Pheeeew-ee! It’s been a busy few weeks at The Bulb. It may not *look* like we’re doing much, but a-ha, we’re doing the old swan trick: a calm surface with legs paddling madly beneath.
In between international Skype sessions to plan our relaunch later this year, we’ve also been working on a super-secret side project, part of which is coming to a head this week. We can’t tell you much just yet, but rest assured, we’re on a big adventure that we can’t wait to share with you.
A very important and special part of our conversations recently has involved poring over the results of the survey that we asked you to fill out, to tell us what you like (and what you don’t like) about The Bulb in its current form. We were flabbergasted, honestly, and quite overjoyed by the responses, both in quantity and quality. Thank you, so much, for reassuring us that what we do matters to you, and for telling us what you’d like to see in the future. It was incredibly gratifying AND helpful. Sometimes a girl can feel a bit jittery putting herself out there in a forum like this, and it can seem that there’s nobody out there reading – but the survey told us that that is simply not the case. (Phew!)
We thought we’d start revealing some of the survey results, and of course, will announce the winner of the competition for those who responded to the survey. It gives us great pleasure to say that we discovered a kindred spirit in the excellent online publication A City With a Quirk, whose author filled out the survey and was chosen using Random.org as the recipient of a copy of Rohan Anderson’s Whole Larder Love. This beautiful book will be winging its way to you in the post very soon.
Now to the survey results, and the proper subject of this post: following your dreams. We asked readers to rank their favourite Bulb post categories and it was no surprise to discover that you love to read about people who have taken a leap to find a way to live passionately, authentically or more creatively. To live their dream. We call this series, funnily enough, Follow Your Dreams. This topic will form a big part of the new-look Bulb, and we are constantly on the look-out for interesting people to profile. If you know of anyone (or perhaps are tracking a path towards your own Big Dream), let us know.
So here’s a recap of our best-read Follow Your Dreams posts. Here’s hoping these pretty great people can give you a little reminder about that Thing you really want to do, or give you the bit of courage you need when you’re flagging or losing sight of the fact that, as Christopher Robin told Winnie the Pooh, you’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.
Follow Your Dreams: Rohan Anderson, Whole Larder Love
Follow Your Dreams: Becky John, founder of Who Made Your Pants?
Follow Your Dreams: Kate Foster, Full of Grace Granola
Follow Your Dreams: Erin Fitzgerald, Peace Corps volunteer
