{"id":19022,"date":"2026-07-25T22:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/?p=19022"},"modified":"2026-07-25T22:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:12:20","slug":"oceans-18-years-of-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/oceans-18-years-of-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean&#8217;s 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cj-4V4xreZZ\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19023\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/oceans-18-years-of-blogging\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?fit=825%2C825&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"825,825\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"blogger embroidered words in royal blue on ll bean canvas boat tote\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;blogger embroidered words in royal blue on ll bean canvas boat tote&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?fit=825%2C825&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19023 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?resize=825%2C825&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"blogger embroidered words in royal blue on ll bean canvas boat tote\" width=\"825\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/blogger-embroidered-words-in-royal-blue-on-ll-bean-canvas-boat-tote.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I started blogging on this day, 18 years ago.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m not even sure what made me recall that date, although it cannot be a coincidence that just yesterday, <a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/five-things-7-24-26\/\">the fifth of my <em>Five Things<\/em><\/a> was about writing here. The anniversary just came to me like an epiphany as I headed out the door, arms preoccupied with my bag, keys, recycling, and samples to ship\u2014and sure enough, I wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/bonjour\/\">my first post<\/a> on July 25, 2008. (I published a second one mere moments later, a short feature titled <a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/bag-of-the-week\/\">&#8220;Bag of the Week&#8221;<\/a>, no doubt unable to contain my excitement.) It had been at least a year, maybe more, in the making\u2014but I was young, needed my parents&#8217; permission, and quite frankly, was nervous to begin. But I was earnest in my pursuits: The first iteration of this website was on Blogspot, where I wrote feverishly under a pseudonym, <em>La Couturier.\u00a0<\/em>I was tiny but felt mighty, proud when I started gaining momentum and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/la-couturier-x-pop-magazine\/\"><em>POP<\/em> magazine asked me to join<\/a> as one of their contributing bloggers. I did this in secret between dance team rehearsals and homework, and even snuck my laptop open to draft articles at 1 a.m. while the rest of the house was asleep. My parents had no idea; I was too afraid they&#8217;d say no for fear of Internet safety, and that this would turn into a distraction while I was still in school. I kept it a secret from friends too, convinced that I&#8217;d be judged in my small-ish, suburban town. <em>La Couturier<\/em> was my little secret\u2014until it became pivotal in shaping my career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since then, both my blog and I have gone through a few transformations. From Blogspot to WordPress, then to a site I built after teaching myself basic coding, before migrating back to WordPress again. As <em>La Couturier,\u00a0<\/em>before the name and veil of anonymity no longer suited my vocational aspirations, and I rebranded as myself under <em>A Bit Coquettish<\/em>\u2014wanting to seem, and feel, more grown. It&#8217;s funny how I used to chastise myself for being so fickle online instead of sticking to one entity (considering how resolute I am in everything else IRL), but now, looking back: I was a <em>teenager<\/em> when I started. And is that\u00a0<em>not<\/em> the beauty of the Internet\u2014having the freedom to start over,\u00a0<em>tabula rasa<\/em>, when the urge rises?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Time flies. I can barely fathom how I&#8217;ve been doing this for nearly two decades. Sometimes with dogged consistency, lately with more intermittently\u2014but nevertheless, a Blogger\u2122 for 18 years. To the readers who&#8217;ve been around for any amount of time, thank you.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m eternally grateful.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">.\u00a0 \u00a0.\u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started blogging on this day, 18 years ago. I&#8217;m not even sure what made me recall that date, although it cannot be a coincidence that just yesterday, the fifth of my Five Things was about writing here. The anniversary just came to me like an epiphany as I headed out the door, arms preoccupied with my bag, keys, recycling, and samples to ship\u2014and sure enough, I wrote my first post on July 25, 2008. (I published a second one mere moments later, a short feature titled &#8220;Bag of the Week&#8221;, no doubt unable to contain my excitement.) It had been at least a year, maybe more, in the making\u2014but I was young, needed my parents&#8217; permission, and quite frankly, was nervous to begin. But I was earnest in my pursuits: The first iteration of this website was on Blogspot, where I wrote feverishly under a pseudonym, La Couturier.\u00a0I was tiny but felt mighty, proud when I started gaining momentum and\u00a0POP magazine asked me to join as one of their contributing bloggers. 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