Hello! Welcome to my blog, Jordan Du Jour! Here I will write posts about my travels through London, Rome, Florence (where my program is), Siena, Venice, and who knows where else! I cannot wait to use my YouTube channel (JEBeauty) as another platform to show the world my personal perspective of Europe, and use the coolest camera to film – a GoPro. Along with using the GoPro, I take my pictures and film my YouTube videos with a Sony Alpha a58 DSLR camera. The camera takes beautiful pictures and videos and wanting to become a free-lance photographer, I cannot wait to play around with it when it comes to scenery, people, food, etc.
To be quite honest here, I have never been into writing. I hated anything that had to do with writing in high school, but the hatred started to dwindle a bit once I entered college in 2014. I guess taking Academic Writing Process, Writing Workshops 1 & 2, and writing papers up to ten pages really helped my skills develop…I guess. Despite how much I hated writing, I have always wanted to create some sort of blog. A blog that truly expressed my passions and perspectives. A blog that described me well. A blog that someone looked at and would say, “That looks like something Jordan would write,” or “If Jordan was a blog, this would be her,” something like that.
So here we are, January 2, 2017, and I have finally created that blog that I’ve always dreamed of having. I find it easier for me to write blog posts more than essays, because I can write whatever I want, include pictures/videos, and start the post anyway I want. I can skip the overused grade school “hamburger” writing style. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, did you really attend grade school? Blog posts to me are more personal, and I have journals that I write in from time to time that help me dump my brain out on a piece of paper. Not every blog you come across will include the negatives – the reality of things that we all go through in a day. This blog is different. While I write about my happy travels, I will also write about my fears and honestly, what is giving me anxiety the most during the days. That’s just me. I don’t think I could give you sunshine and rainbows through a blog, because I am not all sunshine and rainbows. I am a college student with as much anxiety as the next. A college student that has never been out of the country, and especially has never traveled without her parents.
This blog is designed to update you on my travels, my daily/weekly life living in pizza and pasta heaven – and the real question is, will I get fat? -> I guess we’ll see, I’ll update ya. Not only showing you pictures of hot, cheesy pizza and me drowning in a bowl of pasta, I would also like to create OOTD (Outfit of the Day) posts, fashion tips – apparently Italians who live in Florence dress on the classier side, and don’t wear bright colors…so I guess that rules out 95% of my wardrobe. Makeup posts/videos as well – GUYS I found out they have a Sephora in Florence HALLELUJAH, but also OH CRAP because we all know that will break my bank account. I’m trying to save every penny I can right now. Me? Not spending money? That’s rare.
Anyways, I am excited to start this new journey (traveling and this blog), and take you guys along with me – it’s a little easier than trying to fit everyone in my suitcase.
xx Jordan
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