I adore travelling, which you may have gathered from my many posts regarding travel. I guess I just get this euphoric feeling of seeing new places, immersing myself in cultures, and being away from reality. The past four years I have been to Europe three times, Japan, and various cities around Australia. As soon as one trip ends I mentally start planning where i'll go next.

The issue is that I don't feel fully content being still. I get so down on myself when I feel like i'm stuck in routines and doing the same thing. Even though I love my job, family, friends..I can't shake the feeling of wishing I was somewhere else. It's completely unrealistic though. You can't just travel your whole life away (unless you're a travel blogger..you truly blessed people) and at some point you need to stay put and anchor yourself to a place. This can feel quite depressing though and leave you feeling stuck in a glass box looking out at all the places you're missing out on.

When i'm travelling I feel free. You can be whoever you want to be without prior expectations. You can be spontaneous and catch the train to a nearby village. You can walk the cobblestones of an old English town and smell the coldness and fireplace smoke in the air. You can go tan topless in the South of France cause you won't get tan lines and no one will know you (i'm guilty as charged on this one). You aren't tied to anything and can simply be.

Right now i'm at a point in my life where I need change. I don't know whether this is me actually needing it or just romanticizing the idea of change. I would love to move to a new city and make new friends. Would love to have my own flat (ideally to myself) to decorate with cute homewares. Would love to find a new local coffee shop where I go to read and get my daily flat white.

So that's my main problem of being obsessed with travel is that I crave to always be doing something and struggle with letting myself be still. Maybe someday i'll be content with where I am based but for now i'll be daydreaming of new places.

"If i'm being completely honest, I don't think there's any space for more bloggers in the industry - everyone is one these days. It's ridiculous.". 

This of course sparked a ton of bloggers tweeting about these comments - people angry that someone so influential could be so discouraging. Since there was a lot of backlash the article has been re-edited and she's changed her stance saying "if someone wants to start, go for it!". Erm...definitely A LOT different from her original quote am-i-right. I don't want to criticize her though, perhaps she just wasn't thinking when she said those comments. I like to believe the best in people.

I guess it is a valid question to ask though: is there space for more bloggers?

She is right, there are so many bloggers these days. Even a few years back having a blog wasn't a common thing and there was a lot less "competition" you could say. Photos used to be grainy phone pictures and people wrote as if no one was reading. These days everything is more pristine and cultivated into suiting the brand a person wants to build. I don't want to generalize things but objectively it does look like blogging has become something where people have realized you can make money off it whereas a few years ago it wasn't so much a thing. When I first started blogging in 2014 I never considered it could be a career pathway, it was just something I did on the side as a fun little hobby. And it still is that for me - I don't make any money off my blog I just do it because I enjoy it and love connecting with other bloggers/readers. For most people it's probably the same - a hobby and creative outlet. Unfortunately there are probably people out there that do it for the freebies and the chance to become the next Zoella.

I kind of miss the early days of blogging if i'm honest. People weren't so phased about stats and there was a nice informality about it. It was a bunch of people doing it because it was something they loved not because it could make them money.

In saying all this I do whole-heatedly believe there is ALWAYS space for more bloggers. Blogging is such a great creative outlet where you're able to express yourself  You can write about things you're passionate about. You can connect with other like-minded people. You can use it as a way of documenting the happenings of life. You can use it to share experiences in which you wouldn't feel comfortable sharing on social media (such as struggles in mental health ect). You can do anything you like as it's YOUR space on the internet to be completely authentic.

So if you're thinking of starting a blog then i'd 100% recommend doing it. If you have been blogging for awhile and are starting to feel discouraged then keep on going if it's still a passion. There will always be space for you. The people I wouldn't encourage are the ones who don't enjoy it but want to do it as a way to get freebies or make money.