Three years of living happiness and I still remember all too well the moment when I pressed the "Publish post" button for the first time. At the time, I was still living in my second-to-last old apartment in Hamburg Hoheluft. My mum was visiting and waited in the kitchen with breakfast for what felt like ages because I was just too excited to press the button. For whatever reason, I had a feeling that something big could come of it. My exact words to my parents at the time were: "I'll earn my money with this one day!" My mum just said that I've always managed to do everything I set my mind to.
I spent the first weeks and months writing countless posts and taking various pictures of my apartment. I loved spending countless evenings sitting at my desk writing blog posts. I always had the thought in my head that only my friends and family would read them anyway, but so what. It quickly became clear that this wasn't the case. What I can't deny, however, is that my focus was a little out of balance at that point. Some friends didn't see me for weeks "because I still had something to do for the blog". You could say that I can be a little stubborn when I have a goal in mind. Ouch! The background, however, was that I was pretty unhappy in my job at the time and wanted to create something where I was my own boss. Luckily, my friends were very understanding about the many evenings I spent in front of the laptop. However, the moment when a friend opened the door to me with a big baby bump and said that she had wanted to tell me for weeks that she was pregnant, but I never had the time, woke me up.
When I look back on the last year with wohn.glück, I have managed to get this balance back into a balance that is right for me. That may mean fewer Insta stories and fewer blog posts from me now and then, but I think you'll forgive me for that.
You have to know that I'm generally someone who sets goals for the blog every year. This year I decided to be more selective with advertising and not say "yes" to every collaboration. Of course that would bring me closer to my goal of earning money from it, but after changing jobs over 2 years ago, I have to admit that I'm pretty happy with my "normal" job. It's crazy how life can play out. The urge to be self-employed has therefore subsided (for now).
Another goal was to always bring my own products onto the market. The idea had been floating around in my head for a long time, but I never had a brilliant idea. I have to be honest and say that I would not have been able to achieve this goal without Felix. Sometimes you just need someone to give you a hand.
That is another important factor in the third year with wohn.glück. Felix. Not only as my friend, but also as an author who lets off steam on my blog, business partner (Wohnglück Design) and the driving force that motivates me now and then when I have no ideas. I can really count myself very grateful to have a partner who loves wohn.glück as much as I do. Because if one thing is certain, it is that I only exist with wohn.glück.
But that's not all! This year, in addition to my own products, I also relaunched my website. In this context, I was once told the lovely phrase "wohnglück has grown up". A little cleaner and not so playful anymore. This is also reflected in our sky loft, which Felix and I moved into in March this year. An apartment that is closest to the look I like best.
And so I look back on the year of wohn.glück, in which I feel like the most happened. I am all the more excited to see where the path will take me in the coming year with wohn.glück. I am predicting more products and the expansion of the online shop. However, I can't deny that I still love writing and shooting just as much as I did on the first day and I still get excited every time an article goes online. Accordingly, I have a big grin on my face right now and am already looking forward to the coming year with wohn.glück.
Cheers!
