I did a thing! Finally! Lol

I upgraded this blog to have my own domain. Now I can add more pictures! My storage was out of space for years. I had to keep looking through old photos and deleting one or two whenever I wanted to add a new picture to a post. Now I don’t have to struggle to find space! I just never wanted to spend the money on it since I have no money lol But it got to the point where I had no choice if I want to keep posting and not having to use old pics or delete any more.

And for some reason I always thought it was $100 to upgrade. It was $51, and then a few dollars a month. Not so bad!

I’m so happy I decided to go for it! It’s so freeing. I did not realize how happy it would make me. My storage was at 100% full for a few years now. Now it’s only 50%! And it took like 10+ years to reach 100%. (I had this blog since 2012!) So, I probably have a while before I have to upgrade again. The next upgrade would be around $100.

The blog is still called “A Dose of Inspiration,” and still hosted by WordPress or JetPack or whatever. It just is its own thing now. They took the name I called the blog and incorporated it into a link. I could have called it something else, but I just kept it. I admit, I am not educated on how all that works. I just wanted more storage space 😆

“.blog” is more expensive, but “.com,” and especially “.org,” sounds too important for just this little blog lol I’m not an expert on anything, and this blog is about no particular topic. When I created it many, many moons ago, it was just to share positive and inspirational quotes and things, and my thoughts on all of it. And I guess that’s still what it’s about. So I chose “.blog” even though I have to pay a bit more.

Most days I’m not depressed or in pain, but I have a depressive and head pain condition that comes and goes. Way back when, I used to post a lot about it because I wanted to share how it’s possible to find beauty and gratitude even in challenging situations. I also used to share a lot of Rumi and Buddhist quotes and texts and concepts.

What I would love to do now is share more pictures of around the city! Also, I thought about sharing in-depth book reviews. I read a lot of non-fiction books, mostly horror, mystery, suspense…I also would like to write my own experiences in creative non-fiction style. I plan to share something like that soon! I have been contemplating writing flash memoirs.

I find WordPress difficult to use. It has so many glitches, and I tend to write looooonnnnggg long posts. And long pieces aren’t compatible with WordPress. That’s another reason I was hesitant to pay. Pay for something that glitches way more often than it doesn’t? But I really had no choice if I want to use it.

Not many actually even read this thing, and I try to keep it a secret now. I used to tell many I knew in person and would share on social media, but I decided not to anymore, in case I want to write about anyone I know (mostly family drama stuff, which I rarely post about because why dwell on negative situations and people?) lol I don’t have many of the friends I did back then, and I am not concerned if they see anyway.

But I like having my own space, for me to share whatever I want. I prefer if only strangers or online friends read, or very good friends, but I don’t have many of those. I have one good friend in person and some acquaintances. But I’m just keeping it here for now.

I will probably share many of my Facebook posts here now. I write long essays on FB that no one really cares to read lol

Aaaannnddd…just because I can! I’ll share my new pink fluffy slippers (that I’m wearing outside like shoes 😆) I got purple ones too! Cute, right? 🩷

For so long I could only share pictures that were very, very relevant for the post. It’s delightful to just upload a pic and not have to wait and see if it works or says “upload failed” and then have to go through and decide what pictures to delete.

That’s all for now! 😁

Xoxo Kim 💕