Your Title: What Is Your Advice (or Tip) About?

Sample Titles: How to Pack for a Beach Holiday or 5 Secrets to Packing Light for a Beach Holiday or Best Travel Luggage for Kids & Families

To boost the post’s SEO, include a keyword in the title.

Now that we’ve introduced your topic with a short and catchy title, it’s time to write your introductory paragraph. This is your chance to grab your reader’s attention. You can explain why you are the best person to give advice on this topic; share a personal story that reflects your own experience on the subject; and/or highlight common mistakes that can be avoided once applying your useful tips.

Before listing your tips below, add one last sentence that sums up your paragraph or offers a smooth transition to your listicle.

Tip #1 - Engage readers right away

This first tip should be a juicy one. It’ll keep your readers with you.

Format each tip's title to H2 to keep your post neat.

Tip #2 - Explain more

The middle tips should go into a bit more detail, explain more. Keep them short and to-the-point. E.g., if you're writing a post about how to blog, you can write something like: "Decide how often you want to blog. Be realistic about it. Think you can blog twice a month? Commit to once a month and stick to it."

"Include quotes by experts in your post to add credibility." – SEO specialist

Tip #3 - Make it personal

Feel free to include personal details and examples. The more relatable you or your website is, the more you connect with your readers.

Tip #4 - Mix it up

Try different blog formats each time. One month, post a day in the life, then try a How-To or a Q&A. There are many templates to help you get started.

Tip #5 - Finish strong

Your final tip will lead into your post’s conclusion. For example, “Lastly, knowing just a little bit about SEO can go a long way in helping your blog succeed. You can learn more about SEO in our guide.” Then be sure to add a link to your guide here.

Don’t Forget to Add a Closing Statement

Keep it short. Restate your main point and tell your readers what you want them to do next. Don’t be shy. Just tell them: Buy Now, Click Here, Read This, and link to it. You can also invite them to leave a comment below your post.

Wanting more

All around me I see people happy and living life as is nothing were wrong. I have been around long enough to know that just because something is pretty on the outside, it doesn't mean it is on the inside. But sometimes, it's still really hard to see.

I'm struggling pretty hard right now. More than I care to admit. But here I am, admitting it. I often wonder if there will ever be a day that I can make it through all of my waking hours without doubting if I should be here or not. If I am actually making a positive impact on those I surround myself with, or a negative one. I do truly have good intentions of being kind, caring and thoughtful. Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same. I also struggle with the fact that I am pretty open and honest about most things, but others are not. I have to remind myself that many people have not lived through the same things as me and that the incredible weight of keeping things in is more harmful than helpful for me.

This growth period I am going through right now is a significant one. One that I certainly didn't see coming. While at the beginning I blamed others for my short comings, but I am coming to see that I cannot blame anyone else for how I feel. I feel this way because I am letting myself feel this way. People are treating me this way because I am letting them treat me this way. My boundaries are all fucked up and I am too afraid to set them straight. Yet, I complain to my best friend about how hurtful people are being to me.

I know better. I can do better.

I really, really hope that tomorrow, I will be better.

Not Caring What Others Think

This concept can sound easy but it has so many layers. There is the initial thought of saying to yourself "yeah, who cares what anyone thinks." But then you still do things in your day to day life based on what others think of you. For example, if you ever hesitate to post something online after you were ready to hit that post button but then you hesitate or delete it, it's because you are thinking about what someone will think of you when you post it. Therefore, you do still care about what others think. No judgement here. I get it. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to say that example. I have done this a million times. It takes real practice and self reflection to get to a place where hitting that post button without hesitation feels amazing. I have just got to this point in my life.

Let me explain.

I have gone through phases of "not caring". Let's stick with the posting on social media example. There were times where I would post something and not care but that is only because I was making mediocre posts. Or posts that were nothing serious or heavy or fully the truth of what was really going on. Therefore, I convinced myself that I didn't care. And I didn't. But thats because I was only at the tip of the iceberg of sharing the true crazy of which I call life. Now, you will start to see some real life shit. The real crazy things my mind thinks of.

I want to live in such a way that when a thought comes to my mind and I want to share it, I will now do so without hesitation because I am now at a point where I really don't care what you think. This is my life. This is my truth and if you don't like, then don't read it. Plane. and. simple.

It is not easy to get to this point but the freeness of it all, is so refreshing. I grew up in a house where I was constantly told "What happens in this house, stays in this house." That was because there were lots of secrets to be kept. And I kept them. But now I get to live my own life and I will share what I want to share. My goal isn't to hurt anyone or bring up past mistakes of the people I call family. But it does mean that I need to stop feeling shame for things that were said to me or done to me that I had no control of. I will not hide in the darkness. I know my truth. I have found the happiness in myself that I deserve and I intend to grow more and more within myself so that I can be the best woman I can be.