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Oops! Got a little carried away with reading blogs and I nearly forgot about today’s 365great! So, I might as well make it about blogs, right? I remember first starting off like most – writing about my life for select friends to read. I preferred using LiveJournal over Xanga and I went through a couple iterations of my blog. At some point (Jan 1, 2009 to be exact), I switched over to WordPress and have been using that ever since. I worked out well since I had been used to keeping a daily journal for most of my life (13 years) and I had only recently stopped (I blame meeting Panda and having too much fun with him). So, this new blog was a way for me to sort of continue documenting my life, albeit in a very different manner.

Personally, I love that blogging exists. I also love when I find a blogger I really like, as is the case with very few. That’s the great thing though – you can keep exploring until you find ones that really speak to you and you can interact with them! I mean, it’s no fun to follow some big namer who would never give you the light of day. I’d only do so if somehow that person offered unbelievably great stories, advice, tips, and whatnot. Plus, with bloggers, you get a sense of what other people’s lives are really like. Of course, they will filter out certain things, but there is a certain rawness to a lot of bloggers that I enjoy. I always want to know about who they are, what experiences they’ve had, and what they’re learning. The world of blogging has really opened up so much opportunity!

As a blogger myself, I appreciate that I am able to put out my own thoughts and opinions however I want. People may choose to agree or not, judge or not, read or not, but ultimately I get to decide what content is created in the first place. It’ll be a rich way to remember who I was, how I changed, and what molded me. It’s also a fabulous way for me to document experiences that I will likely forget over time. That’s why I used to obsessively journal; I just had to know what I did throughout the years! Now blogging has replaced journaling and while I miss writing on paper at times, I still think blogging is super duper great.