Tomorrow we fly home from Valencia and life in London resumes as normal. I am sad to leave the sunshine, the al fresco cafe culture, the warm evenings, the beautiful architecture.
It really has been the best 9 weeks and I don’t want to leave.
To make it a little more bearable, I’m trying to focus on the positives:
We’re getting a car so we have more freedom to explore the UK without railing on the trains (!!)
It’s my birthday in July
We have trips planned to see family and friends and meet our (soon-to-be-born) baby niece
I’ll be reunited with my beloved coffee machine
… and my gorgeous friends 🤍
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Bella x
Hi Bella
Me again, sorry you must think I'm a stalker, maybe just for the ice cream pix!
Ice cream aside i wanted to ask you about organic growth. I read your recent post on feeling less crap and it said organic growth is slow. I've taken the advice of leaning into reels back in January and i post at least 3 reels per week and most weeks at least 1 carousel. I've gone from having just 1 follower at the end of January to having 196 today. I know you said there is usually a tipping point at 5k but feeling like I'll be retired by then!
most of my metrics are green, which is great don't get me wrong but it's early so I was hoping this would be the case. I know you shouldn't compare but other people who are in the same game as me are getting way more views on their posts, I only seem to get an increase when I, in person, ask (force) friends and family to share my post.
Trying so hard to take on the small wins but at the same time I'm getting a bit soul destroyed and I know my fretting is sending out all the wrong vibes. I know there is no magic wand but can you give me a heads up on maybe how I can tackle speeding up the organic growth, please?
kx