Silly Season and The One Year Anniversary of my First Blog

It's Silly Season!!!!

For those of you that don't know, the festive month of December is also known as silly season for pretty much obvious reasons. The traditional definition of silly season is "the last few months of summer typified by the emergence of frivolous news stories in the media". In America, the same term is known as 'slow news season'. However, in SA, NZ and AUS silly season has come to refer to the Christmas/ New Year festive period because of the higher than usual social engagements where the consumption of alcohol is typical. Silly season is also famously used as an excuse to break certain rules... whether it's your diet or whether it's doing something you wouldn't normally do. We've all heard the famous line "C'mon it's Christmas, live a little". Well lemme tell you honey, you're gonna be packin' those pounds on and it's not gonna look pretty.

I spent my last silly season looking at my computer and surrounded by 13 and 14 year old Korean kids. I had to work right up until the 24 of December and had to return to work on the 26th. No fun!!!

But something good came of all that 'desk-warming'. I started my first blog!!!! December 14, 2011 to be exact. The blog "Life In The Fast Lane" was a lovely write-up about my life in Korea. It wasn't as detailed as I wanted it to be but I captured a lot of great memories. Last Friday the 14th was exactly a year, and although it is no longer my main blog, it was certainly a success (for me). It was my first blog ever so I obviously didn't know what to expect. The over all view count was 703 over a period of 9 months with a total of 8 published posts. My post on Jester's Pies had exactly 205 page views and the number continues to rise every month.

Before I go on to, here is a list of all the blogs I have, just for y'all that don't know:

1. Life In The Fast Lane (Started December, 2011)

2. 6 Weeks, 6 Cities (Started January, 2012)

3. Slowing Down (Started August, 2012)

4. Face It! (Started September, 2012)

5. Globe Trotting (Asia Edition) (Started October, 2012)

My current blog "Slowing Down" is a contrast to the fast life I lived in Korea. It's a lot more chilled and I'm enjoying little things that I previously took for granted. Slowing Down is only 4 months old but the readership is steadily growing. It takes over from where Life In The Fast Lane left off.

I'm still keepin' on and trying daily to think of new and great blog ideas. I'm so glad I did this for myself. What started out as a simple idea to keep busy has now turned into a vibrant hobby which fills up my spare time nicely.

Here's to many more blogs to come!!! Merry Christmas!!!