Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Am I becoming a 'real' blogger?!?!

***Warning: This post is a lot of rambling!



Last night I laid in bed thinking about whether or not I should continue to try to blog. As my mind was wondering aimlessly I kept going to back to how lucky I was. I was lying in my warm bed, under a handmade quilt with the dog curled at my feet and I was safely tucked into the arm of my best friend. I named my blog ‘Our Blessed Life’ because that’s what I have, a very blessed life. These are moments I want to remember. These are the moments I want to share. This is an outlet for me. My blog is ultimately for me! There was my answer. Staring me in the face. YES I should continue to blog. Because I enjoy it. Because it’s not about how many followers I have or how many times my site is viewed. knowing that people read what I say and leave comments does make my day! What can I say I'm not perfect :) It’s about my ups and downs and being able to look back and see where I’ve come from and a glimpse of where I’m going.


My postings so far have been pretty random and sporadic. Words have never ‘flowed’ easily for me. I tend to have a hard time finding the right words. I have been blog stalking following for a while now. This has been both good and bad for me. I find a ton of inspiration for crafting, organizing, decorating, parenting and life in general but at the same time I have the little voice in my head telling me that I will never be as crafty, organized or interesting as the woman I’m reading about. I am going to stop listening to that voice and let my true self show through my blog. I didn’t start this blog to impress or even inspire for that matter. So here it goes, one of my resolutions is to stop being blog envious and intimidated. I may never be as ‘good’ as other bloggers, but I want to be the true me.


I recently read in a post that her life isn’t perfect. Her house is messy, her kids are wild and she isn’t always the best mom, but her blog is a place where she can be clean, organized and pretty. Her blog is her sanctuary. I wish I would have saved the post but I didn’t so of course I am paraphrasing and this is just what I took from what she said. So if you are the one who wrote this blog post, I would love to quote you correctly so leave a comment! I think these are words to live blog by!



So for now I’m here to stay. I will blog what I want, when want. I won’t not blog because I feel it won’t be as inspiring or interesting as another blog. If you finished this long drawn out blog, I thank you for sticking in there with me. If you didn’t and skipped to the end I don’t blame you, I probably would have done the same thing! :)

4 comments:

Stephanie said...

Good! I think it is so easy to feel intimidated by some of the bloggers out there, they are really amazing- and I often have to remind myself why I started blogging! We follow you because we like YOU :)

Anonymous said...

I love that you are going to keep blogging! If not for you do it for your daughter and future children! Thank you for stopping by my blog and following! I will need your email address for when it is set back to private please! You can email it to me at chism@hughes.net I think we have a lot in common when it comes to our blogs. I know that there are some personal things on my blog, but just the short time that I wrote the blog "Christ was an example" I can see how I have grown as an individual and as a family with my husband and children. Keep up the blogging!
Shaylene @ www.lanceandshay.blogspot.com

A Time for Stitching said...

Don't give up!! This is YOUR blog!! You can write whatever you want whenever you want!! It's your record/diary and it reminds you of what you want to remember!!
I sometimes used to cringe when I read back what I've blogged about but it doesn't matter - you have to be YOU!! I have to be ME!!
Teresa x

Photography said...

Yep your blog is yours and you can BWO (blog without obligation). It's your record of tings and how you felt at the time. Be you xx