2000 VIEWS!

I didn't get serious about this blog until recently. Sure, I've had this blog since 2011, but it wasn't until 2 weeks ago that I said, "Self, if you gotta do this blogging thing, you gotta give it your all!" So, 2 weeks ago, I sat down, bought a domain name, made it official and told all my close friends about this thing.

My goal was to get 2000 views within 6 months. You awesome readers made me hit that in just TWO WEEKS!!!!! YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING! I don't even know how to explain how happy I was when I saw the 2000th hit right before lunch today. (Also today, I broke a daily view record, of almost 600!!! WHOA!)

Celebration!

Please continue to visit, as the more readers I get, the more motivated I will be in continuing. My new goal is to get 5000 more in the next month. Help me out!! Tell your friends!

I've create a facebook page to commemorate this moment and to make it easier to connect with my readers. I would love it if you visit and like my page. I'm still working on improving the site, which takes lots of learning. If anyone know how to add a facebook link to my sidebar (over there --->) please tell me.

And don't forget to follow me on twitter @okletsgochicago

Pardon that long hiatus... But now I'm back!

Winter. Wow, that was a hard winter. So long. So cold. So dreary. So miserable.

Add to that a major life change such as leaving a stable job, and it would make anyone crawl under the covers and never want to leave.

Thankfully, I was able to pull myself up by the bootstraps and found work immediately, and worked hard all winter. My bf made fun of me because I didn't even get a chance to enjoy unemployment ;)

However, all these factors made it an exhausting time in my life. I still go out every other day- as is my nature, and did a lot of fun things- but I couldn't motivate myself enough to blog about any of it. My mind was all consumed with thoughts about my uncertain future. Obsessively over-thinking causes a fatigue like no other. Ugh, if only I can control it instead of having a brain that is constantly filled with a million different thoughts, bouncing around haphazardly like a ADHD kid on 10 cans of redbull. That struggle is real.

But things are changing. I started at yet another new workplace 2 days ago, so it feels like a fresh start. Also, spring came back, finally. Today was a glorious day! I actually went out to lunch without a jacket and it was quite liberating! I walked with a spring my step, and that jostled something in my brain.

I WANT TO WRITE AGAIN!

So hang with me and I'll tell you all about my upcoming shenanigans. :)