I have always made fun of blogs. I never could understand why certain people thought anyone else would want to read the insignificant thoughts and dreary running commentaries of their boring lives. I don’t have a myspace page. I’ve never been on facebook. Can’t even find anyone’s page when I have tried to look one up. I suppose it’s time for me to realize that it’s not just for teens anymore…
I have been journaling off and on since I received my first pink diary about age 8. You know, the cute little one with the key you can hide under your pillow so your mom can’t read all of your insightful and very private 8 year old hopes, hates, dreams, and discoveries. I should go back and read some of those old journals. I would love to be reminded of such a simple time, when you had a hopeless crush on the boy two desks down (but would never dream of talking to him), of your world shattering when your BFF went roller skating with Jenny and didn’t invite you, of how you hated your mom because she wouldn’t let you wear jeans to school, instead making you wear a dress so you would “at least look like a lady”.
Maybe life really isn’t so different now. You may have a wonderful husband, yet still wonder if you are really supposed to spend your ENTIRE life with only one man. Your world can still easily be shattered when you feel ignored or forgotten by your friends. And you are probably still self-conscious about how those jeans look on you… (Is it better to look a little slutty or too matronly? I think I will error on the side of slutty, just for a little fun…just no muffin-top, please…)
My biggest reason for starting a blog is that I feel as if I am the only person out there who thinks the way I do. That’s NOT the way I want it. I desperately want to find someone out there who can validate my thoughts, my goals (or lack of them), my sanity. I haven’t been able to find anyone in “real life.” I always am the odd duck out. With today’s society, maybe that’s not such a bad thing….
And I need to get my butt in gear and start writing again…and so it begins…Q38RYNY3R3T6
I am stopping by to visit from By Word Mouth ~looking forward to checking out the rest of your blog! WOW you've been blogging for awhile; I started less than a year ago…had no clue why people 'blogged' a friend told me about it and I just drove in head first. I really wanted something I could do at night while the little ones sleep. Almost a year later I'm finally figuring out the direction I want take it.
I can relate to "maybe life really isn't so different now" ~I have very similar thoughts and feelings as I did when I was younger; I hope I handle them more maturely (except for the times I handle it like I'm 16 hee hee).
My recent post Happy Day celebrating daddyawesomeness!
I too contemplated blogging. I played around with it about 2 years ago, not knowing what directions I wanted to go in and completely flopped. I think I made 2 posts and quit. Last summer I picked it up again, but saw all of the road blocks in my life (or what I considered them to be at the time) and got scared and quit again.
Last fall, crazy as it may seem both of my parents were diagnosed with cancer within a month from each other. I picked up blogging to send updates to family members on my parents conditions, without even a second thought. I got used to the habit of blogging every day, as a necessity. I was able to get over my fears of the blogging process, maybe in a different way than most people do.
I figure that there must be someone out there that thinks like me. I have read quite a few blogs since last month when I really have been on fire with my new blog. Your blog will be the first that I have ever had the inkling to comment on. In many ways I can relate to your feelings. Your style of writing is quite compelling and I find myself wanting to read more. I look forward to reading more in the future.