Some may ask why should they work or collaborate with a start up brand with a few hundred of followers on Instagram, or even less. The worst case scenario is the proposal emails might be deleted without any consideration regarding the products or whatsoever. However, based on my experience, I think there are a lot of benefits of working with them. I love reading an email thoroughly in order to see what they would love to do with me. I mean The Equinox Fashion blog is not that massive, compared to some other fashion bloggers, but it has grown to a certain level where I can be a bit selective about the collaborations, right? Personally, I have had an opportunity to work with many mid-range brands, as well as, a global lifestyle brand like Adidas Neo, which I have felt so blessed. Yet, I also love working with the start-up brands due to many reasons. I have worked with them, seen them expanding, and grow my blog together at the same time. I have started this blog by myself without any cheats, so I know how hard it is to get myself out there and #STANDFORSOMETHING
If you have followed my Instagram, you may be able to notice that I seem to disconnect myself to the channel lately, not just the IG, but almost every platform. It is not like I want to give myself a break from this blogosphere, but I have been very busy with my dog, which in a critical stage of his illness. If you know me, you will realize that dog is my everything, especially this 17/18 year-old son.
According to the previous post 'How to not feel overwhelmed by social media', the next step of uplifting the spirit is how to stop judging 'yourself' How many times have we asked ourselves, and compared to others. To be honest, I have questioned myself several times. As mentioned, sometimes I feel really overwhelmed by the industry and it makes me doubt whether I am gonna be able to accomplish the goal I have set. I believe that we all have the reasons to blog. We want to become a successful blogger, in order to get opportunities to work with brands, earn money, and live the life freely. Trust me, stop saying bad things about yourself, because if others can make it, so are you.
Self-esteem is a key of life. It is very important for us to have a high self-esteem in order to feel happy in every aspect of life. I am from the country where appearance is what people make a comment, and judge one another. Even myself, sometimes can be categorized as chubby, or fat because I don't look that skinny compare to the standard of the girls in a society. People prefer a girl who looks Korean-like with a V-shape face and big eye contact lenses. Anyway, what is the standard? Who the hell comes up with the ideal numbers or how we should look like? The society is now tamed with commercial and social media that control our visions, and the ideal of the words 'style&beauty' Some may feel upset due to the volume of the images, however, nobody can let us feel that way if we have our guards up all the time.
