thoughts, words, deeds

the appeal

Talk Tuesday! Why does blogging appeal to you?

Once upon a time, I had a journal. I wrote in it every day for eighteen months, except for the one day, maybe the second day in, which I skipped because I was at hospital until about one in the morning without it, and figured it was better to write that story the next day.

Then, I came home again, and I realized that most of my life was too dull to actually write about. I read, I write, I knit, I eat, I cook—and I do those things in some sequence every day. I know there is value in journals which contain a specific account of the eating habits of individuals in a specific area and era for a historic record. However, I would be bored stiff writing something like that. I eschew boredom with a passion.

But blogging isn’t about a daily habit of journal writing. It’s sharing thoughts. And I enjoy doing that. I enjoy sharing the contents of my memories and getting an opportunity to spend ten minutes or so (usually longer, but today I am reduced to about five because I need to leave in about a minute) each day, thinking across the page with my fingers, and then sharing it. And that’s why it appeals to me.