So why haven't I blogged in over a year?
One word: Facebook.
Once my mother was my "friend" I no longer needed to update this blog.
Every few weeks I upload a picture of Anna, tag Jeff, and, BOOM, no need to blog.
My blogging had gotten pretty lame anyway, all I did was upload pictures and add a
quick caption or two, and I dreaded every second of it.
The pressure of, "Oh, I have to update the blog again" was really getting to me.
But in looking back over all of the blog posts since Anna was born, I realized
I missed writing about her life. I do write down the funny things she says in a journal and,
of course, in my status updates, but I kept feeling guilty about no longer using this format.
I stalk, I mean, follow a few other people's blogs and as I read them I catch myself thinking,
"I should start the blog again." You know, get the band back together.
And so here I am.
This time, though, there are no rules. Oh, you didn't know there were rules for blogging?
Well, I don't know if there are, but my rule was only to blog about Anna.
I figured no one else wanted to read my thoughts or musing for the day.
That's why Facebook (can we agree on FB?) is so great.
I can write my thoughts here and there and then get some feedback.
I discovered people actually "liked" what I had to say! Who knew?
Still, I am very careful with my FB status updates, and consider whether anyone
will actually be interested (and by that I mean leave a comment) in what I wrote.
Throughout the day I probably compose about fifty status updates in my head
(I can't be the only one who does this)
and then usually nix the idea of actually posting it in less than three seconds.
Here, I will only have a few readers and hey, I'm not automatically popping up on your news feed,
you CHOSE to come here, so you get what you get.
If you don't like it, there are millions of other blogs to stalk.
I mean follow.
Oh, and I have LOTS more to say about FB. More on that later.
One word: Facebook.
Once my mother was my "friend" I no longer needed to update this blog.
Every few weeks I upload a picture of Anna, tag Jeff, and, BOOM, no need to blog.
My blogging had gotten pretty lame anyway, all I did was upload pictures and add a
quick caption or two, and I dreaded every second of it.
The pressure of, "Oh, I have to update the blog again" was really getting to me.
But in looking back over all of the blog posts since Anna was born, I realized
I missed writing about her life. I do write down the funny things she says in a journal and,
of course, in my status updates, but I kept feeling guilty about no longer using this format.
I stalk, I mean, follow a few other people's blogs and as I read them I catch myself thinking,
"I should start the blog again." You know, get the band back together.
And so here I am.
This time, though, there are no rules. Oh, you didn't know there were rules for blogging?
Well, I don't know if there are, but my rule was only to blog about Anna.
I figured no one else wanted to read my thoughts or musing for the day.
That's why Facebook (can we agree on FB?) is so great.
I can write my thoughts here and there and then get some feedback.
I discovered people actually "liked" what I had to say! Who knew?
Still, I am very careful with my FB status updates, and consider whether anyone
will actually be interested (and by that I mean leave a comment) in what I wrote.
Throughout the day I probably compose about fifty status updates in my head
(I can't be the only one who does this)
and then usually nix the idea of actually posting it in less than three seconds.
Here, I will only have a few readers and hey, I'm not automatically popping up on your news feed,
you CHOSE to come here, so you get what you get.
If you don't like it, there are millions of other blogs to stalk.
I mean follow.
Oh, and I have LOTS more to say about FB. More on that later.
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