I have 5000 followers!!

I have 5000 followers!!

Yeah, you’re probably just as surprised as me. I have no clue how I got here, but all I can say is how much I f—ing love you guys.

I’m not usually the type of person to write these kinds of posts (I feel like it’s very much ‘kimmy, look atme, look atme’), but I felt like you all deserved to know how much I appreciate you. I read EVERY single comment with a smile and I notice every like and follow.

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Me, every morning when I check my blog. It’s literally the first thing I do.

I love nothing more than checking out the people who leave a trail of blazing impressions across my blog. There really is nothing more exciting than clicking on the screen name of a new follower and wondering what lies beneath. Are they a moon beam chasing poet or a romance seeking writer? What are they passionate about? What makes them smile?

The lucky mug who officially ticked me over to 5,000 is Blue at The girl and Death, which is kinda appropriate considering I wrote a short story (and posted it to my blog) about a girl who falls in love with Death.

I also wanted to spotlight the bloggers who have last liked, commented and followed my blog. Because you guys are the ones who deserve all the credit.

First up is Mackenzie over at Life with an Illness who recently liked my post Here, Bot, Bot, Bot. Mackenzie is such a champion for people with a chronic illness, and I love her positive attitude and honest posts that dig deep into what life is like living with a number of illnesses. So much love to her.

The last blogger to follow me was Girl with the Paw Print Tattoo, who also, like Mackenzie, suffers from anxiety and depression (as well as vaginismus)I love her tagline: You are enough! She is so utterly inspiring, and I think it’s really important for people to be talking about anxiety and depression to remove the shame and stigma and instead replace it with hope and love.

The last comment left on my blog was by Much ado about Little women, who left a lovely little note on my about page:

Wow I’m from New England in Australia too! (Well, born there, even if no longer living there… ;)) Lovely to meet another fellow Aussie writer =D

It’s always exciting to meet a fellow Aussie New Englander, especially considering I was born in the New England too! Also, the 1994 adaption of Little Women is one of my favourite movies of all time. My sisters and I loved picking which characters we were most like. Apparently I was a blend of Jo (for my wild imagination, whingeing and love of adventure) and Beth (because I was always the one left behind and loved mothering my younger sister).

Lastly, I just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone for following my blog. I really don’t deserve you guys, but I’m super hyped to have you around and can’t wait to continue stalking you all!

A few other bloggers have also recently hit the 5k mark and blogged about it: Emily Clare Beauty and Sara in LaLaLand.

Author Lynette Noni also recently blogged about reaching 10,000 followers – I can’t even imagine having that many!!

Once again, thank you!!

And I love you!!

Milly Out

88 responses to “I have 5000 followers!!”

  1. thecrazylifeofbethany Avatar
    1. writewithclaire Avatar
      writewithclaire

      Woo! Congrats! Just found your blog, really nice work!!! And your kitties so cute! Cat person here too. Just one very spoiled princess 🙂

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      1. thecrazylifeofbethany Avatar

        I actually have another cat now that one got sick so yeah. I am actually about to write a post about my other cat lol

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  2. howikilledbetty Avatar

    Wow! That’s great!

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  3. […] A few people have been asking me to answer this question via email and social media ever since I blogged about reaching 5,000 followers. […]

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  4. Robert Varga Avatar

    I don’t! (said in a yayyy-style) 🙂

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  5. howikilledbetty Avatar

    Wow! I’ve only just started out and with a tiny handful of likes and followers am in awe of you! Am loving writing and any tips would be greatly appreciated to this novice!

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  6. Maya Bhat Avatar

    Pls note: I have shifted to a self hosted blog and lost my followers. I have followed you. Please follow back

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  7. WREADITOR Avatar

    Congratulations and what a fun pictures to illustrate. ☺️

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  8. nowim302018 Avatar

    Congratulations 🙂

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  9. wjquinnauthor Avatar

    Hey Milly, late to this party obviously, but I’m doing a festive round of the blogs I’ve enjoyed and here I am; of course!

    A big congratulations on breaking the 5k mark, that is some splendid validation indeed.

    A question, now that you have built a solid profile via your blogging, are you planning particular next steps in your pathway to publication?

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  10. Joe Hart Avatar

    Awesome achievement. I can definitely see why Milly! Happy holidays.

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  11. Kelly MacKay Avatar
    Kelly MacKay

    Congratulations,

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  12. selfie1982 Avatar
    selfie1982

    Congrats! Very exciting and well deserved!

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  13. Mary E. Nolte Avatar

    Congrats! Your blog was one of the first I found when I started trying to branch out more with mine and I loved it from the beginning. Thanks for writing for us!

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      That’s fantastic!! I love branching out and finding new blogs 🙂 And thank you 🙂

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  14. beehumblewithme.com Avatar

    Oh I’m already following you ha!

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Hahah awesome 🙂

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  15. beehumblewithme.com Avatar

    Hooray for you! No matter what i write i get 0 so congrats to you and following! Hopefully I’ll learn from you!

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Thannks!! The way I get followers is not really from what I write, but it’s from visiting other people’s blogs and commenting on their posts, as quite often they will then click through to my blog and have a look/follow/like/comment. I would say that about 85% of my followers are from community engagement on WordPress and social media, 10-15% find me when I post a new blog and only about 1-5% follow me from search engines 🙂

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  16. The Little Mermaid Avatar

    Congratulations, Milly!🤗

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  17. Jan Eleven, CEO Avatar
    Jan Eleven, CEO

    Unbelievable!!! Congratulations!!!!

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  18. robertjkendal Avatar

    A significant achievement. Maybe one day you could write about how you feel you got to that point?

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Thanks for the wonderful idea! A few other people have also been asking me to do this, so I’ve scheduled one in. Hopefully it should come out before chrissy!

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  19. agirlinsweats Avatar
    agirlinsweats

    Congrats 🙂

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  20. Roman R. Sanchez Avatar
    Roman R. Sanchez

    Wow! That’s a significant number. Congratulation on that number. I hope you continue to grow, and I look forward to reading more of your content in the future.

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  21. thestraightpathchristian Avatar

    Congratulations Milly on your 5000! I wish you a speedy 5,000 more! It’s raining down here in Melbourne at the moment. Been another four seasons in one day today.

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  22. Diana Avatar
    Diana

    Congrats Milly! Glad to have discovered your witty blog and another cat lover 🙂 Looking forward to read your future posts!

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  23. mariemclean Avatar

    It’s like our most recent blog posts were set to collide… You blogging about gaining 5,000 followers and me blogging about not blogging 🤣. That’s just too funny!
    I enjoy your blog and sense of humour, and that Christmas cat is going straight to the pool room! 😻🎄
    Congratulations! – you deserve the huge payoff for all that hard work (I know how intensive it must be for you!)

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Thanks Marie!! And that’s so funny!! We pretty much blogged on the same day too didn’t we? What a weird coincidence. OMG and how cute is that christmas cat! As soon as I saw it… I was like, that’s the one. Hahah 🙂

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  24. Nthato Morakabi Avatar

    Congrats Milly! You have really great content and a part of me wants to start incorporating all the cat gifs too haha.

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Hahah yes you should! I don’t know where I’d be without them 🙂

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  25. bensbitterblog Avatar

    Congrats on 5000! I’m pretty close to 10,000 followers and 1000 posts. I will probably be posting about them soon. Look for that soon!

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Wow 10,000 already!? That’s crazy. Can’t wait to read that one 🙂

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      1. bensbitterblog Avatar

        It will probably be pretty boring, but it will be nice to make that milestone.

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  26. WePaintedtheCloudsGray Avatar

    A big congratulation wrapped in love is coming your way Milly!! You so deserve this!! 🙂

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  27. Linda Mims Avatar

    Congratulations, Milly!

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  28. Louise Allan Avatar

    Woo hoo to you! Congratulations, Millie! 🙂

    Liked by 3 people

    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Thanks Louise!! 🙂

      Liked by 1 person

      1. Louise Allan Avatar

        (Have you seen your post on my site yet? Slip on over and take a 👀 !)

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        1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

          OMG how exciting!!! I was so nervous to look knowing what I’d written (about being rejected etc..), but I’m so glad I did. Thank you SO MUCH!! 🙂 So weird to see my face up there with all those amazing writers in the attic hahaha

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  29. mKhae Avatar

    Congratulations!! Just goes to show that when you put in the work, you see the results! Good for you!

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  30. Mary J. McCoy-Dressel Avatar

    Congratulations, Milly!

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  31. yarnandpencil Avatar

    Well done Milly, that’s truly amazing 🙂 ❤

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  32. Krystal Nicole Avatar

    Congratulations!! So happy for you!

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  33. kernerangelina Avatar

    amazing! Huge Congratulations!

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  34. girlwiththepawprinttattoo Avatar

    Awe you are so sweet! Thanks so much for the shout out (I couldn’t stop smiling) and congratulations on reaching 5000 followers!!! That’s an amazing feat ❤❤❤

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Thanks so much for stopping by!! And no problem, you have a wonderful blog 🙂 I was pretty happy when I realized the last people to like/comment/follow my blog were all such strong women with empowering stories to tell!! Couldn’t have worked out better 🙂

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  35. alexandrafraser13 Avatar

    Hi Clemmie

    This is the blog of a young australian writer who followed my blog so I reciprocated – this email contains links for a number of writer-type blogs – I thought some may be relevant in terms of building up numbers? Sandra

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      I think you may have been trying to email this to someone? Gave me a good laugh anyway 🙂

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  36. 3C Style Avatar

    Congrats Milly. Enjoy this awesome feeling. You deserve it. Keep up the good work. -Dominique

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  37. Jim Avatar

    wow! amazing!

    Liked by 2 people

  38. Blogging Detective Avatar

    Woo! Hoo! What a milestone! I’m so happy for you, and you deserve it, because you and your blog are absolutely amazing!!! 😀

    Liked by 3 people

  39. Anony Mole Avatar

    Now, if every one of those sent you a nickel, through AddCents, once a week… $1000/mo.

    Liked by 3 people

    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Hahah now wouldn’t that be nice lol

      Liked by 1 person

  40. floatinggold Avatar

    That’s so awesome!
    Is this contagious? Because my Reader seems to be filled with people celebrating their milestones the past few days. Are you experiencing any side effects of this virus, Milly?
    CongratZ!

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    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      No way!!! Must be the season for it 🙂 Hahaha

      Liked by 1 person

  41. fraziersracket Avatar

    Congratulations! That is a great accomplishment…deserving of a great blogger!

    Liked by 3 people

  42. Erik McManus | Breakeven Books Avatar

    Congratulations! That’s a huge milestone, it takes a lot of hard work to get there!

    Liked by 2 people

  43. For the Love of Books Avatar

    Good job! You deserve it.

    Liked by 3 people

  44. DizzyChickBookChat Avatar

    Awesome, Milly! Congrats!!

    Liked by 3 people

  45. TL Harty Avatar

    Amazing! Keep it up!

    Liked by 3 people

  46. TheWriter Avatar

    Congrats! 😀 😀 😀

    Liked by 3 people

  47. Kelvin M. Knight's blog Avatar

    Congratulations Milly. 5000 followers. Wow. And to not dream of this or long for this makes the achievement even sweeter Well done. Keep up those interesting and varied blog posts, and reading all comments and observing all likes, like a mere kitten!

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  48. settleinelpaso Avatar

    Many many congratulations 🎊🎈🍾🎉

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  49. vanbytheriver Avatar

    Happy for you Milly. You did a great post of interviews with successful bloggers. Now, you need to include yourself !! Congrats.

    Liked by 4 people

    1. Milly Schmidt Avatar

      Hahah you’re too kind!!

      Liked by 1 person

  50. akankshaagr Avatar

    very nice. This post is truly telling your successful journey of the life & I wish from God to give you the success at a very exponential rate.

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  51. Elizabeth Avatar

    Congratulations!

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  52. jansenphoto Avatar

    Congratulations!!!

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  53. marcusjhenson Avatar

    That’s amazing! Congrats! 😃

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  54. Cyranny Avatar

    Hey!! Congratulations, Milly 🙂 🙂 🙂 Cheers, and here’s to 5000 more!! xx

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  55. SarainLaLaLand Avatar
    SarainLaLaLand

    Milly out, love it! Congrats on your milestone. I am sure you will get to 10k in no time. I don’t think your post is bragging in anyway. I think it is great of you to stop and say thank you to all of the lovely people that chose to follow you. Keep up the good work!

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  56. Dorinda Duclos Avatar

    Congratulations! It’s a pretty awesome feeling! Here’s to many more! 😃

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  58. grumpygorman Avatar

    Congrats to you!!

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