I got 99 problems and my theme was ALL of them

When I first started building my site, I feel in love with my first theme because the way it made the pictures pop out around you and I thought the visuals would be a great impact on my content.

Since I started building on it (slowly) I felt stuck and I was having a really hard time visually building it out. But changing my theme wasn't even an option for me because I didn't think I would like another one as much, and I had a feeling and heard that it can make you lose a lot of your content.

But then I was advised by a very knowledgable man (PJ) who told me that I needed to get rid of my theme and it was not going to work with my niche. So I began my hunt for a new theme.

I researched the best themes for my niche and then decided to see if there were any niche tailored themes that I could use. And low and behold there was. A part of this was my own fault for not browsing past the first 10 or so themes when I first built my site. I really didn't know what would work best or how I was going to build it out.

So since changing my themes, it's like a light went off in my head and my creativity has been ignited. Last night I stayed up well past the point of when I prefer to go to bed, because I couldn't stop creating the foundation of pages and pictures on how I want my whole layout to look.

It's like all of a sudden, everything that I was stumped on, every road block, and every challenge that I was trying to hurdle over, instantly disappeared and I was flooded with endless ideas, and I finally figured out how to narrow down my niche, rather than bail on it completely like I was considering.

Maybe it was a change of scenery that I needed, maybe me and my site needed some personal space from each other, who knows. All I know is that I am extremely happy that I got over that mental block and I can't wait to start pumping out some content and building out on my vision for my site.

I have taken the link to my site down because it's under construction and I will put it back up once I finish some things first. It's all about being proud of what you're building and want to share it with the world. But first, she needs a little TLC.

I'm not saying that changing your theme is the one-size-fits-all cure for creativity block, but you never know how much it may help you if you are stumped. Change is always good!!

That's all for now, because I got a lot of work ahead of me and not many hours in the night to do so.

Cheers

Nicki