I am still relatively new to the blogger scene, but have quickly realized how much blogging can teach me about myself. I am no stranger to the world of social-networking but for me, Facebook exists in a whole different realm than does blogging. I can easily post pictures, post a comment to someone's wall, and send a piece of flair, but I asked myself, what could I write about every week that others would find interesting enough to read? I often see blogs about being a parent, cooking, weddings, but I know little to nothing about any of these topics. Through research I learned that the answer to this question is writing about what you are obssessed with, i.e. something you care enough about to think of or do everyday. I thought this was a good guideline since the passion and enthusiasm that accompanies obssession can easily gain interest from others. But for me, I couldn't name just one obsession. Sure I listen to and think about NPR a lot, but that's because of the multiplicity of ideas and experiences that I can hear about while driving to and from work. So then I thought, 'Well then it's stories. I must be obssessed with the stories!' From this thought was born the theme of my former blog, the Story Boutique. I then began posting the stories that I thought were interesting in hopes that a least one other person would also find it interesting. But then I found myself posting recipes and my own thoughts and other things besides stories that I thought were interesting and then trying to link them to a story in order to stay consistent with the theme. Because I so wanted to post more than just stories, I decided to change the overall theme of my blog to the one you see now. If there is one thing that blogging can teach, it is that anybody can be a narcissist. So this is me, embracing the narcissist inside and hoping that whatever I might say could eventually prove useful, entertaining, or worthwhile to someone else. But so as not to forget about my inner-narcissist for too long I also hope to learn more about... you guessed it... me! But seriously, there are so many things that I can think of to post that I feel the best thing to do is broaden the boundaries of my blog. Perhaps, someday as I grow up and move further along the journey of life, I will be able to pinpoint just 1 obssession. But until then, I hope you enjoy my further attempts at blogging and that eventually you will love me and my posts just as much as I do. :)
Enjoy!
