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Blogmas Day 1
dymond phillips • Dec 01, 2017
Blogmas is that you already? Happy Friday, I know it's probably weird hearing from me on a Friday! If you follow me on social media (Which you should @dymondsdiary_) you'll know that in the spirit of one of my favorite times of year, I am going to be (attempting) my first ever Blogmas/Vlogmas. When I announced it on Instagram a couple people messaged me asking me what it was. Which got me thinking, there probably others who don't know what it is, so let me just explain it here. Blogmas/Vlogmas is a countdown or advent calendar of sorts. Where you would post holiday or Christmas themed posts until Christmas day.
You can expect to get posts AND videos of my favorite Christmas traditions, Christmas shopping, Christmas food,Christmas travel, and all the festive activities leading up to the big day! But not only will it be all Christmas topics for me I'll give you my December struggles as well because lets be real, preparing for Christmas isn't always easy. I'm super excited but yet nervous because I have a lot on my plate right now but this is the life I chose and I'm happy. I have finals, assignments, work, and blog posts to write.
Blogmas Day 1
It's crazy how fast time is flying by. In the blink of an eye it'll be 2018. I'm not quit ready for the new year yet, I still have some goals to reach before the ball drops. With that being said when I woke up today I was not in the holiday mood at all. Probably because it's finals week and all my focus and attention has been going into preparing myself for that. Not only that but as far as my brand I have things to do, and things that I'm behind on. This week hasn't been the best, I left my camera in Baltimore but thankfully they're shipping it to me. On top of that my laptop was not turning on for about 8 days straight but just turned on out of nowhere today. But I'm not complaining!
One major question that I've been thinking about is if I wanted to still upload my normal Monday night posts along with my Blogmas daily post. The answer that I came up with was YES! I want to become a full time blogger and this will prepare me and hopefully help me manage my time better. Anywho, I was searching on Apple Music and fell in love with this playlist. It's called R&B for The Holidays. I've had it on repeat for the last five hours. Can you believe I've been at Starbucks for that long? Crazy, right!
For the first day of Blogmas, I wanted to share with everybody a funny Christmas memory. Well when I was 12 years old, back when my mommy and I still lived with my grandmother. I woke up on Christmas Day excited like normal and when I tried to wake them up they kept saying 10 minutes. That ended up turning into a hour so I opened my gifts without them, by myself. I literally took each gift after I opened it to there bed and showed them they kept saying that's nice. By the time I was done they had woke up and came downstairs. I opened my gifts again just to have that moment even though I already did. That is so funny to me because they really wouldn't get up.
I wonder if they remember that? Parents, if you have younger kids and they ask you to get up at the crack of dawn get up! It's crazy because even back then I wasn't sad or mad that I was opening my gifts alone I guess the fact that I was getting stuff made up for it, HAHA! Well that's it for Blogmas day one, I still have a paper to write. Sorry my day one was so boring, but stick around I promise it'll get better. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss any posts. Also, share them or even hit that heart to say you liked it!
Until tomorrow, Stay Warm and Happy Blogmas!
