Top Ten Tuesday - Have I Changed?

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's topic is...

Have I Changed?

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Happy Tuesday! Today, we are talking about change. The way my blogging or review style has changed over the years. 

WLABB was started back in 2013 by my daughter and three of her friends. Once they started college, it was a challenge for them to keep up with school and the blog. I was invited as a guest blogger, and now I am really the only one still contributing. I feel like I have highlighted some of these changes over the years, but let's see them all in one place. 

1. I used to feature primarily young adult books, and now, I rarely read young adult books. I still will pick up a book should a favorite author have a new release, but I am not seeking out new young adult authors to read. 
2. I usually only post reviews for ARCs, but over the years, I started borrowing more books from my library, and now have more of a 50/50 split of ARCs and library books. 
3. I did weekly discussion posts, and it's a monthly post these days. I always found these post really hard to do. Let's face it, after almost a decade, I am struggling with topics. I am going for quality over quantity. 
4. I was more influenced by what other people were doing. I am not going to lie - I love blogging memes, but I felt like it was wrong to do them since there was so much negativity out there. I decided that this is a hobby, and I should do what makes me happy. 
5. I tried to feature a wider variety of books. I thought it was important to post about all sorts of books which had me reading books I really didn't enjoy. Again, this is my hobby, and I chose to read what makes me happy even if it's all in the same genre. 
6. I thought reviews had to have varied format. I killed myself trying to find interesting formats for my reviews, and I found my best reviews were the straight forward ones that flowed rather freely from me. 
7. I thought I had to self-host to be legit. Everyone started running to self-host their sites, so I did it too. It was not a positive experience for me. I am kind of sad that I lost quite a few posts, but I needed to preserve my sanity. NOTE: Many of those bloggers I followed who moved to self-hosted sites are gone which makes me sad. 
8. I posted less. You would think that as the years go on, I would post less, but I actually post every day now.... because I am doing the memes I enjoy. 
9. I was more social. I used to love sharing my reading status and posts on social media while interacting a bit. I found my mental health is better away from all that. It's not the people I interacted with, but there is so much noise out there. Even the small bit I do on Instagram sometimes gets me down. 
10. I blog hop less. This one is due to so many of the bloggers in my circle "retiring" or disappearing. I always say I want to find new blogs, but I have found this to be a challenge. That whole WordPress thing is still a thing, and I find a lot of bloggers don't even reply to your comments. There is no interaction. I miss the old days. 

How has your blogging life changed?
Let us know in the comments!