2nd Blogiversary

Yayyy you guys as of yesterday my blog is TWO!! For a trip down memory lane, here is the post that started it all. I can't say thank you enough to each and every one of you for taking a chance on my random ramblings and sticking with me through my 1L and 2L years. This blog has literally been one of the highlights of being in law school and I'm so glad that y'all take the time to help make this blog a success. Still to this day I love getting to help prospective and current law students by messaging and commenting back to y'all. I'm not exaggerating on how the emails and comments I get from y'all completely make my day and I do still read the nice parts to my friends to brag about how amazing y'all are. Ok sappy shit over haha. I thought I'd do like what I did for my first blogiversary and take a little time out from my normal posts to give y'all an update on what's been going on here and Brazen and Brunette.

Blog Update

My blog hasn't changed as drastically as it did the first year, but I did do some things to try to help and improve it. I still love my blog design so I think I'll be keeping it here for a few years (if you're a blogger looking for a new blog design, this is the site where I got mine). 

Last year I went from being anon to public, but I actually still have only told a few of my friends and my sister. It's not that I'm trying to hide it, but I feel weird telling them that I'm a "blogger" because I think most people think of a 15 year old having an online diary when they hear blogger. Also the majority of my friends have nothing to do with law school so I know they wouldn't even care to read my post.

It wasn't even until this past semester that I even started adding this to the hobbies part of my resumé. At first I was too embarrassed to put that on a job resumé for the same reasons that I haven't even told all of my friends, but after talking to my school's career counselor (she's a DG too so we get along great) I decided to add it. She told me to put it on there because it will give interviewers something to ask me about so we can have a conversation where they get to know me personally. And she was right because every interview that I've gone in to since then has asked me to tell them more about it. I just make sure to explain it as a "how-to law school" blog so they're reassured that it isn't just a diary and I won't be writing any potentially confidential information.

One of the things that I'm most proud that I've started the Law School Blogs Pinterest group.  In less than a year it's grown to feature 21 different law school bloggers and over 2,000 followers! Not only do I love it as essentially a one-stop-shop for 0Ls to find a post about about any of their law school questions, it's also turned into a place for other law school bloggers to come together and for baby bloggers to be able to reach a large audience from the get go to help their new blog grow.

Another change from last year is that I've been working hard to make the name Brazen and Brunette grow, and it's been working! I've featured guest posts from reader Chandler and bloggers Heather and Jordin, was featured on a law school podcast, reached out to Quimbee and Plum Paper Planners so that I could get you guys discounts, become an ambassador for theSkimm, and have become a member of the Influence Her Collective, Activate by Bloglovin, and She Is Media. I'm excited because here pretty soon I have plans to work with other law school bloggers (spoiler alert it's this blog), have more guest writers, and work with more brands so my blog will continue to expand! PS - if you ever feel like you have something to say but aren't ready to start up your own blog, feel free to email me because I'd love to feature more readers as guest posts!!

Blog Report

I'm so so so happy that my blog has continued to grow.

My page views have been all over the place and at first when they started to go down I was a little bit worried that I wasn't doing enough to write helpful posts or share it enough. But then I realized duh they're going down because most of my readers are 1Ls and once school started they were too busy to read my posts, which explains why it goes up in the summer. To make sure that I still am writing helpful posts, I'd really appreciate it if you could go here and "endorse" what you want to see more of! 

Even when page views went down, I still was happy overall because this time last year I hadn't broken 20k views and now that's closer to my average! Last year I set a goal to reach 30k views a month and I finally reached that goal this May but have been meeting that goal every month since. 

I've also seen my social media grow a lot faster this past year. I thank Tailwind for helping me grow my Pinterest and Hootsuite for helping me grow my Facebook/Twitter (more on those below). I have gotten a lot better about having two Twitters (one personal, one for the blog) and try to use my blog Twitter more as a way to interact with y'all. I'm still debating on what to do about Instagram because right now I just have my personal one and I'm not quite sure if I want to start sharing blog-related stuff (new posts, new favorites, and work/school outfits) on there. I want to start sharing more of my life with y'all because I love it when bloggers I follow do that, but right now most of my Instagram followers are my friends from high school and college who have no clue (and to be honest, probably no interest) about my law school blogging. But I'm just not sure if having an Insta just for my blog is being too extra or if any of y'all would want that. So if you have some thoughts, please feel free to comment or email because I need help making up my mind!

Blogger subscribers: 32

Bloglovin' likes: 161

Facebook Page likes: 211

Pinterest followers: 3,158

Twitter followers: 244

Goal for 2018: reach 45k views a month

Income Report

To repeat what I said last year, I'm not sharing these numbers to come off as bragging, but simply so that I can be honest with y'all about referral fees that I collect when you visit a website or sign up for something that I've recommended. 

Ads (google): $111

Affiliate: $578

Expenses: $129

Net: $560 (not too bad side money)

I had Google AdSense for about a year and just recently decided to take those ads off my site, so that's one change. I ended up deciding that their ads were starting to ruin the integrity of my site and it just wasn't worth it. I hate going to websites that are covered in ads that I accidentally click on, they always make pages load slower, they're distracting, and as the owner of my site I didn't really get much say in which ads were posted so I didn't like that I could potentially be endorsing a product or service that I personally wouldn't recommend. 

Instead I've realized that by working with brands directly, I can control what is being featured on my blog and making sure that you're not wasting your time with a crap product or brand. At first, the only brands that were reaching out to be were very fishy and I didn't even hesitate to decline their offers. Honestly some of these really annoyed me because I could tell from their pitch that these companies had never even visited my site or read one of my posts. But now I've learned more about blogging so I'm excited to collaborate with some genuinely good brands that are worthwhile.

Last year I set what I see now as a little too-high goal to make $75 a month and ended up averaging about $46 instead. I say averaging because some months were slow and it'd only be like $10 so I just want to be candid for any of you wanting to start making money off your blog that it's not exactly as lucrative as you'd wish.

I did have quite a few expenses, but in my opinion they've been worth it. One of my best investments for my blog has been Tailwind for sure. I blogged about specific stats in my 7 tools I use to blog post, but my Pinterest (and therefore readers) has definitely grown the most because of this. Another place that I've been focusing more on is Facebook. I use Hootsuite to make sure that I'm sharing posts almost every day and I've promoted my Understanding your law student and Law school as told by Elle Woods posts on Facebook and have seen pretty good results from sharing those less-serious posts. It's not in my budget right now, but I do plan on experimenting with promoting posts on Pinterest and Twitter and expanding Facebook ads once I can afford to do that. One thing I did try that I didn't feel I got a good return on was Google Ads. At this point I don't think that my blog is big enough for me to be doing that again any time in the near future.

Goal for 2018: reach $60 a month

Well that about wraps up my two year blogiversary! Again thank you all for listening to me, I can't explain to y'all how much this blog means to me and how fun it's been getting to help all of y'all feel a little less nervous when you sit in on your first day of law school. Feel free to pop open a bottle of André and celebrate with me!! 

7 Tools I Use to Blog

Pinterest

1. Create a Pinterest board just for your blog posts

2. Set up rich pins

3. Every single time you make a post, you pin that shit to your blog board

4. In a few days, repin this picture onto another one of your boards that's relevant to what your post is about

5. Add your website to your profile (in your profile settings) and use their analytics to see what your readers respond best to

6. (optional) Create 2 secret boards: 1 for post ideas, 1 for photo ideas, and keep brainstorming
7. If you're a law school blogger, let me know and I'll add you to the Law School Blogs group board so you can gain some followers fast

Why should you put so much effort into Pinterest?? Because it's how your blog grows!!

Canva

Don't forget that every single one of your posts needs a picture!! Not only do they make your posts look better, they also mean that your post can go on to Pinterest. I use Canva.com and either their Social Media or Pinterest Graphic templates. Make sure that your pictures are pretty but more importantly easy to read. And add your website name somewhere on every picture just in case anyone tries to steal it. I actually just found out that there's a Canva app too, so you can create graphics and photos for your posts on your iPad. Take notice to any viral pins on Pinterest and try to get some inspiration from them in either their photo, fonts, or wording. Just keep in mind that Pinterest is to pin pictures, and not just words. so try to get a good combo of both.

Also, I just use either my iPhone or iPad for taking pictures, so don't think you need a fancy DSLR camera or anything. And the editing in the regular camera app works just fine to enhance your pictures. I do suggest to try to get as much natural lighting as possible, or even move a lamp by where you're taking a picture (this is the lamp I use). 

Tailwind

I didn't start using Tailwind until this year because I didn't think of myself as a "serious" blogger enough to be using blogging tools. Tailwind helps grow your Pinterest following (which I just told you is the #1 way my blog grew) by using analytics to see when your audience is most active and on which boards. So you plan ahead pins and it will pin them when they're more likely to get noticed and repined. This sounds unnecessary but after using it I noticed that my pins were getting repined much faster and I was gaining way more followers since there was a strategy behind it. 

It does cost $9 a month if you pay for a year at once or $15 on a monthly basis, so keep that in mind. But if you use this referral link you'll get one month free!! If you decide to monetize your blog (that's a whole other post), then you might consider this as one investment to make for your blog just like getting a good blog template for your blog. I think of it as more repins = more people visiting that post/my site = more chances to possibly make money if someone clicks on an affiliate link. This price was easy for me to justify for myself once my blog started making more than $15 a month because then it was paying for itself! They have a Tailwind app too so you can add literally any web page to your dashboard.

Hootsuite

This concept is kinda just like Tailwind except for Facebook and Twitter posts. Luckily Bloglovin' shares all of my new posts to Twitter instantly, but I still haven't figured out a way to have it share to my blog's Facebook page and not my personal page (comment below if you know how! please and thank you). So I use Hootsuite to schedule new posts. I just use the free version because the upgraded plan really is for like major companies running social media. They have a free Hootsuite app, too.

I also use Hootsuite to repost my old posts. For example, each time around finals I will go through and find all of my finals-related posts and schedule them to be posted to either remind readers about them or introduce the posts to people who started following me after those posts were originally published. This is especially helpful because while right before finals is the perfect time to be sharing this content, I'm busy studying. This way I just set it and forget it.

Google Analytics

This is the same idea as Pinterest Analytics, but alllll about your blog. Also you should connect Google Analytics with your blog because when you're trying to brand your blog, companies might ask for your stats. 

It can show you all kinds of stuff, like how many individuals have visited your blog, how many visitors are returning, how long they stay on your site, how long they stay on a post, how many leave your site immediately... It gets really intense. They have a Google Analytics app that has a simplified summary of all these stats.

Email

My favorite email to get are post suggestions/requests. Like did you that a reader was actually the one who came up with this post idea? And I got the idea to write this post after having a conversation with a reader. Even this very post is a result of several readers' comments and emails! 

Another reason why email is important is that sometimes people will have a question that needs a more in-depth answer than your post, so it's important that you have a way that they can get a personalized response. A good blogger cares about their readers and will make sure they can have that one-on-one time with any reader that wants it. I know right now that anyone who has every emailed me and is reading this right now is loling hard because I always end up sending back an email that's at least 5 times as long as what they sent me!

Btw if you use the Questions and Suggestions box on the bottom of the right side, it's a super easy way to email me in one step instead of having to go through your mail app.

Evernote

I could explain it to you, but I think it's easier to show you... 

Related: How I Use Evernote

Planner

I recently added a blogging section to my planner, and it's helped so much! I can write outlines of my post ideas as I think of them in Evernote, but I plan out everything else in my planner. I brainstorm post ideas, I schedule what days I'll post what, I keep track of income and expenses for my blog, chart engagement growth. It helps me stick to my goal schedule of S/W/F posts. 

Also, be sure to check out my post about all of the Blogging Tips I have for new bloggers! It's just a list of things that I've learned over the past year of what works and what doesn't when you're trying to grow your blog.

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How To Start a Blog + Blogging Tips

Okay now, back to my mini series about blogging. I love that so many of y'all are starting your own blogs! My hope is that we create this big law school resources network and then not another person doesn't go to law school because they think they couldn't make it. I love that there's this potential to get all different sides of the law school story and incoming 1Ls can have lots of advice to help them along the way. 

Now that I've told you why you should blog, here's some tips on how to blog.

Make a blog

First you'll have to pick a platform. Before I made a blog, I read all kinds of pins about how to start a blog and most suggested WordPress. However, I personally prefer Blogger for just a personal blog. Blogger is much simpler to teach yourself to use, and is wayyy cheaper and easier to maintain in regards to hosting your site, because WordPress has you find your own host (I've read that these can cost over $10 a month) and Blogger lets you use Google which only costs $12 a year (or for free if you're not bothered by ".blogspot" in your URL). 

I think the reason why so many big-time bloggers suggest WordPress, or even write about why they switched from Blogger to WP, is that WP is more like a website site. They need this official-type site because usually their blog is their business so they need to have all the bells and whistles that WP allows. So unless you plan on selling an eBook on your site or having like millions of viewers, Blogger will probably be just fine for you. 

Pick a name

The obvious step 2. I suggest start thinking of what you want to name your blog as soon as you start thinking you even want a blog, because it can be the hardest part. You want to get it right the first time or else you'll have to essentially rebrand yourself later on if you change it. 

I preferred not to limit myself to any niche by not having anything law or law school related in my name. This is just because who knows what I'll be blogging about in 3 years (if I still am), so I wanted to keep my options open. That's not to say that I haven't regretted 'Brazen and Brunette' at least once, when my guy friend saw that name in a tab and thought it was a porn site.... yeah, sorry if anyone's ever thought that's what you were doing too if you had this open in a tab! 

But one thing I did like is that my name is relatively short. This is just because you'll end up writing out your full website name over and over again and it really starts to annoy you. TBH, that's part of why I decided to buy my domain name, just so I could shorten how much I was having to type. I also like that it's an alliteration, just because I think it's catchy. 

Speaking of length, keep in mind that it's better to have a few, longer words than lots of shorter words. This is because when someone is trying to read your URL it can be confusing, kinda like you had to question whether it was Pet Smart or Pets Mart. Another final tip on a name is make sure it's one that's spelled easy, just so that people can't find your website because they keep misspelling a hard word.

Read other blogs

Definitely. I can't recommend getting on Bloglovin' and looking around enough! Not even law school blogs, either. I follow fashion blogs to get inspiration for how to write in a fun tone and also to interact with readers (my faves are Lonestar Southern, Southern Curls and Pearls, and The Sweetest Thing). I follow blogging blogs to see how I can improve my blogging skills (I like Jessica Slaughter). I even follow college blogs for topic ideas (I'm a fan of Creatively Lauren and Samanthability).

If you want to be a successful blogger, it will help to learn from the best. And you'll get so many answers to little questions that you didn't event know you had. Like I hadn't even realized that I could monetize my blog until I saw one blogger post an earnings report and I learned all about affiliate programs. 

But on the flip side of this, also critique other blogs. Not to be mean, but there's been several times when I've come across a blog and thought it was too confusing, difficult, or unorganized so I left and never went back. If there's anything about any blog that you don't like, make sure that you solve that problem in your own blog! 

An example: I once went to a blog and really liked the post on the homepage so I decided that I wanted to read all of the like 20 posts in order. But this was on WP so the layout had me scroll all the way to the bottom to get to the Previous Posts button. Then it would open up to the month I clicked on but it was in reverse chronological order, so again I had to scroll all the way down to get to the first day of the month. Then I had to slowly inch my way up the page and then start all over again once I finished a month. And that's the story of why my previous blog posts are one of the first things you see on my page and I only put two posts per page!

Create a email address

I'm SO GLAD that I decided to make brazenandbrunette@gmail.com instead of using my personal email address!! (although sometimes if I reply off my phone you might get an email from my personal account just because it's the default it replies with) 

Reason 1 why you should do this: obvious privacy issues that accompany putting your personal email address to be available to the entire world 

Reason 2: in the event that your blog starts getting spam, your personal account won't be the one flooded with emails

Reason 3: there will be a time when your blog picks up and readers will start emailing you quite often, and it will help keep your life organized

Pick a theme

If you want readers to come to your blog, I suggest you make it pretty. I love how my theme is light, airy, and welcoming. Start thinking of your favorite colors that you want to incorporate. You might also look around to find some font inspiration that you'd like to have something like for your blog.

Trying to figure out the premade Blogger templates was actually really confusing and it ended up being a mess. Then I tried using a free template that I found off Pinterest and it was okay, but the free options are very limited so you'll probably end up settling like I did. Buying a theme sounds outrageous and expensive, but I spent less than $10 on mine.

To be honest I could've only spent $5 because I first bought this theme, but then I couldn't get it to work and so I mistakenly thought that I had only bought the social media buttons. Turns out, I just wasn't following the directions correctly because they were for a PC and I was on a Mac so I didn't download everything. Then I found my current theme for only $3 and I wish this lady would open her shop back up because she had lots of different options. Seriously though, if you want a good-looking site, go to Etsy.com and I promise the investment is worth it to look like you have your blogging act together.

Create your about me page

I actually didn't do this until I decided to stop being an anon, but I regret not having one sooner. I actually got emails from people who thought they just weren't seeing the page and I had to awkwardly be like oh yeah I'm hiding from the world. You can do your About Me page however you want, but I got inspiration from this blog. I also took tips from this post on how to make my page. Just make sure to keep it sincere and don't feel like you have to make it like a LinkedIn about me page. Oh and don't put it in third person. Blogs are personal and it's obvious that you're who is writing the posts and your About Me page so don't make it sound like an author's bio on a book because it feels weird to read.

Create posts

First off, make a goal to post about 1-2 a week. I say at least this number because you need to be posting new content or else someone might come to your page, think you never post on it, and then move on and forget about it. I say kinda no more than twice a week at first because it keeps you from writing a post just to write one. For blogging, quality over quantity will get you readers.

The readers will come really slow at first, so don't be discouraged! I read this post and it mentioned how your readers will drastically go up after your 50th post. But remember not to just write 50 fluff posts! I was guilty of this at the beginning and it's no surprise that those posts have my lowest reads. 

One bad habit that's easy to fall in to is treating a blog as a diary. Yes this is a place to share your experience, but you have to give your readers something too. My most successful example of this was my post about my experience with Moot Court. It could've just been a post about how my day was, but instead I decided to share the advice my judges gave me after our rounds. The more helpful you can be, the more your readers will appreciate you!

And don't forget that every single one of your posts needs a picture!! Not only do they make your posts look better, they also mean that your post can go on to Pinterest. I use Canva.com and either their Social Media or Pinterest Graphic templates. Make sure that your pictures are pretty but more importantly easy to read. And add your website name somewhere on every picture just in case anyone tries to steal it. 

For your pictures, I suggest that you take them yourself. Sure they're not as polished and professional as stock photos. And yes they do take effort to think of, style, photograph, and edit. But in the end they're your photos. The reason why I say this is because it's kinda awk when someone else has the exact same photo as you but for a different post, like these four that I saw all on the same day on Pinterest. 

But who knows, maybe I'll find a place with good quality, cheap photos that I don't think are going to be overused and I'll switch over to stock photos? I'm still new to this too! Whatever you end up using, make sure you do this to each photo after you add it to your post, it'll help when people pin your picture. 

SEO

Search Engine Optimization is another thing that you'll see a lot of when you start reading posts about blogging tips. Basically what this means is that you need to be using buzzwords so that if someone Googles "law school whatever," your site will be up there because Google read those exact keywords on your posts. 

This is why I stopped doing clever post titles like "WTFinancial Aid" and now am much straight forward like "The Best Highlighters for Law School." Just because it's much more likely that someone will search for that exact phrase so I want Google to catch them and steer them here :)

That's also why if you drank for every time you read the words law school in one of my posts, you'd be pretty drunk. Ultimately it'd be great if someone Google'd for anything law school related and my blog popped up there in the result. 

When I first learned about SEO I was really bad in it and for my Search Description that Blogger lets you put for each post I would go really heavy and just list anything law school related that I could think of. It seriously just would be like law student; 1L; first year law student; law school; law school tips; law school advice... you get the picture. But then I found out that that's what spammers actually do to trick Google so now it purposefully skips over anything like that, so it was really hurting more than helping my blog.

Keep this in mind when you're making titles, writing posts, creating search descriptions, adding words to photo, or describing a pin. You want it to be straight forward and to the point so that search bars and potential readers know exactly what your post is about.

PS - sorry there's a lot of links to other blog's How To posts, but it's just easier and this post has to end eventually.

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BLOGIVERSARY!!!

Yesterday I did something completely ridiculous. I went out and bought a cupcake. I bought some champagne. I crafted a candle. And I celebrated my blog turning one.

I'm so excited y'all! A year ago I got pissed off at the lack of law-school-focused blogs, so I decided to make one myself. At the time, I didn't think that more than 10 randos would even read my blog, and for a moment there I accidentally abandoned it. But here we are a year later and I'm so proud of what Brazen and Brunette has become! I've loved getting to message and comment with so many readers and am extremely grateful for this opportunity. 

Blog Changes

So a lot has changed over the past year, and I wanted to spend this post as a timeout from law school and just give you guys a little update on what's been happening with Brazen and Brunette. The major change was that I completely redesigned my theme. If you were around here back in the beginning, you may remember that it was this God awful orange and green theme, that I had found for free on Pinterest. I grew tired of it very quickly and now I'm very happy with how my blog looks because it's definitely me. 

Another major change I've made is that I stopped being anonymous. Originally, I wanted to be an anon blogger because I wanted to feel free to share my honest opinions without worrying that it could somehow get me in trouble or negatively reflect on myself. Eventually I realized that I didn't have anything to say that was that bad and it was too much work to try to keep myself a secret. I also didn't like being an anon because I felt as if I wasn't able to share my life with you because I was redacting myself. I also began to feel like being an anon was less Gossip Girl and more Catfish. 

After going public, I decided to get serious about blogging and made a Facebook page and Bloglovin' account because I know not everyone wants to come here to check Pinterest new posts every day. PS -- if you're ever curious, here's my personal Pinterest page that isn't all about law school. I also have a Twitter page just for blog posts

Blog Report

I'm also happy to announce that my blog has really started to grow, and I'm so excited!

It's crazy to me that some of my posts actually have a few thousand views! I'm also really excited that people from around the globe have actually stumbled upon my blog! One thing that I'm proud of is that my blog really started to grow even back when I was an anon and wasn't even active on it. I'm also proud that I reached the 10k mark within a year of blogging, because I'm so new to all this and literally knew nothing at first. Side note: I'm not quite sure why the graph and the stats on the right don't show the same numbers, and I'm also not sure which one is correct.

Overall, I'm happy happy happy with the way Brazen and Brunette is going. But one thing that I'd really appreciate from y'all is if you'd go here and "endorse" what you want to see more of!

Goal for 2017: Reach 30k views a month

Income Report

Another thing that I'm excited about is that I'm slowly starting to make money off my blog. I know you hate ads, and I do too on other sites, but a girl's gotta pay off loans somehow and I'm not making any money interning. 

I just added Google ads to my blog this week, but it's earned $1 already. I know this is pathetically low, but it's still money that I've made just because you guys happened to click on an ad on my page. I'm hoping that this time next year I can laugh at the fact that I had only made a buck.

I've also became an Amazon affiliate member this summer, and have made about $25 from that. That comes from any item you buy on Amazon if my site referred you or signing up for free trials such as Amazon Prime student, Amazon Kindle, and Amazon Prime Video.

I'm not sharing these numbers to come off as bragging, but simply so that I can be honest with y'all about referral fees that I collect when you visit a website or sign up for something that I've recommended. 

Goal for 2017: Reach $75 a month

Of course, I've also spent my own money on my blog. I finally decided to commit to paying $12 a year to drop ".blogspot" from my website, which I feel like helped it become a little more like a serious blog. And I spend about $10 getting a blog theme off Etsy (the shop that I got mine from is currently closed but here's another shop that I love). 

Right now I'm also contemplating promoting my blog on Facebook, Pinterest, or through Google, so that could be another expense later on. 

Unfortunately for law students, having a successful blog isn't exactly something that could boost our résumé and help us get a job like a PR, computer science, or English major. But blogging can still be a great thing to start up in law school. 

One highlight of it is that it can be a great way to memorialize your short three years in law school. I loved being able to look back at this past year and remember how clueless I used to be and watching myself figure things out along the way. Part of this is because blogging makes you pay closer attention to what's going on in your every day. When I was going through a something new, I didn't just passively experience it, but rather tried my hardest to remember everything that was going on so I could write about it and explain it to y'all. 

Another perk of blogging in law school is that it's a place to receive some validation. Every time I get an email or comment with someone telling me they love my blog, I get giddy inside and tbh sometimes I'll screenshot a little of what you say and send it to my friends to brag. I also really love it when someone gets in touch with me and lets me know that one of my posts helped them have a little less worry or feel prepared for some aspect of law school. It really does give me this feel-good feeling to help y'all similar to what I get when I'm volunteering. 

Probably the way that this blog has helped me the most in law school was that it was an anchor for me. When law school got boring, I had this to be excited about. When I felt like giving up, I remembered that I had to keep going so that I could have something to write about. When I felt like I wasn't good enough, I'd receive a kind email or comment reminding me that law school is where I belong. 

And if I had time to get good grades, run this blog, and still binge watch on Netflix, then you can too! I get so excited when one of my readers lets me know that they're starting a blog or planning to, so I'm planning on my next few posts being about my tips and advice for y'all. Because I seriously think that the world could use a whole lot more law school bloggers out there!! It's ridiculous that there's hundreds of very successful college bloggers out there, but law school bloggers are much harder to find. Seriously though, I think everyone should consider blogging through law school. 

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