Thank you to everyone who completed the survey! I enjoyed reviewing them so much and loved every comment!
A bit of data: The average age of respondents was 26. The range of ages was 22-33. All the respondents were female and about 90% were in shidduchim. Say hi to each other!
The three most popular topics on the blog are dating tips and strategies, general singlehood/shidduchim, and self-care.
The top three challenges in shidduchim that you checked off are fear of not finding the right one, not having dates, and worrying that something is wrong with you or that you are doing something wrong. Many other challenges were checked off as well. I hear you and feel you <3.
A few of you mentioned that you would like more interaction among readers. I am so with you! It would be so much fun to have active comments and discussions on the posts, no? Speaking of which, someone mentioned that her comments haven’t been posted. I post virtually every comment I see (unless it comes across as attacking or criticizing other people, which almost never ever happens), so if your comments haven’t been posted, I’m not sure what went wrong and I sure hope it isn’t a technical glitch on my end! If you had the same issue, please let me know by email!
Someone wrote that more people should know about my blog. First of all, thank you so much for that, that was so nice to read! The truth is, I was never one for marketing my blog on social media because it’s just not my thing; I know other people might have more of a strategy for pushing their work out there but my groove is to just write and publish and trust that whoever’s meant to read it will find it somehow. The downside to that is that the posts don’t get out there the way I’d love them to. I’m not stopping anyone who wants to aggressively share their favorite posts on their favorite platforms ;). It would be nice to touch a wider audience.
On a scale of 1-10, you guys averaged an 8 for how badly you’d miss me 😉 . I’m so honored that my blog is meaningful to you and I hope to keep delivering be”H.
About two-thirds of you would listen to an All Worthwhile podcast and the rest are a mix of no’s and maybe’s.
Some resources you find helpful:
Singled Out podcast (thanks to the reader who introduced me to this podcast, I have really been enjoying it!)
Redefined Not Left Behind podcast
CandiDate podcast
First Year Married podcast
Marriage-Minded Mentor webinars
Rabbi Brog’s shiurim on bitachon
You would like to read more posts on many great topics, including personal finance and other issues pertaining to single adults, growth/becoming your best self while you are single, loneliness, self-esteem, staying positive and engaged in the process, speed-dating, friends, and mindful dating. I am excited to write more about these issues! I will add here that if you have emailed me in the past with post suggestions, I have those all written down on my master list as well and I hope to explore many awesome topics in the coming weeks and months!
Finally, I got a lot of great questions that I will b”n answer in the next post, so stay tuned!
Thank you so much for being here!
