I started my read.cash journey taking a bit of a different approach. I've been blogging for money for a few years now and wanted to up my game.
In the process, though I have never outright lied, I have misled you my dear readers.
What's True
Everything I've written here is true. Every personal essay, every gardening photoshoot, every word about past trauma.
All true.
Every thought. Every emotion.
All true.
Also true is all the encouragement I give to people. I 100% believe in you!
All the photos of me are really me. All the photos of my place are really my place. All the photos of my garden and my walks are really my garden and my surroundings.
This brings me to:
What's Not True
When I started my blogging journey, I used my real name for everything. It has become my brand. I also used my real photo for my profile picture.
I should say, "My real current photo."
Because my profile picture is me. It's my real face.
But.
It's my face from my wedding day, August 13, 1988.
I thought when I started on read.cash I might get more followers of I presented my inner self instead of my outer self.
When I think of me, I look like I looked in 1988. I am always so shocked when I walk by a mirror.
As my birthday approaches in August, I have decided I need to be a bit more honest with all of my loyal readers. On August 9, I'll turn 53.
That's a far cry from my twenty year old self in my profile picture.
Everybody says she is only a number. It's all only in the mind. And I do agree to a certain extent. Until my aging body rebels against me. Until my diabetes rears its ugly head causing inflammation and easy infection. Until the Hashimoto's disease decides I need to experience joint pain. Until my IBS sends me running to the bathroom every five minutes.
You get the picture.
So, being resolved to be more honest, I'm including a current photo of me. I don't take many selfies. So this one is probably from last year. But I haven't changed much since.
I think I'll leave my profile picture as it is. It's actually one of my favorite photos of me. I'm happy to have it as my brand. I think I look like I'm up to something.
I hope you all understand and still love me!
I'm off to work on tomorrow's writing prompt.
Well you still look beautiful