Falling Petals' 10th Birthday + Fave Posts

It was Falling Petals' 10th birthday yesterday! It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years since I started this blog and now 5 years since I celebrated its 5th birthday. :)

I started Falling Petals on 25th February 2013. You can read my first post here: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2013/02/welcome-to-falling-petals.html

And here is my post to celebrate the blog's 5th birthday: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2018/02/falling-petals-5th-birthday-fave-posts.html 

Falling Petals was the second blog I created, having previously started Star Sparkle Blog (about entertainment) in April 2011. I also set up The Seasonal Life (about seasonal living) in July 2013. I've loved writing since I was little (mainly stories) and blogging gave me a new way to do that. I think that starting Star Sparkle gave me the courage to start this blog covering "deeper" more spiritual/philosophical type subjects. 

In my first post (and the 5th birthday post) I explained that the inspiration for the blog's name came from Liza Dalby's book The Tale of Murasaki which I was re-reading at the time, about the real-life Japanese author, poet and lady in waiting Murasaki Shikibu who wrote The Tale of Genji. (I'm actually reading it again now; I re-read about it once a year.) She observed seasonal changes and wrote poetry about the seasons, such as cherry blossoms in spring.

When I started out, I wasn't sure which direction the blog would go in exactly, but ended up expanding from self-help and spiritual topics, including the Law of Attraction (LOA), to sharing resources for finding information about self-help/personal development. Since then, I've also covered mental health topics, because I have depression and anxiety myself. 

In the 5th birthday post I wrote a list of the most popular/viewed posts on the blog and another one of my favourite posts, so I'm going to share that again now. The Most Popular post list has some repeats because they remain the most viewed, but with the second list I'm featuring my new favourites since the 5th bday post. :)

Most Popular/Viewed Posts

Top 10 Self Help and Personal Development Blogs and Sites: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2013/05/top-10-self-helppersonal-development.html

Raising Your Vibration (Or Feeling Better): https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2014/10/raising-my-vibration.html

Law of Attraction: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2013/08/law-of-attraction.html

What Is Possible? (LOA)  https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2015/01/what-is-possible-loa.html

Feeling Your Emotions- Fear and Anxiety (Part 1): https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2018/10/feeling-your-emotions-fear-and-anxiety.html

 

My Favourites

 

LOA

Manifesting and Mental Health- Part 1: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2019/08/manifesting-and-mental-health-part-1.html

Manifesting and Mental Health- Part 2: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2019/12/manifesting-and-mental-health-part-2.html

Law of Attraction (LOA) 2.0: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2020/08/law-of-attraction-loa-20.html

How to REALLY Believe (LOA): https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2021/11/how-to-really-believe-loa.html

Law of Assumption- An Alternative Way of Manifesting: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2022/05/law-of-assumption-alternative-way-of.html

 

Self-Help/Spiritual

Feeling Like a "Loser": https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2019/05/feeling-like-loser.html

Feeling Lonely: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2020/05/feeling-lonely.html

Feeling More Positive: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2020/11/feeling-more-positive.html  

Starting From the Bottom- Part 1: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2021/04/starting-from-bottom-part-1.html

Starting From the Bottom- Part 2: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2021/08/starting-from-bottom-part-2.html

Feeling Your Emotions series

Intro post: https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2017/11/feeling-your-emotions-introduction.html

Recap (lists all the posts to date): https://fallingpetalsuk.blogspot.com/2022/09/feeling-your-emotions-recap.html

 

I also write mid-year reflection posts and end of year (letting go of the year) posts, plus monthly gratitude lists. 

I haven't posted on the blog as much in the last couple of years because things have been a bit of a struggle, both on a personal level and a worldwide level, with the coronavirus pandemic and other events. But I'm glad to have this space to process things and share insights and thoughts. I don't get as many views here as I do on Star Sparkle Blog or The Seasonal Life, but I'm grateful to everyone who visits. 

I post on Star Sparkle twice weekly and I think that's why it gets more traffic, and also because it's an entertainment blog. And maybe TSL gets more because I write about seasonal events.  But regardless of how "popular" Falling Petals is,  I enjoy posting here. They're all important to me. :)

I plan to keep posting on here, probably about once a month or twice a month as before.  Thank you whether you're a long-time reader, just visited now, or check in now and then. I hope that you've found some content here helpful and continue to find it useful. :)

 

Photo: Blossom trees in Hove Park last year. Moonsparkle 2022, 2023.