After thinking about it for a while and after asking for advice to some fellow bloggers, I decided to write this blog only in English. Hopefully, right now this is the right decision.
English is my favorite language and for some reason I prefer to write in English, I feel more comfortable.
Years ago I was considering the idea of moving to England and then, for some reasons (fear of a huge change included) I didn’t make up my mind but, as C. S. Lewis said “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream”.
I hope my Italian readers who speak English won’t be bothered by this change and I hope that the readers who don’t speak English will use the translator available on the blog even if I perfectly know that it often translates in an odd way!
I already wrote some posts only in English, and I don’t deny that behind my decision there’s a very practical reason. Writing long posts, rich in photos, in both languages is not easy, the result never convinced me so sometimes I wrote two distinct posts, but I can’t do it every time. Also, some Italian readers told me that they prefer the English version of the posts, anyway.
Since I hope to give a restyling to We Believe in Style soon (choosing the right layout, font, social media icons and everything else is difficult!) I decided to start to make some changes and this is one of them.
Thanks for reading.
So funny, I've always had this dilemma about writing my posts either in English, French or both (I live in Montreal Canada, a very bilingual city). As you said, it's nice to be able to reach as many people as possible but writing in both languages is basically double the work and the time spent on translating is not spent on other things I want to improve on my blog… Not an easy decision but if it feels like the right one trust your gut. Worst case you can always change your mind! 🙂 So glad I discovered your blog!
Thanks Geneviève! You're right about my decision, I can always change my mind and go back to write a bilingual blog 🙂 During the past months I had the feeling that writing in Italian, even if it's my mother tongue, was kind of strained so I hope that my decision will pay off.
Thanks again for your comment!