Blogging has been on my list of things to do for a long long time. So has "Get Organized" and "Lose 10 pounds" among other things. I believe that blogging has value for me both professionally and personally. I've always benefited from the process of getting my thoughts out of my head and onto paper. Whether or not anyone else wants to read my thoughts is another story entirely. I'm sure it is very validating to have a million followers, but that is surely not my goal. Afterall, the more fans you have, the more critics you have too. I do not deal well with critics. Negative comments stay with me, eat at me, take over a portion of my brain waves and sometimes linger there for years and years. I can still see the critical faces of the older couple who sat in front of me on an airplane trip home from Disneyland that included my 1 year old daughter and 4 year old son. I still have imaginary conversations with them explaining all that I attempted to quiet my crying daughter and to keep my son's feet from touching their seat back. *sigh* This happened nearly 5 years ago, but it lingers and erupts unexpectedly.
I've read and learned from the amazing book, The Four Agreements. But I should read it regularly to be reminded of the 4 lessons. I should, but I won't. I rarely have spare time. What little spare time I have has to be shared by all my interests. The list of books I simply MUST read for the first time is longer than will ever be completed. It would help if I were a fast reader. But I'm not.
So, here's my very first blog entry on my first real blog. While I write this, the dishes, the children's baths, the piles of clean laundry all call to me. I wonder how the Mommy Bloggers I follow find the time for their thoughtful, witty and helpful posts.....
