Finding “Bliss” at #Blissdom

This past weekend I spent 4 days in Nashville TN at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel for the BlissDom conference.  Last year my wonderful friend Melissa from @SippyCupMom attended and said she was blown away by her experience there.  While at EVO11 in Park City Utah, I met @DanicaKombol who told me Blissdom12 should really be on my radar.

The chance to attend this conference pretty much ended up happening all within 1 month of this past weekend.  The stars aligned, I won a conference pass from Casey of @MooshInIndy, and found a way to get my hotel expenses covered by trading with a fellow blogger.  Then Southwest Airlines ticket prices dropped $150 in one day (the day after we found out what our tax return was going to be) and my husband generously offered to purchase it. THANK YOU HUBS!
Suddenly I was going to BlissDom.

Yet in the weeks leading up to BlissDom I had some things going on in my personal life.

• I had several friends and a family member who were diagnosed/dealing with cancer, and one who was given only a few months to live.
• I had some serious talks with my husband on where I was planning to take my blog and how I was spending my time online.  Somewhere during our conversations I realized two things.  I couldn’t answer him, because (1) I didn’t know, and (2) I had no idea where the “me” was in my blog.
• I started having insomnia issues again.
• I could not seem to efficiently schedule my days.
• I found my life to be very unstructured, chaotic, and in need of an overhaul.

The night before I was supposed to fly to Nashville, I found myself in a complete and utter anxiety attack.  I just felt like maybe I shouldn’t go.  Maybe something “Bad” or “Awful” would happen.  I couldn’t shake my feeling despite being mostly excited to go.  I pretty much worked myself into a tizzy, slept 1.5 hours (fitfully), and got on a plane BlissDom bound.  It wasn’t exactly the best way to prepare.

Turns out, nothing “Bad” or “Awful” happened.

I met A LOT of amazing, inspirational people.

I attended some amazing sessions.  Met some really cool companies, and had a lot of fun.  I got to hold Gary LeVox’s (Rascal Flatts) hand, take home Jon Don Rooney’s guitar pic, and even (huge thanks to @KristinaLibby) take home the BlissDom Rascal Flatts set list!  SO COOL.

I watched grown women swoon over Joe Jonas, rap like Eminem, and dance up a storm. I got to hang with some of my blogging besties/awesome friends again! @SippyCupMom, @CarrieWithChildren, @BlueViolet, @CrazyCoolCrafty, and so many more!

I think @IamChrisMann might have flirted with me (although I am sure he talks to all the ladies like that), and I had a blogger whom I admired for quite some time recognize me and thank me for some work I did with a cause.

I also got to spend Sunday at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, where I decided officially I must have been a cowgirl in a former life while tearing up to “Country Through The Years.”

Even thought it was overall a phenomenal time, BlissDom was filled with ups and downs for me.  I have a lot I am still trying to sort out the takeaways for my blog.  I got some pretty great advice from some seriously cool people, and strengthened friendships with others  I even found a moment in the chaos of the weekend to put my feet up!

I really couldn’t be more grateful for my time spent in Nashville.  If anything I know there are going to be some big changes coming up in my life.  I do know that had it not been for this conference I probably wouldn’t even be on the path to find my ultimate “bliss” in life and blogging.  And that in itself is a pretty awesome thing to takeaway from one weekend in Nashville.

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Emily is a wife & mom living in Las Vegas. The owner and writer at Our Knight Life, Emily loves sharing her two adorable boys and journey through motherhood. Emily has run four half marathons to date and is always training for her next big race. She also enjoys creating healthy recipes for her family and sharing family friendly product reviews.

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