Starr Struck's Most Popular Posts of 2017

The last few weeks of December always catch me off-guard: there's the end of the year, the holidays, my birthday (I turned 33 yesterday--thanks for all the well-wishes!), the wrapping-up of work projects before the holidays, etc., etc., etc.... 

But, you know that I think it's important to take a glimpse back at the past year before rushing into the new year, and one of the ways that I like to do this is by looking back at the year in blog posts + seeing which posts resonated the most with all of you, my dear readers. 

Because I'm taking all of next week off from blogging to enjoy a little R&R with the fam (HA!), this week is my last week of blogging in 2017, and thus, it's time for my "Most Popular Posts of 2017" roundup.

After running my annual year-end report on which posts got the most traffic in 2017, I saw a trend--*almost* all of my most popular posts from the past year were about motherhood and more specifically, my struggles with the challenges of motherhood + my attempts at figuring out how to juggle everything.

So, to continue the breakdown that I mapped out last year, here's how I see the past 7 years of blogging when I look at them from a distance (adding this year's big theme to the list):

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

​Keeping the theme of this past year in mind, here's this year's "Best of" rundown...

Starr Struck's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2017: 

• Year #5: The Hardest Year of Marriage Yet
• My Top 10 Postnatal + Newborn Baby Must-Haves
• How We Survived the 4-Month Sleep Regression
• Motherhood Monthly: The Child Care Conundrum
• On Backing-Out + Letting People Down: Why I Had to Cancel My Fall Yoga Retreat + Why I'm Okay With It
• Motherhood Monthly: When You Catch a Glimpse of Your Pre-Mom Self
• Personal Essay: Pounding the Pavement
• On *Finally* Finding My Voice as a Yoga Teacher {After 7 Years of Teaching!}
• On Facing the Dark, Ugly Side of Your Personality
• When the Way Your Define Yourself Totally Changes

...And there you have it! Another year of blogging [almost] in the bag. I'll be back on Friday for my Simple Joys of the Year and then I'll be saying hasta luego to 2017 here on the blog. 

As always, thanks for coming on this journey with me! I'm excited to be entering my 34th year of life + my 8th year of blogging in 2018 ;)