Ramblings with Paula

I was listening to a podcast this morning about the Sneaky Fears of Creatives by Your Big Creative Life.  She started out by talking about splitting her TikTok and her instagram into a business one and a personal one. Then she went into a deep dive about our bodies basically being scared to show who we are.

Putting ourselves out there is terrifying.

And well, I am guilty of that. I do it to a point, but you can about bet that I pull myself back every once in awhile. This year has been one of those times for me. I am trying to push myself but every couple of days or weeks, I'm fighting back. I just can't post me.

Did you know that I have two Instagram accounts?

@boudoirbypaula -this one requires you to be 18 to view.
@sunflaregirl

They didn't start like I was hiding myself, but they started because I also want to write and travel a lot. I didn't want to cover my photography page with nothing but my dreams of writing and traveling. But at some point, I decided to stop posting personal things including my face to my photography page.

Now when you look at my business page, I'm not there. You are. And that's not a bad thing. However, those of you who have never seen me or don't know a lot about me, you are missing out on getting to know me better before your session. That is the part that stinks.

So as normal with becoming motivated about this again, I'm going to try to show me more. Starting with posts this week, three in a row about me. My face, my personality, and just me.  Then I'm going to retreat again and breath. A few later, I'm going to do it again so you always are seeing me too.

Wish me luck!