The talented and funny Mindy recently wrote a blog about how her original purpose in writing a blog was to record her blessings and that she had strayed from that purpose. In reading what she had to say, I realized that I have also strayed from my purpose. When I first began writing a blog on MySpace, I never wrote about my life. I wrote almost exclusively about my thoughts. I had lots of thoughts, all the time, and I needed a way to get them out.
The thing is, I STILL have thoughts all the time. There's a constant running monologue in my head- sometimes it's a dialogue, I'll admit it- and sometimes it's even something that's worth writing down. :P There are so many bits and pieces of me that I no longer share anymore and maybe you guys don't want to read it and maybe you'll just think I'm crazy but, when it really comes down to it, I'm writing this more for me than for anyone else and it's a risk I'm just going to have to take.
See, there are all these things in my life that I feel like I either can't write about- work drama, for one- and all these things I don't WANT to write about- finances, car problems, relationship drama, computer issues- and so instead of writing about these things I just don't write at all. Don't get me wrong, my life isn't a bad one but there's been a lot of drama and stress recently and it can distract me from everything else. But no matter the stress and drama, I still have all these thoughts about life and (potentially stupid) theories about people and things and I need to remember that I once SHARED all of that and enjoyed doing it. In a way, I think that's why I started my book report posts... I really should write another one. So I plan to write out some of these thoughts in the future and I hope you bear with me. Maybe I'll actually come out with something good.
***This has nothing to do with anything, it's just one of those random thoughts: I typed the title of this post and suddenly remembered that my mom attempted to teach me to type when she homeschooled me in 3rd grade. I was learning on an electric typewriter and instead of "Enter" it had a "Return" key. How fitting that this should come back to me now as I contemplate going back to my beginning. My first random thoughts and stories were typed up by my mother (quite possibly on that very same typewriter) and sent out in her newsletter, The Ronnow Family Times.***
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I think that is awesome!! (I'm not talking about the sock thing, although that is cool too..) Getting back to what it is all about for each of us as individuals. Sometimes it is hard to share our thoughts and feelings, it is downright scary most times and it takes a lot of courage. So, good for you! I will do it too!
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