Hey everybody!
Before you ask: I know. I am just as surprised as you are, that I returned to my ex - Google Blogger. While I would never do that with real humans, there are reasons behind my move back here.
My relationship with Squarespace is all but evaporated. I love that site still. In actual fact, my reason to get Symphonicats back to Blogger was so I could continue to use the site like it was meant to be. Because I've come face to face with the fact that only half of my blog's themes are forged to fit Squarespace.
Cats? Not that much, to be completely honest.
Lifestyle? That's more like it!
And Blogger, that still holds a warm place in my heart, is the purr-fect platform for blogging about other than lifestyle. That being said, it's a real friend of felines, and other animals. It's no coincidence that you see horse and riding themed blogs almost solely on Blogger! For those that want more challenge, more open doors and windows to pursue their dreams as a professional blogger, this site proves to be quite the challenge. The Google network is great, yes - but that's about it, really. Nobody outside the world of G-Plus is aware of a blog's existence... or is taking it seriously.
As much as I love Blogger, my very first blogging platforms that I also returned to after burning bridges with Wordpress, I cannot follow my dream as a solemn blogger here. Not as easily as with something like Squarespace in my reach.
So I came to the conclusion, that I, Daphnya Kobain, whom you also know as Pella, would split my blog in half.
One blog will be about cats, mine or otherwise.
The other will be about the life of... me, the blogger. Raw Pella content sprouting with lifestyle, games, art, things that I love other than furry felines.
If I had enough money, I would've stayed with both blogs on Squarespace. Money, and if I hadn't had built roots so deep with Blogger ever since I was a mere adolescent. It pains me to see the cat life separate from my own, but that was the one among the many grave decisions I had to do for the sake of my blog.
Why would I do that?
Because I care. I care so much for Symphonicats, and I care so much about You, the readers. And I respect myself these days so much that I care about how I feel about this blog. It gets messy and even stressful to always remember to include cat stuff, more so when the life in the cat house hasn't been interesting or remarkable at all. All those times when cat content has been left out or short, I feel guilty, stressed, disappointed, like I would've let you all down. Which is preposterous, really.
Everybody say this is my blog, my own little treasure and I can write here whatever I feel like. Cats or not. But it's still difficult for me to swallow the blog post with little to no cats between the paragraphs. Hence the split.
And even though I'll be working all my (wannabe-)pro things in my new blog, I haven't forgotten about this one. I will value Symphonicats as my little baby. My first, longest blog, that is super dear to me still. I will photograph cats whenever I feel like it, not feeling a routine here any longer, but working more freely with the cat content. I will be keeping Symphonicats on Instagram, so people that are there can still enjoy occasional cat photos, just like on the blog. Perhaps not as consistently, but enjoy it still.
My new blog that is going to be about the life of Pella is known as Pearls of Pella, which you can access here!
And that is the one last change. Moving back to Blogger with Symphonicats, so that I can begin the blogging journey with Pearls of Pella. I stayed with Squarespace with half a heart, as my other half still belongs here. I'm not exactly divided between two halves; I am balancing them to suit my needs, my needs to entertain. To bring content unique to Symphonicats, and to Pearls of Pella.
I did it for You, my readers. I did it all with you in my mind. Otherwise I wouldn't be here writing this and planning to post things here already. ☺
There is still some work on the layout to be done here, but otherwise, I'm already prepared for not only the challenges two blogs are giving me, but also enjoying the heck out of it. It's like raising twin babies, in a way - you just can't love one without loving the other. Or, that's what I believe.
Alright, Pella will now go to sleep. Tomorrow is another day of work and excitement, surprises and delight. Especially when there are two blogs to care about!
Take care, you're all so very lovely! I'll see you soon!
Bye! ☺
PS. Did you notice the new posts I put here, those ending with "SS"? They're actually manually/free-handedly migrated from Squarespace as going via Wordpress was too much of a struggle. Not that copy-pasting it all here wasn't, LOL! (But I still enjoyed every bit of it. Trust me, it was well worth it ☺)
As much as I love Blogger, my very first blogging platforms that I also returned to after burning bridges with Wordpress, I cannot follow my dream as a solemn blogger here. Not as easily as with something like Squarespace in my reach.
So I came to the conclusion, that I, Daphnya Kobain, whom you also know as Pella, would split my blog in half.
One blog will be about cats, mine or otherwise.
The other will be about the life of... me, the blogger. Raw Pella content sprouting with lifestyle, games, art, things that I love other than furry felines.
If I had enough money, I would've stayed with both blogs on Squarespace. Money, and if I hadn't had built roots so deep with Blogger ever since I was a mere adolescent. It pains me to see the cat life separate from my own, but that was the one among the many grave decisions I had to do for the sake of my blog.
Why would I do that?
Because I care. I care so much for Symphonicats, and I care so much about You, the readers. And I respect myself these days so much that I care about how I feel about this blog. It gets messy and even stressful to always remember to include cat stuff, more so when the life in the cat house hasn't been interesting or remarkable at all. All those times when cat content has been left out or short, I feel guilty, stressed, disappointed, like I would've let you all down. Which is preposterous, really.
Everybody say this is my blog, my own little treasure and I can write here whatever I feel like. Cats or not. But it's still difficult for me to swallow the blog post with little to no cats between the paragraphs. Hence the split.
And even though I'll be working all my (wannabe-)pro things in my new blog, I haven't forgotten about this one. I will value Symphonicats as my little baby. My first, longest blog, that is super dear to me still. I will photograph cats whenever I feel like it, not feeling a routine here any longer, but working more freely with the cat content. I will be keeping Symphonicats on Instagram, so people that are there can still enjoy occasional cat photos, just like on the blog. Perhaps not as consistently, but enjoy it still.
My new blog that is going to be about the life of Pella is known as Pearls of Pella, which you can access here!
And that is the one last change. Moving back to Blogger with Symphonicats, so that I can begin the blogging journey with Pearls of Pella. I stayed with Squarespace with half a heart, as my other half still belongs here. I'm not exactly divided between two halves; I am balancing them to suit my needs, my needs to entertain. To bring content unique to Symphonicats, and to Pearls of Pella.
I did it for You, my readers. I did it all with you in my mind. Otherwise I wouldn't be here writing this and planning to post things here already. ☺
There is still some work on the layout to be done here, but otherwise, I'm already prepared for not only the challenges two blogs are giving me, but also enjoying the heck out of it. It's like raising twin babies, in a way - you just can't love one without loving the other. Or, that's what I believe.
Alright, Pella will now go to sleep. Tomorrow is another day of work and excitement, surprises and delight. Especially when there are two blogs to care about!
Take care, you're all so very lovely! I'll see you soon!
Bye! ☺
PS. Did you notice the new posts I put here, those ending with "SS"? They're actually manually/free-handedly migrated from Squarespace as going via Wordpress was too much of a struggle. Not that copy-pasting it all here wasn't, LOL! (But I still enjoyed every bit of it. Trust me, it was well worth it ☺)
