It took quite a bit of convincing for Mum to allow me to share her vanity area with you, mainly because she’s embarrassed about how messy and cluttered it is. Oh quite the contrary, because Mum’s the neatest and tidiest person I know, and if that’s what you call clutter, mine would resemble a dog’s breakfast. 😛

I’ve always been very fascinated with Mum’s dressing table. She displays the perfumes my dad bought her proudly and her many, MANY bottles, jars and tubes of lotions and potions. Years ago, I asked her if she really used every single skincare product on her dressing table and she said yes. Mind you, she had at least 20 products on that table! She still does! Over the years, I’ve seen her skincare regime evolve. That whole famous Korean 10-step skincare thing has a thing or two to learn from Mum, because she has way more steps than that.

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I have a friend who absolutely hates facials, massages or any sort of therapeutic remedies that involve strangers touching her face and body. In fact, even if it was someone she knew, she’d rather not have them touch her face or body. Needless to say, she doesn’t go for facials and massages. I find that very interesting because most people I know adore facials and massages.

I’m one of them.

But I haven’t always liked them. In fact, facials and massages took years of getting used to before I started to enjoy them. Back then, I used to think they were akin to torture methods. 😛

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As a new blogger to the blogging scene, there’s pressure to want to be on every single social media platform there is out there to grow your audience for your blog. Do I go for Twitter? Should I spend time on Instagram? Do I focus on Facebook? Should I snap pictures and videos for Snapchat?

Gah, how many hours in a day do I have to do all these?

It will come to a point when social media will overwhelm the heck out of you. It feels like you’re spreading yourself too thin to be on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Periscope, Blab, etc daily just to grow your audience.

Sound familiar? Don’t worry, you’re not the only one who feels this because I can tell you, 99% of all bloggers out there feel this too. I’m one of them. From experience, I can tell you this: If you try to be in all of these social media platforms at the same time, you’ll get nowhere. You may get a smattering of visitors coming to your blog from each platform. You’d have worked so hard to be present in each of these social media platforms but are the results actually worth it? Do you want a little bit of traffic coming in from many platforms or do you want major traffic coming in from just one?

At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself this: which platform is worth spending precious time on to not only grow your following but also your blog?

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