This post is coming to you live from the backyard. It’s a glorious 77 degrees and sunny (forecast says a high of 80 today)and I don’t have to be to work for another four hours. Sure, there are things I could (and should) be doing inside the house. But sometimes, you just have to live in the now, and that’s what this morning is all about. Besides, I’m still marveling at how much JM and I got done in the yard on Friday.

So, I’ve been tagged by Frectis. The topic is, “Why I Blog.”

Why do I blog, exactly? I’ve asked myself that question several times.

Once upon a time within the last decade, I was a college student majoring in communication. I was told I could write, by people whose opinions I trusted. And then I graduated and couldn’t find a job in my field. I couldn’t even get an interview for a job in my field.

Time went by and I needed a paycheck, so I took a job as a department secretary at our local university. I spent two years there having my confidence shaken even further by administrative types who seemed to take pleasure in setting people up to fail (I’d think I was paranoid if I hadn’t had this feeling confirmed by others who felt the same). I transferred out into my current position in the library. Nearly three years later, I still enjoy going into work. But I missed writing and there aren’t a lot of opportunities for it. I have co-workers who occasionally “push” me into writing a mass email, but beyond that… not much.

Probably the top reason I started blogging was to be able to write something somewhere that other people might read. Since I don’t really want people reading my journal, and I don’t seem to have luck getting return calls from newspaper editors who need freelancers, blogging was the next best thing.

The down side is that I frequently don’t have much to say, beyond venting about life in general. Truly, if I tried, I could make you all cry with stories of my late husband and how his battle with cancer changed my life and made me determined to survive, blah, blah, blah. But that’s not really the voice I want to have, ya know? So, I continue to blog in order to find my voice.

And in the process, I have found much more. Ever since I got online, I’ve been a fan of Internet socialization, but as years go by, lives change and it’s not always easy to stay in touch. Still, I miss that kind of interaction. Blogging gives me a chance to let old friends know what I’m up to (if they’re interested), and find new friends and experiences - you know, things that make life worth getting out of bed for every day.

And that’s about as far as I want to delve into this topic today, because I’ll start to over think it as I do so many things. It’s too nice a day to do that!

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