How fast can 30 days be over? And how long can they be? When I look back on all the posts I wrote this month I can hardly believe that this was all happening this month. Some of these posts seem to be so old. But its all happened in the past 30 days. Time is a curious thing, no? And since we have reached day 30 it is time to say bye bye magical NaBloPoMo. It was a wild ride. It was fun. I will see you in 2024 but for now I am glad to have a bit more time on my hand again.
As in previous years the most exciting part of NaBloPo is always the community and the many different blogs and lives I get to follow and have peek into. Thank you for everyone participating, for commenting here and for making this whole experience so much fun. I have managed to comment on 371 blog posts. I have another 332 posts to read. I promise I have a look at all of them and if possible comment too. But it is a challenge.
Thank you San for continuing this blogging event, organizing it year in, year out, for making me join back in the day, for the years we were doing it on our own. Look where we are now.
I have so many more drafts in my folder. Posts I have started but couldn’t finish (a list of things I a m proud off – so hard). Things I wanted to write about but didn’t find the brain space (the magic of friendships or my style app I started using this year). Things I wanted to share but didn’t feel like writing (Christmas traditions). I guess there is always next year…
For now le’s wrap it up. Here is this years list of published posts.
- How my name came to be
- Magic October ¥– A Monthly Recap
- Talking about October Books
- Favorite Apps I use –2023 Edition
- Bucket List – Getting a Motorboat License
- 50 Questions that will free your mind – part II
- Rose Hip Vitamin Balls
- Talking myself out of it
- October Spendings 2023
- Everyday life on a random day in 2023
- Fairytale Retellings – A reading List
- Pine Cone Scale Wreath
- Month – Top 3 Bottom 3
- German Potato Soup
- Virtual Coffee Date – November 2023
- A List of things I should be doing
- In a Parallel Universe
- Group Calls
- Shopping For Lamps
- Foods of the Year 2023
- Random Thoughts on an Exhausting Day
- Wordless Wednesday #1
- Things I am Thankful For
- Christmas Wishlist 2023
- Summer Vacation in Mallorca – a travel log
- Home Spa Gift Ideas
- Shoe Boxes for operation Christmas Child
- There will be Light
- Wordless Wednesday #2
- Bye Bye Magical NaBloPoMo
How was your experience with NaBloPo? Will you be joining again next year? Did you find new blogs to follow? Do you have a favorite Post you read? What was your favorite post to write?
22 comments
Well done! You published a nice variety of posts on various topics. I enjoyed following along. :)
Thank you so much.
I have a few of your posts to catch up too but I am looking forward to.
Thank you for coming to my blog and commenting.
Congratulations, Tobia! Loved reading your posts and I look forward to reading more once you have recovered. So many posts read and yet-to-read! It has been a great month.
I know it’s been a whirlwind and so many post still to read. Quite a few from you. I am looking forward to it.
It was a great experience again this year. Less stressful I think because I had guest posts (which meant less work for me), and I did a LOT less in terms of commenting. I simply couldn’t keep up and stopped trying.
I’m not sure if I’ll do it again next week. WE SHALL SEE.
Congrats on making it all the way through <3
Smart thinking on the guest posting. And congrats for also making it. Such a fun experience and it is so much fun. Even though when also being a lot.
This was my third year doing NaBloPoMo and I love it. I also struggled to keep up with all the posts and want to go back and read the ones I missed. There were a lot of bloggers this year! Now we just have to try and stay connected throughout the year : ) but either way I”ll be back for NaBloPoMo2024!
I year you. It’s hard to to give every blog the same amount of time and I know I have so many posts to catch up to. I’ll be stopping by your blog next.
And I agree let’s so how good we keep in touch throughout the year. That is even tougher.
Tobia, thank you for participating again and always being such a cheerleader for NaBloPoMo and for weathering a few “dry years” with me. I always believed we could grow this into something bigger again and look at all the wonderful people who have joined us these last couple of years. It’s been a real thrill to meet so many kind and genuine bloggers! Blogging is not dead!!
I definitely ended up with more post ideas (again) than there were days in November. It’s crazy how fast this month flew by.
I can only agree. Creativity breeds creativity. So many more ideas. Such a great community. It’s been fun and I’ll be back next year.
Oh, my gosh! You kept track of the number of comments you left! That’s so smart! I wonder how many I left? Maybe next year I’ll keep track of that.
I was surprised by this number. I actually counted every comment this year because I wanted to know and it’s been one of my goals to leave more comments. So yeah ist interesting.
I so appreciated and enjoyed your posts, I didn’t get an opportunity to read every one either, but the ones I did I loved. It was wonderful to get a small glimpse of your life and the others that I “met” through this wild ride we call NaBloPoMo. I’m so glad I came across San a couple of days after the start of the month. I’m afraid without the community that you all created I may have dried up by the middle of November. It was a challenge to come up with ideas some days, it felt like I didn’t have time to write some of the things I wanted. But in the end I had some ok posts and know how and what I want to focus on for the next year, But it is definitely time to slow down and take a little time back, I totally agree. Thank you for stopping by and reading a few of my posts and leaving a comment. It really does help keep you motivated.
Knowing where your blogging journey is headed in 2024 is such a great thing to take away from NaBloPo.
I have to admit I haven’t been around to your blog as much as I wanted but I will read the posts. I promise. I am hoping to catch up throughout the year as well.
So happy you founder little community.
I was so excited to find your blog this NaBloPoMo and look forward to staying connected! Congrats on such an accomplishment!
Likewise. It is always so much fun getting to know more blogs. Will be fun following along your adventures.
Congratulations on making it through NaBloPoMo and for a great year of blogging.
Thank you Steve. I appreciate you reading along.
I am still trying to catch up with all the blog posts. but it was so much fun again. I knew it would get harder to keep up this time around but I was so happy to find old and new blogs. It’s nice to feel this connection even if it is over a distance.
I can only agree. Community is and was such a great part of it. It was a lot of things to read and a bit overwhelming at times. But everyone had such interesting and diverse posts. So fun.
Congrats on finishing! It is such a big challenge, especially with so many other bloggers joining in and trying to keep up with everyone’s posts. I tried to take the stress off commenting on people’s posts and just enjoy the experience, but I also want to participate in the community aspect of this challenge! It’s a hard balance.
I know what you mean. It’s fun to comment and receive comments it is part of The NaBloPoMo experience. But it wasn’t possible to visit every blog daily. I am still catching up.