Sometimes, you lose motivation and inspiration...

Sometimes, you lose motivation and inspiration even when its your current dream.

After my first few posts on the blog, I started getting nervous about where this was going and what I was doing. Ideas seemed to be dwindling quickly and I didn't know what to do next. I think I had spent so much time daydreaming about a lifestyle blog, that I forgot its just my life and what I want it to be.

My husband and I move a lot for his job and this last move has taken a toll on me. I knew it was going to be rough moving from a metropolitan city to the quiet south, but we had lived in the south before and I fell in love with it; I wanted to have the same experience in this new little town. To say the least, that didn't happen, it didn't feel immediately like home, like Georgia did. The move took a toll on me creatively and just in general; if you can't find away to get inspired, you certainly can't find the motivation to push through. So I decided on my own, it was time to take some time off and I shouldn't force myself into posting, I should only post what I'm truly happy with.

So fast forward a few months, we went home this past weekend for my Sister-in-law's wedding. My best friend has been pestering me for the last two months with blog post ideas and asking me where it had gone. I didn't really have an answer, besides I lost inspiration. Then this weekend it was like everything clicked again. No one would let me give up on myself. My other Sister-in-law asked me to do her makeup for the wedding, it was the first time I had ever done anyone's makeup. I usually just spend a lot of time playing with it on myself. People were impressed by her makeup and my own, I was surprised by the compliments. Everyone loves to be complimented! And it made me feel really great about myself, which sounds a little conceited, but everyone needs a little boost sometimes. I had people asking about where my blog posts were and why I had stopped posting. I couldn't believe how many people had actually been reading it and were really enjoying it.

Between, my best friend and my sister-in-law constantly asking about posts and giving me ideas to do, and the wonderful compliments I heard all weekend, I think its time to bust back into this.

Shanna's Modern Life started as a daydream almost 2 years ago and I actually made it a reality this spring. I need to remind myself when I feel like I cannot come up with something to post, its exactly what I always said it would be, a lifestyle blog, its my life!

So after all of that, I'M BACK!!!!!

Just a preview of the practice wedding makeup look! Come back for my next post with the details!

Let me know if there's anything that you guys want me to try, review, explore or answer! I am always ready for suggestions!

Sometimes, I forget that the ADVENTURE ALWAYS CONTINUES....