My Stripping Moment - Who's Marion ? Why this blog ? Why don't I share more about myself ? The questions you may ask yourself - my answers.

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Why having a blog ? Why don't I share more about myself, my life, specially through social media ? - The answers.

(Credits image : mon-instant.blogspot.com)

Today's article is quite particuliar. I wanted to share with you how I came up with the blog, but also my position as a blogger/youtuber. Explain you a bit why my Instagram contains more #ThoughtOfTheDay than photos of me or what I'm doing, etc. Let's start !

          Saturday, while going out whith a friend, (Morgane, if you pass by, shout out to you !), I talked with her about what people can often expect from a blogger/youtuber activity on social media, and also about the representation she offers to her readers/subscribers of herself. Today, I also had the occasion to read a comment very nice and encouraging on Instagram about my approach, and I thought that it would be good to share my thought with you.

        It's an article that I hold close to my heart I have to say, because I'd want to take the time to explain my approach to you as a blogger and also, maybe, if you're okay with it, try to establish a real connexion between you and me.


          The first time I knew I wanted to become a journalist in female magazine's press, it was accross the corner of a (French) Cosmopolitan's pages. Closing the magazine, I realized that during my reading, I had left aside my problems, and on top of that, the happy tone of the magazine had left a touch of good mood in me : it was then easier for me to deal with my problems, because I had re-charged fully on positivity.
          Then, I knew that was it. That was what I wanted to do. It did me so much good, that being able to do the same for even only one person, it would be just one of the most beautiful things I could accomplish. So that's the reason why I started writing a blog.

      At first, I had absolutely no intention to reveal my identity, meaning nothing aside my first name, not even showing my face. You'll understand easily that when I decided to make videos on YouTube, it was kind of ruined.
          The reason why I had decided to create a blog about fashion and beauty - beyond my love for these categories - is partly that I'm too honest to be a journalist in another field, (in politic, I would not be able to keep my composure, in information, the lack of impartiality from the structures would drive me mad, in sport : lol, who would hire me ?!), but also because the goal of this blog and a fortiori of my professionnal project, is to contribute to offer a break in people's life. That's the reason for the initial name : Instant Pour Soi (A Time For Myself), then Mon Instant (My Time), (someone has already taken Instant Pour Soi on Blogspot, urgh).

In fact, to say things simply : I created a blog for you, not for me.

            I don't have as a purpose to make a blog that talks about me, but rather a blog that talks to you. It's the same for my social media : I want more to speak to you than imposing you my image. That's at least how I see it.
          What I like about being a blogger/youtuber, is the sharing dimension at all levels. I love the world of fashion and beauty, so I share what I like, what I try, I inform on what I don't like, I try to give ideas, I also try, at my small level, to encourage organic products, local ones, the little artisans, French products, etc.

There are so many things that we can bring, and so many that we can learn - I find this magical !


          But precisely, to confine myself to beauty, to fashion, I realized that it wasn't enough for me. My real purpose, beyond any type of article, is to give a time of relaxation, but also bringing you something that nourrishes your soul, that'd be useful in the growth of your being. Allowing you to have a time that belongs solely to you, a moment in your day when you can breath, and maybe even smile, laugh, feel good, but that could give you the opportunity to develop your thought, your perception of things, offering you a vision which maybe isn't a familiar one to you.
          In order to do so, I created the #ThoughtOfTheDay which I try to post daily. So that beyond my Monday posts, you'd have a bit of positivity, of poetry or also of humor in your day.

I realized that what I essentially wanted was to be able to help, at my small level, to feel good with oneself.

          This being said, I fear that my purpose is not quite clear. I'm more involved in my blog or in my videos than I am on social media, so I guess that it gives an image of me quite distant. Yet, this is absolutely not what I want, but I admit that drowning you under a sea of posts would be a bit complicated, because my life has nothing of extraordinary. It's not that I don't want to talk to you, it's actually quite the opposite in fact, each time I get a comment, I'm super happy about it and I answer ! But it's about the content that I kind of struggle with.

However, good news : I'm trying to be more active on social media, particularly on Twitter.

Yeah, it's mainly on Twitter that I'm active. In fact. ._.


          I know that many share a looooot of photos on social media, specially on Instagram. I see a lot of accounts where you see a lot the blogger, but that's not really my thing. Honestly, showing my face, I don't find it interesting. The selfies, no thanks. First, to start with, I'm someone who struggles with seeing herself in photos - as we say in French : let's call a cat, "a cat". (Yes, this makes sense, I assure you !) I always find ten billions of flaws, so I get upset, I'm ashamed, I want to erase the photo. Taking pictures of myself under all kind of angles, honestly, who does it interest ? I mean, I'm not a gorgeous girl, (now hold on, I am not saying that I'm the ugliest of girls and so you have to cry on my poor self, no, but well, we still easily find more beautiful, we'll agree on that), so I don't really see how I could allow myself to spread my face just like that.

          Well, what I'm clumsily trying to say, is that filling my Instagram and my Twitter with photos on which I'd post my face under all angles, under all filters, under all hair/beanies/hats/accessories of the planet, that wouldn't be me.

However, I like to post your from time to time pictures of me being silly. Ironically, that, I like.

Yup. I'm weird, I know. - (Credits image : mon-instant.blogspot.com)

          What I enjoy sharing on the social media - apart from my #ThoughtOfTheDay - are humoristic posts, or sharing more serious things, like some #RT (retweets) which I judge important, or also informations that I find worth sharing, anything that I'd find useful one way or the other. Also, I like to share with you the good deals I find ! :)


The main reason why I don't post many photos of me or anything, is that I don't want to disguise the reality by creating a fake life.

         No, in the morning, my breakfast table doesn't look like one of the Ritz. No dressed up table, no silver flatwares, nor flowers in a jar, nor a whole selection of delicious food, not even a pain-au-chocolat or any other hot croissant that would have been bought at 7 in the morning at the boulangerie. At 7am, I sleep.
          No, I don't go shopping everyday, and when I do, I don't come back with six bags under each arm.
          No, I don't do any sport.
       No, I don't always dress myself as if I was going to a festival. Sometimes, a simple T-shirt on a pair of jeans are perfect for me.
         No, my make up isn't always very worked on, I often go out without any eyeshadow on, it depends on what I want at the time - and mainly of the time I have ahead of me.

Haaan, the revelation it is ! - (Credits image : mon-instant.blogspot.com)

          Organizing photos of things that don't exist, it would be the same as lying to you, first of all, but mostly, I would get the feeling of creating a distance between you and me. You know, when you see that glowing life, always glamour, always exciting of the people we follow on the social media. To me, it would be differing myself from others when on the opposite, I want to tell my subscribers that I'm just like them, all the same, and that it's ok !

We don't need to have a life like a star, we don't need to make sure that everything is always attiring, photogenic, from our table to our face or even our meals and our outfits, to be happy and well.

And most of all, we don't need to mediatize ourself to be a blogger.

          Even so, I will try to be more present, more accessible, because why being a blogger if I can't talk with you ? And most of all, know that you are free to ask me questions, because even if I don't spontaneously share some things, it doesn't mean that I don't want to say anything about me, so if there's anything you want to know, don't hesitate to leave me a comment here, or on YouTube or even on my social media, and I'll answer you. :)

That's it, I think that for the biggest part, I shared with you the essential. I hope that you would have enjoyed this quite particuliar post and that it would have allowed you to learn a bit more about me. Really don't hesitate to let me your thoughts in the comments - I'd really love it.

Love,

Marion. ♥

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