{"id":264671,"date":"2010-02-02T01:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T06:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451d48a69e20120a8470410970b"},"modified":"2010-02-02T02:50:01","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T07:50:01","slug":"the-return-of-my-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/264671","title":{"rendered":"The return of my voice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cravingideas.com\/.a\/6a00d83451d48a69e2012877493269970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"126\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451d48a69e2012877493269970c \" src=\"http:\/\/www.cravingideas.com\/.a\/6a00d83451d48a69e2012877493269970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Welcome to the 5<sup>th<\/sup> life of Noshtopia.{insert<br \/>\nSteph giggling a bit}<span> I giggle because those of you who were with me in the <a href=\"http:\/\/backinskinnyjeans.com\">Back in Skinny Jeans <\/a>days know that I have revived this blog so many times like it was a cat with nine lives. Have a seat as I tell you about the latest revival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As you can see, I<br \/>\nmade some Extreme Makeover like changes around the house because well mainly, as I said in a Social Media Club panel I was on, &quot;Your blog will evolve as you evolve.&quot; I&#39;ve been evolving quite a bit since leaving SF and Silicon Valley this Fall and moving to my new home in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>What happened to my online voice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Since I retired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backinskinnyjeans.com\/2009\/06\/when-its-time-to-let-go-of-the-skinny-jeans.html\">Back in Skinny Jeans<\/a> in June 2009, here&#39;s what I&#39;ve been doing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> I\u2019ve been blogging here<br \/>\non Noshtopia although not as much as or as in depth as I used to on BISJ. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019ve been working on<br \/>\nturning BISJ into a book. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#39;ve launched an iPhone app called, &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backinskinnyjeans.com\/2010\/01\/steph-in-your-pocket-the-back-in-skinny-jeans-25-inspiring-weight-loss-nudges-iphone-app.html\">Back in Skinny Jeans: 25 Inspiring Weight Loss Nudges.<\/a>&quot;&#0160;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#39;ve created <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backinskinnyjeans\">Back in Skinny Jeans<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Noshtopia\/296893332616?ref=ts\">Noshtopia<\/a> Facebook fan pages. The BISJ fan page is more for the iPhone app and for when the book comes out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Still trying to figure out the blog monetizing thing which is why I&#39;m now focused on more product development stuff which actually makes money versus advertising. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I have grown my presence<br \/>\non Twitter both <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/skinnyjeans\">@skinnyjeans<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/noshtopia\">@noshtopia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I have been working on growing<br \/>\nmy presence here in Phoenix by going to as many social media, food, life, and business events as I can.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">While working on the book and getting grounded in a new<br \/>\ncity, there is one thing, one BIG thing, which I have noticed in my web<br \/>\npresence, and that is my voice disappeared\u2026almost entirely. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Yes, I blog, tweet,<br \/>\nand Facebook, but I stopped writing deeper posts where I pontificated about life.<br \/>\nI stopped sharing details of my life like I used to on BISJ. My tweets and blog<br \/>\nposts are still helpful and giving, but they don\u2019t have as much of the<br \/>\n\u201cStephanie\u201d in them as they used to. I also pulled back on the amount of<br \/>\ncomments and online conversations I used to have with others in the<br \/>\nblogosphere. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>What are people missing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I can\u2019t tell you how many emails, DMs, and Facebook messages<br \/>\nI get saying, \u201cI really miss Back in Skinny Jeans.\u201d It occurred to me that what<br \/>\nthey are really missing is my voice. People miss me sharing that voice that<br \/>\nhelped others on their own self journey to better health and happier lives by<br \/>\nsharing my own. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So, why did I pull back? That is a whole other blog post,<br \/>\nbut I will share later on because it is a fascinating tale in self-realization<br \/>\nand coming to terms with web fame. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>{insert Justin Timberlake} I\u2019m bringing Stephie back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Today, I will tell you that I\u2019m bringing that voice back<br \/>\nslowly but surely and I think it\u2019s will be exciting at least if not refreshing<br \/>\nto have \u201cme\u201d back online again. So, here\u2019s some of the plan for now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My web presence is all over the place. I have like half a<br \/>\ndozen blogs, different online names on various social media sites that I use or<br \/>\ndon\u2019t use, and so it makes me look like I have multiple persona disorder<br \/>\nonline. It\u2019s confusing to find me or get what I do. I know many of you can<br \/>\nrelate to being all over the place online. So, I am in the process of tying<br \/>\neverything under Noshtopia, so people have just one place to go to for<br \/>\neverything I do. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nosthtopia will become my personal blog, my personal home<br \/>\nonline where I talk about what\u2019s on my mind, what I have to share, and what\u2019s<br \/>\ngoing on in my world. I have never had a personal blog before. All my blogs<br \/>\nwere designed to be a specific topic so that eventually I could sell them. BISJ<br \/>\ndid have much of my personal life on there, but there was also plenty of<br \/>\nmagazine-like content on there so that you could pull me out of it, and yet the<br \/>\nhealthy living voice of BISJ could still go on. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>The business person in me dictated that type of blog format<br \/>\nand honestly, although it has been good in many ways, that strategy has made me<br \/>\nfeel uptight about sharing my personal life and personal point of view on<br \/>\nthings. Why? Because, the business person in me thinks, \u201cWhat big corporation<br \/>\nwants to buy a blog built on someone\u2019s personal life?\u201d A blog like Tree Hugger<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2007\/08\/treehugger_acqu.php\">could sell to Discovery<\/a> because it\u2019s a blog focused on a specific topic, Green,<br \/>\nversus a blog based on a specific person like <a href=\"http:\/\/thepioneerwoman.com\/\">The Pioneer Woman<\/a> whose whole blog is about her<br \/>\nlife as a woman, wife, and mother living on a ranch. I want to try being just me in the blog.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Noshtopia will still have a strong healthy eating food theme<br \/>\nto it because food is my life. There will still be recipes, ideas, and inspiration. Food and Life are two topics for me that are intertwined like rope.<br \/>\nIt also dawned on me that some of my best and most fascinating conversations about<br \/>\nlife happened over food like at a dinner party or at a caf\u00e9 with friends. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p>So, the<br \/>\ntheme is now, \u201c<strong>Connect Deliciously<\/strong>\u201d which is where I am at in my own life, and reflects my beliefs about connecting online, with oneself, and with humans in real life. I&#39;m getting better at leaving the screen, and meeting people the old-fashioned way&#8230; in person. I will<br \/>\nwrite my posts as if we are eating or having a latte or a happy hour cocktail<br \/>\nlike what I do in my everyday life. I will still share recipes and food ideas<br \/>\nand tips, but I will also bring back some of the things I did in BISJ that were<br \/>\npopular like \u201cSkinny Tips\u201d, the healthy living tips related to mind, body,<br \/>\nspirit, and Tiny Changes Tuesday. Here, I will call them \u201cTiny Acts of Change\u201d and<br \/>\nshare on Tue and Thu. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll also share my tips on social media and making a<br \/>\nliving as a lifestyle blogger because people are always fascinated by how one<br \/>\ncan make a living or a difference in the world through blogging and tweeting. I&#39;m also good at translating Geek speak into Oprah speak, &quot;How can social media help you live your best life&quot; or to add a Steph spin, &quot;How can social media help you live your most authentic life.&quot;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>To focus on the local food scene in Phoenix, I have created<br \/>\na section of Noshtopia called, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoenix.noshtopia.com\/\">Noshtopia Phoenix<\/a>.\u201d Here I will share all the<br \/>\nawesome things I eat and all the cool foodies I meet in Phoenix. This way I can<br \/>\nbuild my online presence locally and not bombard everyone who doesn\u2019t live in<br \/>\nArizona, on the main part of the Noahtopia.com blog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iphonepics.noshtopia.com\/\">Noshtopia iPhone Pics<\/a> will broaden from just food shots to<br \/>\nanything cool I can take a picture of with my iPhone. I\u2019ve been having so much<br \/>\nfun with my iPhone camera and haven\u2019t had any place to really put my non-food<br \/>\niPhone pics, so now we do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">That\u2019s it for now. As usual, please share any comments,<br \/>\nsuggestions, or thoughts you have. I love to hear all feedback. Again, welcome<br \/>\nto my personal blog! 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