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Feb 24

“Has it really been almost a month since I’ve posted anything of value to the world? I know I’ve been living life and enjoying friends and the weekend, but really.. a WHOLE month. Not good.” That’s what I thought logging on tonight to my blog and considering writing a blog post. Blogging is an interesting thing. There are so many out there; some people share their life, some proliferate information, others share their thoughts about a specific topic. My blog, well this is a place for everything in my life.

When I started blogging I did so to capture what was happening in my life so I had my journaling all done when it came time to scrapbook an event. It have moved to all sorts of locations. It has been broken apart and brought back together I don’t know how many times. I’ve often felt that I “need” to write more on my blog, like I “owe” it to the few people I know that actually read it. I mean if I want more readers and more people commenting I need to post more, right? I was thinking about this the other day and realized this. I’m a lurker. I mean, when I’m on Facebook, Twitter, etc. I lurk and read more than I comment. I know, some of you reading this find that hard to believe because I do comment in Facebook and tweet in Twitter. In thinking about being a lurker, I realized this, “I like lurking. I prefer talking to someone in person than writing to a nebulous person(s) over the web.” That said, I have to wonder how many people are lurking on my blog. Since this discovery I have accepted the fact that this blog is well.. for me. If others want to know what I’m doing, etc. then they can see it here.. but I don’t need comments or readers to feel the value of the blog. The value comes, for me, when I’m talking with someone about say.. a recipe.. and I can tell them, “Go to my blog and select recipes, you’ll find a great recipe for gnocchi.” If they go great, if not that’s OK too.

So what does this all mean? Well, I honestly don’t know. What I DO know is that I don’t feel pressure to post to my blog. I don’t feel bad when no one comments. I feel good that I can share with others and they can read it when they see fit.. or maybe not at all. It’s liberating I have to say.

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  • Sheila Smith

    As I read your blog a few min ago, I said to myself “this women has got the meaning to her life”. she accepts her for who she is with love, acceptance and non-judgement. What a wonderful place to be at and I wish most of us can be there consistently.

    You write with your heart and that is what makes your writing so interesting and heartfelt. The message comes through and the lesson is learned, Jona. Thank you, dear friend.

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  • http://www.learningnuggets.com jltitus

    Sheila, You are so sweet. I don't know that I TOTALLY accept myself, it's a continuing process. I think I'm more “OK” with who I am. You are such a nice person Sheila. I appreciate your thoughts and comments. I hope to see you soon… maybe in June.

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  • http://www.learningnuggets.com jltitus

    Sheila, You are so sweet. I don't know that I TOTALLY accept myself, it's a continuing process. I think I'm more “OK” with who I am. You are such a nice person Sheila. I appreciate your thoughts and comments. I hope to see you soon… maybe in June.

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