Reflecting On 2020 and My Vision For 2021

Hello, lovelies! A very Happy New Year To You, even though today is the 2nd of January. In today’s blog post, I am talking all about my past year, my goals for 2021, and a lot more on that. This post is basically like a journal-post. I will be posting more valuable content soon but here, read this to know me and maybe learn things from this! 

Alright then, let’s jump in. 

Reflecting On 2020 

2020 was a hard time for most of us, including me. Let’s not blame it all on Covid-19, because maybe, for some, that wasn’t the reason, again, including me. 

If I look back at 2020, the year started okay, but later, everything was just ruined for me. January at the beginning was exciting, but then it all just went away. I could say that is when everything got worse for me. So you see, it was a hard time for me personally and not just because of Covid-19. I started to feel better, then worse, better, and then worse again. I would say 2020 has changed me in many ways. There was a lot of bad in it, wasn’t there? 

We were later quarantined, I wasn’t alone at the time, but being with more people didn’t do any good. Later, I was back to my home, now, I was alone. I had my siblings, but still alone. I got on my productive side, I was also Dripping Ssnow to a few hundreds of people. And I was happy to be and still am, now to a thousand people. 

I also had online classes, it was exciting at first, I attended the classes well. But later, I couldn’t understand things well, I wasn’t interested in it at all. I missed classes, sometimes accidentally and sometimes on purpose. Because the classes did me no good when I had to submit work, I tried to finish it in a few days and just submit it, but the thing that bothered me was how they were increasing notes, activities, and worksheets. I don’t know what went through the teacher’s heads, but we weren’t sitting at home doing anything for us to do school work all day.

I was growing my page, writing for my blog, writing a Wattpad story and a book to be published, I was working on something else and lastly, I wanted time off to relax and work on myself. And the school just didn’t let me do that. As much as education is a priority, I am not going to give all of my time to it. Because I want time for myself, my hobbies and for things, I am passionate about. And that’s how 2020 helped me realize that the school system does not work for me. I am gaining almost nothing from it. ALMOST NOTHING. 

And that is how I came to a decision, well, I might not have told ya’ll that on my Instagram, but I think I will be homeschooling myself after this academic year. Yes, I won’t be able to attend things like trips and all, nor will I be able to make hundreds of friends. But that doesn’t matter to me. And I truly love the idea. And I hope it works for me, I will surely tell y’all more about it when the time comes! 

I got new ideas, I learned a lot of stuff and have done a lot of stuff in 2020, and I just love and hate what happened last year. There were good times and bad times. But, I am grateful to live, to have what I have, to have you guys, to exist right now. And that is the happy part that I will cherish. To value things more than ever was something that taught me so much. And thank you to 2020 for that, no matter how bad this year was, there was a lot of good in it. Now, I am done reflecting on 2020, and now let me tell you all about my plans, goals, and vision for 2021.  

2021

2021 is truly a fresh new start for me. I came into 2021 with new ideas, goals, visions, plans, and excitement. Honestly, I would need to write a whole new blog post to talk about 2021 visions but I’ll just get that done over here. 

I started Bullet Journaling, I got to my productive-planning-freak side of me to just set my goals. I will probably be homeschooling myself, focusing on me and what I’ve built and I am planning to build more. I want to focus on me and become my best version, I want to get things done and just BE it. Just make my loved ones proud of me, and I want to honestly stop caring about who wants to stop me, or the people who mock me for being me. It is always gonna be hard to get the negativity out of your way, but trying is the key. And that is gonna be one of my huge focuses. Again, 2021 will be all about me, my education, my career, and my passion. That is my goal, my vision, and my plan.

 I feel amazing to be here in the new year starting it with new things I look forward to. I also wanted to thank my Insta Fam for 1k freaking awesome supporters. Because this is unreal. And I would also like to thank all of my blog readers for their support! I am so grateful to you all like if I think about it, it is unreal. Imagine you doing something and 1000+ people walk in to see what you’re doing, unreal, right?

This is a lengthy blog post, I am happy with my writing today, and let me know in the comments if you want another post like this because sharing my story feels amazing! Make sure you check out all the important links by tapping here! Subscribe to my blog below, check out my recent blog posts and my Instagram. Hope you all liked this post. Thank You for reading. 

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Hello Lovelies. It is crazy how we have already started December! And I know that a part of my audience are bloggers themselves who are doing blogmas! Some of you must be clueless about it, this is why Zara and I are here to guide you! 

Zara is known as @_saritzy_ on Instagram! And yes, she has an amazing Blog too, its saritzy.wordpress.com. Zara and I are collaborating and bringing Blogmas Guides to you all. This is my part of the collaboration where I tell you all about How to plan, Be inspired, Be motivated and have a successful Blogmas!

Without further ado, let’s dive in!

What is Blogmas?

Blogmas is a December Blogging Challenge. In Blogmas, you basically post Christmas themed blogs in the month of December starting from the first like me! And It’s fine if you’re starting a little late, it’s never too late to start doing blogmas! 

People post blogs EVERY DAY. Which is a lot, and you all don’t have to follow that to do blogmas. There is a very simple strategy in which you post every other day the first week, then post every third or fourth day and then slowly return to your normal schedule. This is a strategy that many Bloggers follow. In total, there are usually 12 posts. I have 12 posts scheduled including this one. Well, now you must be wondering, how do you plan and blogmas content? 

How To Plan Blogmas Content?

Open Google Sheets, you can use excel or any other spreadsheet app. Now, in this spreadsheet, you have to make columns for each of the following (this is what I did, your’s can be however you want it to be)

Date – Post Date.

Day – Post Day. 

Niche – Example – Lifestyle ; Food

Type/Topic – Example – Blogmas ; Back To School 

Title – Post’s Title. 

About – What the post is about!

Collab? Collaborator’s Name – Type in yes if it’s a collaboration and their username. 

Collaborator’s Part – The collaborators’ part in the collaboration.

Proofread? – Type in yes if it is proofread.

Scheduled/Posted? – Type in yes if it’s scheduled  or posted. 

Now, those are all the columns I created, if you don’t know how  exactly to use spreadsheets, you can search it up on Youtube and learn how to use it! Here is a little example of the planning  – 

If you are low on motivation or have no inspiration for Blogmas and want Blogmas to be successful for you, then here are some tips on how to motivate and inspire yourself to write Blogmas content and also some tips to help your blogmas be successful! 

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1. Watch Christmas Movies

I can assure you that if you watch a Christmas movie, you can get into the Christmas Spirit, when that happens, you will  get multiple ideas for blogmas!  and I am sure you will be inspired and motivated to write something christmasy But don’t watch too much of them, because you don’t want to forget blogmas, do you?

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2. Read Others Blogmas Posts

This gives you an idea about blogmas, inspires and motivates you to write and will definitely give you new ideas! 

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3. Coming Up With Your Own Unique Ideas

Coming up  with your own unique idea can be pretty hard but it makes your blog post unique and helps drive traffic to your blog. We all love to see original content, don’t we? 

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4. Don’t Rush Things

Blogmas can be a lot sometimes. I mean, posting so much in a month? But the more you rush things, the harder it gets. Keep things simple, pre-write a few blogs and schedule them, make sure things are manageable and not out of your hands! 

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5. Don’t Pressure Yourself

Even though you might have planned 12-20 posts, if you don’t want to post them all, then that is totally fine! Because you don’t want to post poorly written blogs just because you have planned it.

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6. Collaborate With Other Bloggers 

If you’re low on inspiration, motivation and have no idea about blogmas, then collaborate with others! This will help you get new ideas, a new audience and you will make new friends! I love collaborating personally because I made so many new friends, got to know talented bloggers like Zara, had new unique ideas for my blog and it’s just fun! 

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But, now, I am back and I have something very exciting!!! As you can see on the title, Yes, I am a published poet!!!!

As soon as this anthology of poems was published, I jumped with excitement. And I couldn’t wait to share the whole experience, the joy, the excitement and the whole journey. In this blog post, I will tell you guys how I wrote the poem, how I was chosen for this, how everything went and how I felt throughout the journey! Keep Reading To Find Out, hope y’all enjoy!

A few months ago, I was very focused on writing and publishing on Wattpad. I was keeping up with all the  contests and events and in March, this one contest caught my eye. It was a “Mental Health Matters” Contest. I didn’t really have much to write about it so I didn’t give it my attention. But later, I thought of giving it a try. I did lots of research, read many people’s stories about how mentally damaged they were. And I thought of writing a poem from all of the sources. I wrote my poem and submitted it. 

However, after the contest ended, I did not win. I was upset but I kind of already knew it didn’t fit in. Months later, I received a comment on the poem from Aethra. They asked me to contact them if I was interested to publish my poem with 99 other poems by Indian poets. I was kind of shocked when I read the comment and immediately contacted them. I later sent them the poem that I wanted to publish.

I was very excited, I was feeling a new kind of joy knowing that I will be a published poet. Later, I had to make a small amount of payment in order to go further with the process. I did have doubts but I went with it anyways, and I am glad that I did. After the payment, it took some time for them to respond. After a few days or weeks, we started discussing the title of the book. There were many options, we had to vote for titles, eliminate some and bring some new titles and finally choose the right one. 

We chose our title the same day! We choose the title “Heavy Clouds, No Rain”. We added a meaning to the title, you can call it a tagline too. “We vowed to hide our pain and became wandering souls like Heavy Clouds and No Rain” 

Soon after that, we received the manuscripts, I checked my poem, they did change a word or two and I was fine with that. However, I wasn’t sure of the title of my poem. At the end, I did want to change it and I asked them if I could, well, that didn’t happen. But it’s fine! 

I eagerly waited for the book to be published. The day seemed to never come. I did ask them to update me with what happened. They took some time with barcode and stuff like that but it was worth the wait. 

After a few days, the book was published! I looked at the book on Amazon and was excited and feeling joy! I screenshotted the product and showcased it on my Instagram story! Soon after that, the books were being couriered to us. I had to wait longer as there was a problem with my courier, well, it got cancelled!  They sent the courier again, I kept checking the tracker, everyday, I opened the website and tracked my parcel. Finally, it reached Mangalore, my hometown. I got a call from the office, they confirmed the address. The next day, the courier arrived. After sanitizing it, I looked at the book, excited to see my work on it. 

I checked out the book’s cover. Cool colours, beautiful fonts and a well written description.

I later opened the book and searched for the poem, I didn’t find it at first, I looked at the “Table Of Contents” page and looked out for my poem’s page number. As soon as I found it, I immediately opened the page and read the poem. And then, I looked at “-Dripping Ssnow” at the end of the poem. I gave the book a big smile, my heart was filled with joy. I then took pictures and boomerangs of the book and uploaded it on my Instagram Story. 

I am glad that I got to be a part of the anthology of poems, “Heavy Clouds, No Rain”. I now can proudly say that I am a PUBLISHED POET. I thank Aethra’s team for making my dream come true. 

I am also thankful to my friends and two of my cousins who supported me throughout the journey! I am glad to have them by my side! I wouldn’t be able to do this without all of them! 

This was an overview of my journey of publishing my poem. It was filled with excitement, nervousness, joy and so much more. The blog post probably doesn’t do justice to how I felt. 

The One Thing I Learned From This Experience is that, even though I didn’t win the Wattpad contest, I got something bigger. I didn’t give up when I lost, and here I am, a published poet. “Just don’t give up, it might take some time but you’ll succeed!” And “You don’t have to fit in, you can always Stand Out” Just like I did with my poem, it didn’t fit in with the contest but did stand out and now it’s published!

I hope you all enjoyed this blog post, and I hope you all liked my work! Checkout all the important links and links to my social media here. Do subscribe to my blog below, and also, I did start a little “edits” page on Instagram where I make edits of my favourite characters and actors, I find it very fun and creative so I hope you check it out and give it a follow, it’s called DSFilmz, tap here to view the account. 

Thank You for Reading, Love Y’all. 

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Hello There! Today we are conducting the first “Interview with Dripping Ssnow” and today we have Fathima Abdulla here with us! Would you like to say Hi to our readers? 

Fathima Abdulla: Hello everyone and Thank You for joining! It’s my pleasure to have connected with you, Dripping Ssnow.

Happy to hear! I am glad to have you here! Now, let’s jump into our first question, Introduce yourself, tell us about you and what you do! 

Fathima Abdulla: I am Fathima Abdulla,I live  in Dubai with My Family. I am a housewife but currently Am An Influencer. I share my experiences as a Mother, Foodie and review skincare, beauty and lifestyle on my Social Media Platforms.

She is a jackpot, ya’ll .What inspired you to start this page? Why did you start this page? And lastly, how did you pick a niche?

Fathima Abdulla: I don’t tag myself as a blogger because a blogger is the one who owns a blog and updates it. I have a blog too but don’t update it regularly, I am A Social Media Influencer I can say. I started Instagramming about 1 and a half years ago. Blogging has quickly become one of the most popular ways of communicating and spreading information and news. I was good at communicating about my experiences with my friends and family and then I thought It can be a great way to express myself and also a fantastic way to share information with others. Picking a niche is nowhere difficult. It’s about showing your passion or what you are good at. Like I am good at eating and talking about food, I think I am average at clicking some good pictures of products like skin care or beauty and then may be use and review them so I opted for this.

I agree! Blogging has become really popular these days! But wait, you had a blog site? And yeah, trying different niches will lead you to the right one! 

Fathima Abdula: Yes, I have one, and I don’t remember when was the last time I updated it. (Chuckles)

It’s good to see where you have come in about 1 year and 6 months! I see that is pretty interesting to know about your blog! Now, let’s move on! What was the one achievement you made through this page that you feel proud of? 

Fathima Abdulla: There have been many moments I could be happy and proud of. I was invited to many exclusive events. One of them was The Huda Beauty event.

The Huda Beauty Event

There were only high profile influencers in the list but It was a great honor to be part of the event and get an exclusive invite to meet Huda and Mona. Huda Beauty has been one of my inspirations to start blogging/influencing.

Yes! I have heard about it! So cool! She is one of my favorites! You recently hit 11k, how do you feel about it?

Fathima Abdulla: Well I have worked so hard posting every day and getting to 9,99X followers and reaching another milestone. Being an influencer is not actually about you. It’s about the passion you are connecting and promoting and my followers are an equal part of that passion.

Yes! A lot of hard work and love goes into influencing! And you totally deserve this! 

Fathima Abdulla: Thank you so much. All this means a lot because the only thing that matters is appreciation and applause for your work at the end. 

Your welcome! Who is your favorite Instagram Influencer from Mangalore and Dubai?

Fathima Abdulla: Well Mangalore I do not follow  many as I am not  aware of many, But I’ve totally looked up to Sugar Spice Stories, I like her work, as she is doing an excellent job and Ahmed Barkat, he is very honest and no drama.

I like both of them as well! Sugar Spice Stories has been an inspiration to me! And from Dubai?

Fathima Abdulla: From Dubai, Actually there are quite a few I look up to like Saher Mansoori, Virdah, and Aastha.

I do not know any of them, hehe. But will check them out! Now, let’s move on. Where do you think your Instagram will take you in the future?

Fathima Abdulla: Instagram can help you grow personally and also monetize. Right now I am not doing any paid reviews but In the future, as I grow I am considering to do paid reviews because a Lot goes behind creating content and I am sure I would love to make some profit for my work when The Brand makes money from my work too

Yes! I see, waiting for new reviews! Is influencing your job? Or do you have a separate one? 

Fathima Abdulla: I am a housewife currently and just  an Influencer for now. I have been working as an HR Supervisor for 10 years in Qatar but I moved to Dubai, I‘ve been babysitting my kids. So could not take up a job. But Insha Allah once I am stable I will consider  working again.

I see. And doing paid reviews would make influencing your job too! Have you thought of creating a youtube channel?

Fathima Abdulla: Yes, it can be a full–time job then. And yes, I think Youtube is something I am considering soon. Because I feel with the massive number of bloggers on Instagram and the ethics being misused, I’ve to move to Youtube next. 

That’s so exciting! What type of content are you planning on? I will be starting my channel on Youtube soon too! 

Fathima Abdulla: Yes I think Youtube has much more recommendation because it can give u an International recognition rather than regional popularity. Maybe talk about food and being a mommy experience with kids. Life hacks or say mommy hacks

Sounds amazing! And I agree, it is a much more SEO friendly platform, Now, let’s move on! Did you or do you need to take a break from Instagram influencing? What are some challenges you face while Influencing?

Fathima Abdulla: Taking a break, Well No! Because you can choose what you show or what people want to see. I don’t post a 7 to 10 pm story about what I do. I only post about reviews and a few experiences I think Can help my people. So in between it’s a break for me anyways. Challenges as such are time constraints because With kids it’s usually I am caught up home chores and then editing and writing reviews take time so at times 24 hours is just too little time for me

I can understand! But it’s amazing to see you out there! What is your number one tip for new influencers on Instagram?

Fathima Abdulla: Bloggers or New bloggers have a myth that numbers are important. Well, I believe Content is King and I always say this. The idea is that you need incredibly brilliant content to succeed. and With content, it’s also important to connect and interact with your followers, and then automatically your numbers will grow organically.

I agree! Being honest, having good content and good interaction is very helpful! How do you balance Instagram Life, Content Creation, Your Family, and Personal Life?

Fathima Abdulla: As mentioned earlier it can get hectic at times when I go to two places for food reviews in a day, and then have more than a few PR packages to unbox, shoot and write. And now that kids are home doing online classes. It’s like a marathon. But Alhamdulillah My biggest support is my husband. He is cooperative and supports me a lot to manage things together with, Alhamdulillah.

I can’t really understand how you really manage all this, but this just shows how hard-working you are! When you are not motivated or don’t get inspiration or ideas for content, what do you usually do?

Fathima Abdulla: I look up to many bloggers but I don’t copy them. I take inspiration true but never imitate or copy. When I do I always make sure I tag them and give credit which is important. So I do my research on Pinterest and Youtube on styling for content and consideration.

I love taking inspiration from other influencers and Pinterest as well! Is being an Influencer and a Mother hectic to manage?

Fathima Abdulla: To be honest yes when you have parallel tasks to do, but I think You have to manage and schedule a time for everything in and out of life.

Planning can be a very helpful thing! Have you ever taken other influencers as a competition? 

Fathima Abdulla: Yes, I agree. Competition is important and is everywhere, But I take it positively to narrate and grow. Meaning I take it as a challenge to grow further and try to do my bestiary helpful thing!

Honestly, taking others as competition should be challenging yourself to be better than yesterday and not just comparing yourself to others! How do you maintain consistency with feed according to your niche?

Fathima Abdulla: True but it depends on how you take it positively or negatively. Yes, that is a challenge. Maintaining consistency is important because an Aesthetic Feed is like a Bio-Data for an influencer. There are plenty of ways to create an engaging feed with a cool aesthetic even if the product is not glamorous. If you are maintaining a theme filter it is important to be consistent. I personally don’t like to have just one filter or theme. I like to keep it recurring and post a grid about 6 to 9 posts of that genre bearing in mind it falls proportional to my niche. 

I see! That’s helpful for me as well! Making at least the latest 9 posts of your page look aesthetic is important! Anything interesting you would like to tell us?

Fathima Abdulla: Well I think we have covered most of the basics here. But I want to say just one thing, I can see be it Mangalore or Dubai, blogging or influencing has become a new trend especially during quarantine and at times I feel people just rush on the stories posting about half baked information or doing it just because Others are. Just do your research first and then post. Even the ethics are lost in blogging. You cant post a picture about random things and consider yourself a blogger. Just work on your passion and choose your niche and be committed.

That’s correct! I have seen this a lot! Thanks for answering all the questions and being here! I hope you enjoyed this interview session as much as I did!

Fathima Abdulla: Yes, I loved this session and love the way you have organized the questions. Wish u all the best And I am honored to be part of your blog. I ain’t a big influencer or blogger to be an inspiration to someone But Allhamdullilah happy that my work is appreciated. Hope my answers have sufficed your questions too.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it! Thanks a lot and Good luck with your page, I hope it grows bigger! And, you have been an inspiration to me personally! All the answers were amazingly phrased! Well, the interview has come to an end!

Fathima Abdulla: Awww! Thank You so much! It’s been a pleasure. 

Your welcome!

And now, we have reached the end of the blog post and the interview! My first interview with Fathima Abdulla was a wonderful experience! Thank you to all of you who read this session! Do checkout Fathima Abdulla’s Instagram here.

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