It is a rainy Sunday afternoon. I spent the morning cuddling in bed with my two cats, listening to The Moth podcasts, and messing around with my blog design. I recently declared it rainy-Sunday-afternoon-wine-time and am currently enjoying my second glass of Shiraz. It's 4:00 in the afternoon. I give zero fucks. Lee left for a work trip yesterday morning and won't be back until Friday night. It's just me and the creatures for a week. I'm not sad. I enjoy these weeks of quiet solitude. I am very much an introvert, and while I always miss him when he's gone, I enjoy the chance for some "me time." Not that I do anything spectacular with it, it's mostly just spending the evenings after work watching girly TV with the creatures followed by bubble baths and early bedtimes.
About an hour ago, I tried really really hard to write a post about why I blog. Over the past few years, I have found myself returning to blogging time and again. I just couldn't properly articulate why I enjoy it so much and find myself missing it whenever I step away. I eventually got so frustrated with my inability to explain what blogging means to me, that I just deleted the entire draft and stopped trying. Shortly thereafter, I found myself reading The Bloggess' most recent post where she linked to some of her favorite internet discoveries from the past week. This article puts into words exactly how I feel about blogland. It is this whole world of interesting people and places that I would never be able to explore otherwise.
We moved to Nashville two years ago, and I still haven't found very many friends who I truly connect with. Sure, there are plenty of ladies I can meet for happy hour and enjoy chatting with, but only one or two I feel a real connection with. I can sum it up by saying I have many acquaintances, but very few friends here in Nashville. Perhaps it is because so many bloggers are so authentically themselves on their blogs, but I feel a connection with many more bloggers than friends here in Nashville. I love checking in with my favorite bloggers to read their daily musings and hear about their current triumphs and struggles. I find that I have quite a lot in common with these fabulous ladies, and it makes me feel less alone. In conclusion, read this post, it really struck a chord with me. The end.
3 comments:
I'm with you on the friend thing. I've been living in B.C. for almost nine years. I've made a couple of good connections with friends. But, nothing..great. I wish I lived near some of my fav. bloggers all of the time. We would have so much fun together. I actually wish I knew ONE blogger because I would love talking about blogging with someone!
AND- I love The Bloggess.. I read her all the time! Have you read her book? If not, you have to. It's soooo dysfunctional and disturbing wrapped into one hilarious and inappropriate book.
that article was awesome. I'm definitely using it to explain to the people who always ask me what I'm doing on twitter!
I started blogging when I moved to a small village in France. The friends I met through blogging became my lifeline! It wasn't way I started blogging but it's definitely a reason why I'm sticking to it :)
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