Hi! How has it been going? How have you been doing? Me? How have I been? How have I been? How have I been doing? What have I been doing? Where the heck have I been for the past like year and a half almost two years *cue nervous laughter *
Summer of 2021,I was so on top of posting on all my platforms not just regularly but like weekly. And looking back I was pretty on top of my life in general. I think to be fair though, there were a lot of times I was sharing and I was creating content, just to keep putting things out. I don’t regret anything that I posted, but like I realize that I don’t really… want to do that anymore. I don’t want to try to force myself into boxes that I don’t comfortably fit in and I don’t want to force myself to do this. I want to do this and share the things that I feel proud of and that I feel like are me. And like I realize that will grow and change and evolve, and like that’s okay with me.
In Fall 2021, I basically did a group project by myself. The boundaries that I had in place to attempt to have a work-life balance, were almost immediately crossed. Something that I am promising myself to never have that happen again. I honestly did not even have the time to think about the content. I knew that I missed it and by not furthering it I was setting myself back on any goals that I might have in this arena of my life. But I didn’t really have a choice. But I told myself that spring would be different, and I was technically right.
Spring 2022, was the final semester of my undergrad experience. I had another really big project on top of all my other courses, and academically it went really, really well. Personally, it was the start of like the hardest 8 months of my life. I got sick in January 2022. I did not start feeling better until about August 2022. During that time I had to quit my job. I gave my last semester of guitar. I had a colonoscopy, 5 MRIS, a spinal tap, probably had close to a gallon of blood drawn, and saw too many doctors and specialists to name. And during that time I was misdiagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
My current working diagnoses are brain spots caused by chronic migraine, some slipped discs in my neck, and I am developing Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Needless to say, my summer was spent attempting to pick up the pieces of my life and figure out where to go from there.
Luckily enough, I had applied to and had been accepted to the Disney College Program in February. And In October 2022, I moved to Orlando Florida, to work for a year as an Entertainment Costumer at Walt Disney World. It has been the exact experience that I needed after the past year.
I am sure at some point I will double back to reflect on the past two years and talk about everything more in-depth. But right now, I work for Disney, and we keep moving forward.
So what does that all mean for the future of my content, and “my brand”? Great question. I currently have about 12% of an idea of at least what the short term is going to look like. First off, I am slowly going to be coming back. Posting weekly on here, on Fridays, is the goal for May. I am hoping to have some “explanation videos” up on my YouTube channels soon. I still plan on sharing on here, on YouTube, and on Instagram. I still want to share music and covers, as soon as I feel ready for that. I have so many ideas on where I want to go with all of this, and how I want to grow and change and expand it all. But I think the biggest thing that is going to slowly change, is the name.
Serena in Stereo no longer feels like me. (Another thing, that we can get into later). Slowly but surely I want to change my “branding” over to Second Star Serena. That is going to be a slow, gradual process, but I feel that it’s right.
So hopefully that answered some questions. But in short, I am back. And I hope you are too! <3
