I have run out of room.
I have been on here since the beginning of 2008 and have finally managed to use up my generous media allowance. I tried deleting my first year (having first downloaded a paper copy of it) but it seems it is an upload allowance, not a storage allowance, which is a bit gutting. So, I’ve been having a bit of a think…
My first option would be to stop blogging. I’m not sure I’m quite ready for that though. Admittedly, my posts have been thin in content of late, but the past twelve odd years (I suppose eleven if you don’t count last year, which you can read about here) have taught me the value of having an organised pictorial record of, well, pretty much everything in my life. Including and most importantly the growth of my two lovely children (they became collectively “the Littles” on here, who, as someone pointed out recently, are not so little anymore).
Another option would be to buy more upload allowance, but I don’t really think that is a sensible option given the size of my readership and lack of monetization of JoBart (put simply, I don’t earn anything from it). Back in the day, I was part of a network of bloggers who followed each other and interacted on each other’s blogs. It was a community comprised of people from far and wide meeting in a virtual space, and I loved being part of it. Over the years though, peoples’ reasons for blogging have changed, or disappeared and the community has moved on and evolved. I don’t feel that I’m part of that community anymore (and that’s down to me, not other people), and this space has evolved into a lovely little place for my family to keep up with us (I think it’s just family, but please do comment if I’m wrong!). Having this as a family space is a wonderful thing, but I could email photos to family members, so that isn’t really a good reason to pay for extra space.
I could blog without pictures. Who am I kidding, that just isn’t going to happen! I started this because a dear friend was taking part in a “photo 365” (actually, a 366 because it was a leap year) which does pretty much what it says on the tin. Being the proud mummy of a two year old and a three month old (respectively “the Girl” and “the Boy” as they came to be known), holding down several volunteering roles, and struggling with post-natal depression, I decided that I definitely had time to take on a project that required my input everyday. Fortunately, I had two perfect and photogenic subjects (three if you include my handsome husband, who became “the Husb” on here) so the days where creative photos were hard to find, became easy to fill and I finished the year with a sense of achievement and a gorgeous record of our previous 366 days.
So that takes me back to my first option, which isn’t an option for me because I have fallen in love with this space for all the reasons listed above. So, the only thing I can sensibly do, is head over to a new space.
My other decision will be what this new space should be. I have thought long and hard about this as well. The one thing that I can say with certainty, is that whatever has happened, whether I’m posting very few words just to keep the space going, or posting huge long wordy posts because something major has happened (mostly allergy related such as here or here, although not always – see here), there is always at least one photograph to go with it. I suppose that harks back to my first year, posting a photo every day. So, it will be a new space with photos, definitely, and whatever else takes my fancy!
You can find the new me (well, us really) here: JoBart20, and if you decide to follow me across then thank you.
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