100 and counting
If you haven’t yet guessed it from the title, this is my 100th post on WDIBMM.
100 posts in roughly 120 days.
What started off as a repository for chance ramblings and an opportunity to motivate myself to express myself, has evolved into something much more. Even as I write it, it sounds incredible.
What could be more than finding an opportunity to be as creative as I’d like whenever I’d like? An audience? Financial gain?
There’s no pay in this. For me, anyway. Nada. Squat. So it ain’t that.
And I haven’t become part of any elite prize-winning circles because of my extraordinary ability to turn a phrase.
There’s audience, yes. But I’m not arrogant enough to think that I have some captive loyal admiring audience that is totally enamoured of my style and creative talent. (Pfff.)
It’s something much more humble and something much truer. One that can’t be described in a single word or idea. Instead, it’s an amalgamation of ideas.
It is Community. It is Intellectual stimulation.
It is Group Therapy. It is a research library more powerful than Google. (Sorry Google. I still love you!)
It’s like being able to get your hands on reading material on any subject you want. Anything. You want comedy? You want reflection? On Motherhood or Spirituality? Short stories? How about real-life drama?
Whether it’s light reading you’re going for, or whether you want depth, not only will you find it, but there’s a bonus no other resource library can give. You get to interact with the writer!
Have you ever read something that moved you to laugh, rage, love… and wanted to let the author know how it moved you? To give your take and your personal experience? But who does that, right? I mean writers are busy remote people with important lives. And who cares what you think anyway… So you do the next best thing – you tell all your friends about it. And maybe there’ll be a book signing somewhere one day.
But right here, I get to talk right back to some of the nicest writers I’ve ever met. I get to see what other people are thinking. I don’t always agree, but I’m forced to think. Sometimes I change my opinion. Sometimes my heart is torn. Always I open my mind.
I find out about issues making the news, and I get to make the news (not really, but maybe!). We get to change lives. Or at least feel as if we are making a difference.
From advice on raising kids to saving dinners on the verge of being too spicy (couldn’t find the tweet for this but apparently sugar or honey will do the trick)… my peeps are the go-to gals (and guys!).
This connection – this Thing – and my feelings about it are evolving. It’s a dynamic, new, fluid Thing that is itself evolving and finding itself and making its mark. And we are making our mark through It, and with It.
I don’t know about you, but I’m up for the ride. (Hope you are too!)
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A 30-ish mother of 3 and unintentional entrepreneur, I started my own IT Consultancy firm after layoffs at my old job. I balance the world of Corporate IT with my life as Manager of the education, health and well-being of my children.
Blogging from the Caribbean, I give tech advice to moms and write about raising 3 kids under 10, one of whom has been diagnosed with Aspergers.
Congratulations on your 100th post. I reached mine last month, but it took me much longer than you because I don't post as often.
I agree with you about the community that blogging provides. I've laughed out loud at my computer screen with no one else around. I've tried to hold back tears, and I've even spoken out loud in anger at what I was reading (followed by hard tapping on my keyboard in response). All in all it's been quite a "ride", and I'm enjoying every minute of it. Making connections and friends is great, as well as learning a thing or two along the way.
Matty
I love the interaction blogging brings about too. It's fun to visit different blogs and read a variety of things, then be able to comment and encourage others too. I enjoy getting comments as well. Blogging is a great outlet for creative expression.
Congrats on your SITS day!
Congratulations on your 100th post! I think you win the award for the most encouraging, self-less 100th post! You so nailed it – I came to the blogahood to write about something dear to my heart (not for money – just for that outlet) and found something so much more than myself – I found amazing women like you who encourage, build up and share something within you want to give. I am honored to be included in your list:)
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