This is a post which is long overdue. Over the last two years, I have posted about a variety of subjects, all of which morphing into a dating and relationship blog.
Pretty obviously, the nature of this blog is to talk, discuss and overcome issues within relationships, dating and learning to love yourself. However it was only recently that someone asked me – and innocently I may add – if I worry about some of the posts I publish, and the reactions they may get.
I was compared with people like Taylor Swift – the notorious receiver of jokes about getting more music material from relationship problems or breakups.
Do people think I am becoming like Taylor Swift? That if someone breaks up with me, then they get a passive aggressive post? Or have their love life splattered across Facebook and Twitter every week? Is it pushing people away from me?
At first I was naively perplexed; Never Settle for anything less than you deserve – that’s what the site is all about. But maybe I’d over looked one massive aspect of Never Settle: how people see it.
Perhaps I took for granted the knowledge that what I write isn’t necessarily about me or my own relationship – many of the posts are for friends, or people who contact me via the site.
I wrote before in Writing Never Settle, ‘I made Never Settle to motivate, inspire and help people. Not to gloat, or complain, or whine about relationships. Never Settle looks to provide a range of outcomes and a way of achieving them – all from someone who has experienced exactly what they’re going through.’
Whether it be past, present or second-hand experience I write from, I just hope that my mantra is translated throughout each and every post as effectively as I want it to be. Life is too short to settle for less than what you deserve.
But nonetheless, I feel that it’s definitely time to say, thank you.
So here’s a long overdue, seriously massive thank you to everyone who has supported, learnt from, read, or even glanced at Never Settle over the last two years.
Thank you to all my amazing friends who have put up with seeing a weekly post in their Facebook news feeds.
Thank you for faithfully reading each one, or have willingly let me use you as the subject of my articles.
But I think, thank you most to a certain someone who has no doubt been the brunt of many-a-joke, who supports this blog as much as me, and who never ever complains, mentions or even frowns upon any post I write.
Thank you for not caring if you may be the source of my material, or if people think things about us.
Genuinely, you have no idea how much I appreciate it. With you I know I’m not settling for anything less than what I deserve.
Now, enough of the mush!
If you ever would like to overcome a problem, or aren’t sure how to face a relationship issue – or perhaps something you are embarrassed about but need advice? Don’t hesitate to contact me – head over to the ‘Contact‘ section and send me an email!
Thank you all, love,
