Letter From Our Founder - September 2024

by Kara Little

Fall is almost here! With a new season, as stated in our last newsletter, comes a new start.

Since Bloom in Color’s launch in June, I’m loving the content we’ve been putting out so far, with our amazing contributors! I hope you as a reader have been feeling the same. This brand really is something special to me and I cannot be more grateful to those that have been supporting us so far. 

I’ll be honest with you all, I’ve been having a bit of writer’s block lately. As a writer, of course it’s something that’s been annoying me. I love to write, but not just to do it. I want to do it with passion and love, as writing has just always been a passion of mine.

I feel like I’ve been so busy, which is a blessing in itself, but it’s nice to have the time, even now, to sit and write to and connect with you all. Do you ever feel like you have passions you can’t wait to explore and enjoy, but you're just so busy with other things?

I think with this, you have to set some sort of balance. You can’t be all work and no play, but all play and no work can cause some issues professionally as well.

You need to make enough time for what you want and what you need. It’s something I’ve struggled with and continue to struggle with. I’ve noticed what’s been helpful for me is just dedicating certain days or times for yourself and whatever you want to accomplish.

If you want to work on reading more books, set an hour a day or a week to focus on reading. Want more time to work on your schoolwork? Set times and dates that you dedicate to your studies. If you’re like me and love staying in the know on all things pop culture, set time during your week to catch up on all the entertainment buzz.

As women, we often focus on others - our coworkers, our families, our friends, our significant others. It’s time we start loving ourselves and pouring into our wants and needs a bit more too.

Let’s try it out, starting this month. I encourage you all to pick one area of your life you’d like to dedicate more time to for yourself, create a plan for it, and start working on it! Email us at bloomincolornewsletter.com to tell us how you’re making along - I can’t wait to hear from you!

In other news, our team has been brainstorming some new ideas lately on how we can expand our content and make this newsletter more suitable for all women of color. If there’s something you want to see from us - more content, a different type of content, more resources for us to provide, let us know! We want to hear from you and how Bloom in Color can be a better space for you or for a loved one.

There are a lot of new updates coming up this Fall from our newsletter, so check out our Instagram page and turn our post notifications on to be the first to hear of all things Bloom in Color!

See you all in October!!

Sincerely,

Kara Little