant and started feeling like I couldn't demonstrate anything anymore...like I said, it was a totally unintentional hiatus and I'm committing here and now to bringing it back in April. I'm glad you miss it!
  
  

Here's what is in the works and will hopefully be returning in the next couple of months:

• Starr Struck Radio: as promised, SSR WILL be returning, but it will most likely be without Ben (99% sure) and will be slightly different. I swear I'm working on this (I'm "in talks" with a new cohost...) and will keep you posted!
• More Yoga Tanks: Keep your eyes out for some new yoga tank designs ASAP! I'm currently pulling together the mock-ups so you guys can vote on the new style...excited to share my latest ideas with you! 

Here's how I'm going to tweak things around here:

• Motherhood Content: starting next month, I'm going to start a recurring column called "Motherhood Monthly" where I talk about what's happening in my mommy-world. This way, anyone who is interested in this topic can look forward to these posts, and those who aren't interested can easily skip them. This doesn't mean that I won't ever mention being a mom at other times (I'm sure it will still sneak into a lot of my other posts since it's such a big part of my life now) but it means that it will be clearer when I'm writing about just mommy stuff. 
• More Yoga-Related Content: it sounds like you guys want more yoga posts! I hear you loud and clear and will get back to it ;) 
• More Sayde: I can't tell you how much it warmed my heart to see all of your sweet notes saying you want to see more of Sayde on the blog...she was thrilled to hear it, too! Consider it done. 
• More Business + Behind-the-Scenes Posts: this is another type of post that I used to do a lot more of and have gotten away from in the past year or so. It sounds like you guys miss them so I'll be sharing more on this front in the coming months.  
  
  

I hope these changes/tweaks sounds good to you and make you feel heard and excited for what's to come on Starr Struck as we get deeper into 2017.  I know it makes me more excited!

And thank you for sticking with me through the past year of CRAZY life changes, ups-and-downs, and of course, maternity leave and my  s l o o o w w  return from said leave. 

I'm ready to jump back in now and am so glad you're along for the ride.