She’s Learnin’

I’m gonna level with you. I have absolutely no idea what I am doing!

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been re-learning the entire website/blog set-up process. And, let me tell you what a journey it has been. During the first few days, my excitement at the thought of launching The Sauvagesse was tangible. I vibrated with ideas of possible content, and aesthetic. Visions, of elaborately named pages, performed pirouettes in my head. Recalling my skill at previous website development, I thought, “this is going to be easy!”

Then came the development stage. The realization of my creative process was at hand! Excitement still coursing through my veins, I sat down, logged into WordPress, and it was like looking at an anatomy chart that had been written in French. The pictures were recognizable and I could faintly make out the words. As for translation and bridging any connection between two, I was lost. Nothing was as I remembered it to be! This was going to be fun!

Yeah…not so much…

I would be lying, if I told you that the journey has been enjoyable. I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to flip the table and can the whole thing. But, I didn’t. Determined to figure out what my hangup was with the new-to-me operating system, I decided to sit with it for as long as it took. I Googled and YouTubed my ass off, and while they were helpful with some development, I was unable to follow through with most processes, due to one glitch or another. It was truly frustrating. My inspiration was waning, my ashtray overflowing, and I am pretty sure my blood pressure has gone up a few notches. But, as Theodore Roosevelt said,

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty…”

Damnit, Teddy! That is not what I want to hear! Don’t give me truth! Don’t affirm the struggle! Give me a solution!

Yeah, I hemmed and hawed for a while on that one – while pacing the floor, trying to get my brain to function. Then, a breakthrough!

I’m not sure what changed this morning, or if the Universe decided that I’d had enough, but something clicked! Finally, I was able to move forward a bit, and here we are! I have pages, people! With content! Woohoo!

I can definitely say that I am back on the excitement train and can’t wait to start posting regular content. There are a few more details that need to be worked out, specifically due to organization and flow. But, for the meantime, I am happy and here to say that persistence finally paid off! She’s learning! Baby steps!

XO,
Vesper