10 Years of Lotus Laura: Topics I’ve Explored

I’m going over all of the topics I have explored on this blog through the years.

30 day challenges

For 30 day challenges, I come up with (or find) a list of 30 questions. Each day, I answer 1 question. This is a great way to keep your blog going strong, especially if you’ve been going through a writer’s block. Instead of answering every question at once, breaking it down into one day allows you to put a lot more thought into it.

Aesthetics

I have only gotten a bit into aesthetics – but I have so many more ideas for this topic. There are 3 posts so far, but I have so many ideas in my mind, I just need to get them into writing. Expect to see a lot more of this!

Astrology

Astrology has become a huge aspect of my blog and writing. I began writing astrology posts on a separate blog back in 2016 – it wasn’t until 2022 when I started writing about it on this blog. This is absolutely something I plan to keep up with.

Cats & critters

This covers all animals (critters), but I end up mainly writing about cats. I’ve been writing about animals since the very start. It sadly began with the passing of my pet rabbit, Titan. But that happily brought me my next cat, Venus. I use this topic to document my own pets – as well as give advice about animal caretaking (mainly cats) – and a little bit of “spirit animal” work. One of my favorite series I have started is “Ask a Cat Mom.“

Crystal healing

I have only written 2 posts on this topic. I would love to continue writing more about this. After all, my blog is called “Crystal Aura Gaze” for a reason!

DIY / Recipes

This is a fun topic that I’ve been doing since the start of this blog. I love to try new things, make things, and bake things.

Family

This is part of the personal aspect of my blog. Family is a big part of my life and always has been. It’s nice to document our time spent together and then look back on it and remember all the good times.

Fiction

I recently wrote a post on the collection of my short stories that I’ve written over the years. This is where you can find all of my stories, along with my journey in self-publishing my novels.

Folklore & fairytales

I only started this topic last year. I plan to really expand on this. What mainly inspires me is sharing the lesser known Pennsylvania Dutch folk tales. But I’m also interested in the classic fairytales – especially their original versions.

Guest writer

I’ve only had two guest writers over the years. It’s not something that I actively seek out, but when someone has come to me with a blog post idea. I am certainly open to it.

History

I’ve mainly explored this in recent years. I feel like history is something that you tend to get more interested in as you get older. Or at least, you’re more inspired to dive into it. When you’re young, you’re so focused on the new – and then you’re wondering, “where did all of this come from?”

Holidays

I really love holidays – especially Halloween! I’ve learned that celebrating a holiday does not require throwing a big party. In fact, you can do it all alone. Much of holidays is learning traditions, understanding where they came from, and passing them on. That includes cooking recipes, watching certain movies, listening to certain music, reading about the folklore, and doing inward reflection.

Latin Language

Latin language has been a unique interest of mine since I was a kid. It wasn’t until Duolingo when I could actually start learning it. People are always wondering why I’m so interested in this dead language, so I’ve made several posts on why it inspires me.

Although, I may end up changing this topic to “language,” as I am interested in a wide variety of languages. I’m just not yet sure how I would write about them. I would maybe start with an explanation on the Pennsylvania Dutch language.

Media

Probably one of my biggest topics – media includes music, film, TV, books, etc. I’ve been writing about media since the very start – with my 2016 album reviews. Media is a topic that all humans can relate to.

Mythology

I started writing about mythology in 2020, and now it’s become such a core part of this blog! I was very interested in mythology upon opening this blog, but it took some time to occur to me that I could write about it – and learn more about it through writing.

Natural health

I’m a health girly – most especially focused on natural health. This absolutely includes mental health too.

Nature

Nature is such a core part of my life. A lot of these posts overlap with other topics too.

Numerology

The divination of numbers! I could definitely write a lot more about this…

Palmistry

Another divination topic!

Parenting

It may seem silly to write about parenting when I’m not a parent myself. But I believe that everyone has a right to their opinion on parenting. I do also hope to be a parent someday, it’s something I plan to expand more on in the future. This was me thinking about the kind of parent I want to be in the future.

Personal updates

My #1 topic, and what this blog started with, is my personal updates. No matter what topics I explore, I will always give a little update into how my personal life is going. It’s a great way to document things and keep this blog feeling personal.

Philosophy

Another huge topic, which this blog also started with, is general philosophy. I like to give thoughts about life in general. It helps when I’m overthinking things.

Photoshoots

I started doing little photoshoots in late 2018 as a way of further expressing myself on this blog – especially the things I have trouble putting into words.

Poems

I started posting poems in late 2018. Eventually, I made my own poetry blog (Lotus Poems). There was a period when I was writing poems so often that I felt like they needed their own home. However, now since I don’t write them as often, I usually just put them here. But if they feel more personal, then I’ll put it on my poetry blog.

Romance

Romance is kind of vulnerable to write about. I’m not the love expert, but I have definitely learned a lot of lessons about love that I wanted to share.

Self-publishing

Even though I do not plan on self-publishing anything more in the near future, my books will always be there, and I still have more to say about my experience. I would like to keep continuing inspiring others to go for it!

Spirituality

Spirituality is a huge part of my life and I am happy to write about it. But I’ve also learned that there are a lot of aspects of spirituality that you can keep to yourself.

Tarot

I plan to write a lot more posts on tarot – tarot readings, going through the meaning of each card, etc.

Travel

Not a huge traveler myself, but definitely worth documenting! (Except for my recent Finland venture… that was quite the adventure!)

Witchy tips

Witchy tips is all about de-mystifying the mystical. Much of it is achieving your goals, understanding your desires, and wishing for what you want.

My daily series

Around 2020-2021, I was aiming to post every single day. And I turned each day of the week into a writing topic. This was fun, but not really sustainable, and just made my blog less freeing. But it was a fun challenge for a while! I thought it was worth revisiting.