Sometimes I feel like my blog focuses way too much on food. I didn’t initially start it to be a “food” blog per se; the food blog community found me! But I have so many interests other than food. CCK doesn’t just sit around and eat all day. Some of these other interests:
Arts-n-Crafts, like scrapbooking or making Africards:
Africards:
I sell the Africards to friends, family members, neighbors, and I also donate them to the local high school’s “Hope for Africa” club, so that we can raise money for The Enough Project, which is working to put a stop to Genocide. (The Africards also represent another interest: charity work/ helping others.)
A few years ago, I read an incredible book called “What is the What.” In high school, I’d learned about the Holocaust and other such atrocities that took place in the past… but for some reason, no one ever mentioned to me that disgusting acts like these are still taking place today. After reading the book (which talks about Genocide in The Sudan), I immediately knew I had to do something. I’m selling the cards for $5 (or a higher donation), which I know hardly helps in the grand scheme of things. But I am a big believer that every little thing you can do is better than nothing. The little things do add up.
Perhaps I need to write another post solely on Africards! For now, I’ll get back to the focus of this post: my non-food interests.
Decorating cake or cupcakes, like my sister’s Pink Princess Cake.
Or decorating anything, really– notebooks, tee shirts, even the furniture I took with me to college!
Being around animals, and My Veganism.
Nail art and crazy nail designs like my Watermelon Manicure.
Once, I did a candy-corn manicure too. Yes, I know candy corn isn’t vegan. Good thing I don’t bite my nails!
Learning about current events and history.
Photoshopping, running, dancing, tennis, soccer (basically just being active in general), sports (go Stars!), parties (especially theme parties), music, friends (and boys!!), grammar, linguistics, language, travel… See, there’s way more to my life than food.
What about you?
What are your other interests aside from food?
Wow, Katie you have so many talents! I especially envy your art skills 😀
My other interests include: Christianity/my faith, dogs and puppies (other animals too, but my pup keeps me biased =P), family, friends, people in general, cultures, philosophies, nature (mountains and water, which thrives in the Pacific Northwest!), yoga, running, hiking, walking, reading, fashion, and beauty in general (scenery, nature, fashion,art all go into this category).
Hmm, I do feel a slight pressure to include recipes and advice on nutrition. But not too much–I mostly have the pressure to post and comment regularly. I look forward to hearing more about your other interests, Katie 🙂
Thank you for doing this!!!!! This meaning not solely blogging about food. I appreciate you saying that CCK does more than just sit around and eat/cook all day. The current hyperfixation in the blogosphere on every little aspect of everything is sometimes a bit much, isn’t it. Gena had some nice thoughts recently on comparing and “Is it okay to eat”….anyway glad to hear you’re branching out a bit 🙂
I have sooo many other interests, too. Yoga, running, reading, physical fitness, being a mom which is it’s own fulltime job, being a wife which is a part time job 🙂 and furnishing my new house. Can anyone say shopping? I would love for that to be my fulltime jobby, for sure 🙂
xoxo
I look forward to these various posts! I always enjoy learning more about bloggers than just what they eat.
For me, cooking is my favorite hobby and I started my blog as a food blog, so I keep it mainly geared towards that. I try to throw in little personal things too though, like my cat or boyfriend or going to sporting events, so that people don’t think I’m just some drone whipping up vegan food constantly.
Of course, we’ll still come around if you blog about things other than food! I used to scrapbook and I’ve gotten out of the habit (it helped that I worked at a photo lab at the time I was doing it…hello employee discounts!). Your cards too cute! I love the little couple.
As for pressure to my blog about food, I typically only blog about food because, unlike CCV, I do sit around eating all day! Well, not technically….but my mind is on food 24/7. When I’m eating lunch, I’m thinking about dinner. I’m probably a food addict…but whatevs. It makes me happy.
Sometimes, I realize that I’ve posted about food for days, even weeks… I recently posted a long one about my feelings on choices vs. sacrifice as a vegan, that was a bit difficult to hit publish, will I lose readers? It’s difficult sometimes, you want to be liked. Turns out that day I got WAY more hits than on most days, yea!
My interests other than food are: computer programming, animal rights, yoga, and of course, making my puppy’s ‘golden years’ ones that he and I will cherish. Oh, and don’t forget… squirrels. 😉
i actually think this is wonderful, and seems to be a recent trend in the healthy living blogging world that is really nice to see. most of the blogs that i read regularly are because i enjoy the person behind them, whether it be the blogger’s writing, photography, style, perspective on life, etc.
i always say my blog is about balance in life – maybe that begins with food, but it can also include fashion, fitness, travel, body image, wine… so i try to include a little of everything as ideas come to me – that keeps it fun for me (and hopefully the people reading!).
i’m excited to learn more about you and your thoughts! 🙂
I’m glad you’re going to add some non-food related posts (not that I mind the food ones though!) It’s YOUR blog, so you should do whatever makes you happy. It sounds like you have a lot of other wonderful things that are important in your life, and I am sure everyone will enjoy reading about them 🙂
I keep my blog mostly food related but I try to talk about some other things in my life too, just to keep it from getting boring. I don’t really feel any pressure about the way my blog should be. It’s my blog and if someone doesn’t like it then they don’t have to read it.
i love all your topics!! food, health, craft, photoshop, history!! you are so beautiful and intelligent 🙂 I would love to hear whatever comes to mind 🙂 xo
I will read whatever you want to post about, because you are talented in so many things.
I sometimes have to remind myself not to cook for the blog.
Yay, I’m excited to see more of your talents and hobbies highlighted here!
I like to keep my blog food-specific just because I want my professional life to stay firmly separated from my pseudonymous blog existence, but in real life I also love love love to run, read novels, watch old movies, and create excellent new nail polish colors by combining storebought polishes. 🙂