Two Cents on Blogging

In honor of my fairly new blog reaching celebrity status over 3,000 visits today, I want to tell you a little about why I started blogging. If you've browsed around my website at all, you know I write basically because I'm bored and because I'd like to keep my family in the loop of my life. I think blogging can be so much more than that, though. This is why I sometimes spend hours browsing around and reading peoples' stories. I love sitting in my little cabin imagining the daily happenings of somewhat "normal" people just like me.

In my opinion, the push for abnormal is why, as bloggers, we start writing for the world to see. Anyone who has the urge to write, share, create, et cetera simultaneously has the urge to not be normal. We only have so much time in this world before our time is up, as my Dad reminded me on facebook today, and most of us don't want to believe that our imprint in our world was miniscule. If one is abnormal, they stick out.  Bloggers want to stick out, to share their stories, their ideas, their opinions, and their lives. I think this is part of why I like to write. I'm not so alone during the day when I'm connecting with Paris, Japan, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, New Zealand, Pennsylvania, and the list goes on...

Each of the people I get to converse with are seemingly "normal" individuals to the rest of the world, but to me they're just as abnormal and quirky as I can be. My favorite blogs are about real people who are living life however it is that they want to. Some are in the midst of BIG things and some are just typing throughout their lunch break, but each entry is something I look forward to. I hope that's what I've created here- a place to come when you need a laugh or when you're insanely bored. The internet is good for that. Trust me, I'm an expert on the topic.