I was attending in support for work (we helped promote the event), not because I'm a prominent fitness blogger. Those of you reading know that I am NOT a blogger, in the sense that I have a specific genre I write about and do so somewhat regularly. So when presented with the question, "Are you a blogger?" I simply answered, "I'm a Sweat Pink girl."
When I created this blog a few years ago, it was a way for me to write about my travels, experiences, and thoughts, and share them with my friends and family. It was kind of a substitute for a newsletter. A maybe-once-a-month newsletter. It's morphed over the years, as much as anything can morph that you only halfheartedly work at. After the event, when we all were talking about our various blogs, I ended up categorizing it as a yoga and travel blog. Which it mostly is, though it also deals with various other themes that all interact (at least in my mind). That's one thing that was very apparent to me about the event last night that I loved, and that I've discovered reading a ton of blogs over the last weeks for my job. We had fitness + food, makeup + fitness, art + lifestyle, etc, bloggers all at the same event. We all overlapped with the universal problem of strapping the girls down during work outs!
One of the major things that's struck me about the blogging community is how much of a community it really is! It was so cool seeing the connections between blog titles, Instagram handles, and faces made last night when people were interacting in person. And I've loved following fitness bloggers connect for runs while traveling after they've chatted online. Seeing the way tips, recipes, workouts, and words of encouragement are shared is simply amazing. It's inspiring me to write a lot more, and I'm so grateful to be a part of this community now, albeit a novice one!
Can't wait til the next event and to meet even more of you out there!
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