I’ve gained a lot of skills in my first year blogging, but the most important thing that I’ve learned has nothing to do with pageviews. 
Today is my one year blogiversary. (Cue the confetti!) Exactly one year ago I pushed publish on my very first post and sent it out into the void with NO idea of the avalanche of blogging that would follow. It’s been a marvelous, challenging, tear-stricken, hilarious, frustrating, and amazing ride.
Learning to blog has a seriously steep learning curve, and I felt like an idiot a lot of the time. I can write, I can take pictures that look pretty good, but the technical and marketing side of things? Whoa, Nelly. I had no idea. …