Or, in other words, I can’t afford all the journal and notebooks I’m flying through. I cannot bear to have hundreds of ideas and questions scribbled on scrap papers, and scattered across my desk and tucked into miscellaneous pockets and books, without any means of organizing and synthesizing them. I don’t believe there’s a more effective way… Continue Reading
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Why Everyone Should Blog
When I started blogging, I had no clue what my focus would be. Writing would simply be something to occupy my free time, a task which would bring about a sense of productivity. After some thought, I decided that I essentially wanted to share my perspective on the world, my observations about others. The vast majority of my… Continue Reading
Blogoversary Giveaway!
In honor of the one-year anniversary of this blog and because I absolutely adore my readers, I’m hosting a giveaway now through December 16th. After much consideration and a trip to my favorite independent book store, I’ve picked up a few things hopefully everyone will like and one lucky person will receive just in time for… Continue Reading
Why Blogging Isn’t a Waste of Time
Allison and Shikole of The Real Post Grad recently invited me to write a guest post for their site. The topic I choose was Why Blogging Isn’t a Waste of Time. I would love for you to go check it out and let me know what you think. Be sure to explore the rest of… Continue Reading
A Little 300th Post Celebration
This is my 300th post. That’s ten months of daily blogging. I’m generally a humble person, but for a quick second here I’m going to take advantage of my self-proclaimed bragging rights…I’m not going to lie, I’m pretty proud of myself. Considering I began this blog as something to fill my endless free time and get me off of Facebook, I’m impressed with… Continue Reading
Why Do I Blog?
Why do you blog? That’s an interesting question, one that I get a lot. Why do I spend ten to fifteen hours a week orchestrating my thoughts for strangers and friends alike to read? Does anyone else even care? As some of you may know, I began blogging last December after reading a book in which the author… Continue Reading
200th Post
This is my 200th blog post. I never imagined I would stick with it this long and although there has been times I wanted to give up, I’m happy to have reached this milestone. To celebrate, I’d like to share some childhood pictures that always make me smile. “All my life I had been looking for something,… Continue Reading
Zero and a half
Remember as a child how is was entirely necessary to insert “and a half” into any age between 4 and 10? Those 1, 5, or 11 months that constitute a half really made all the difference. Today is the six-month anniversary of my blog. Today, that “and a half” is pretty significant. I started blogging after… Continue Reading
Versatile Blogger Award!
For the past week or so, I’ve seen my fellow bloggers receiving an interesting chain-letter type award: The Versatile Blogger award. In the past day, Melissa from Melissa’s Meanderings and Mac from Hemlock1981 were kind enough to pass it onto me. It’s so nice to be recognized and appreciated. I’m beyond excited to pass this along to some of my favorite… Continue Reading