...that is the question. Apparently, I have decided to blog. This question has been a source of inner consideration for me over the past week. "Why do I want to blog? Why do other people like to blog? I can't believe blog is in the dictionary now."
The idea to blog approached my mind this past week while I was listening to Bethany Dillon's new song and wishing I was a song writer. I'm just not good at it. Not that I have tried that hard, but I'm sure I'm not. As I listened to her lyrics, I thought about how creatively freeing song writing must be. This caused a mini-dilemma in my heart. I'd really love to express myself through some kind of writing, but I already know I'm not good at song writing; what could I do? Then, I remembered that Drew, the wonderful man that he is, began to blog last summer and found incredible artistic expression there! Hurray! I began to consider starting my very own blog.
It wasn't as easy as I thought. I ran into some more roadblocks before I could sign up. Why DO people blog? Is it just so other people can see how wise/witty/deep/funny/smart they are? Is it just to keep each other updated on life because we don't talk in person as much as we should? Is it to gain some kind of attention because we are too scared to pursue deeper relationships? Yes, I realize I let my mind get away from me a little bit. But these are valid questions! To gain some insight, I began to ask people that I knew had blogs what their opinions were.
Drew told me that blog writing was great for him because he enjoys writing so much and writing more frequently improved his writing skills. (He really should write a book one day.) I shared my concern about my motives in blog writing. Drew wisely commented that if blog writing would benefit me creatively and benefit others reading it, then it was probably okay for me. So, I considered all that.
Jenn and Randi had some interesting insights as well. Jenn came to the conclusion that blogs should be a good mix of current events in one's life and one's thoughts, feelings and revelations. Randi warned that sometimes, blogs can just be for attention, like seeing how many comments one can receive on a given post. We decided that the way to avoid that motive is to disable comments, which I think I have done. After this conversation, both Jenn and Randi have decided to begin blogging.
With all this blogging wisdom floating around in my head, I processed my thoughts. I have decided as of 5 o'clock this evening to begin blogging. So here I am. I promise to attempt to fulfill the "correct" definition of a blog, as it has been defined here.
Wow. I already feel so express-ed. Maybe I should give song writing another chance...
His name is Drew
Sometimes, he makes me go, "Ew!"
I still love him so
Even though he makes me say, "What's wrong with you, fo'?"
...hmm. Nah.
