A blogging prompt for every day of the month of December. Today’s prompt from Reverb Broads, courtesy of Kristen: Why blog? Why do you or why do you like to blog (recognizing that these are not always the same thing)?
Considering this is the first time in like…ever…that I’ve posted more than once in the span of two or more weeks, I’m not sure how qualified I am to answer this. I’ve always wanted to be a regular blogger but have never thought I had anything worthy or awesome to say.
Most of the posts on this blog are poems that I’ve written. As far as those go, whenever I write poetry it’s because I have some sort of though, emotion or experience that I need to get out there. I have a hard time writing a poem and just feeling satisfied having written it. I need the poetry to float around in the abyss of the internet in the hopes that some poor soul will stumble upon it and be able to feel or experience what I did. A proverbial letter in the bottle of my blog, floating abroad on the internet ocean. My poems are honestly one of the deepest expressions of myself. I don’t claim to be a Frost, Dickenson or Cummings by any means…but I’d like to think I’m a little bit above the “teen angst” category. I choose words with purpose, I structure with purpose, I punctuate (or not) with purpose. None of my poems are just words. They are feelings and thoughts. And for me to really feel like I’ve done myself justice, I need to put it out there for other people.
As for regular posting…I’ve never done much of that but I’d like to. I’ve been very inspired lately by my dear friend Deanna and the things she writes. I’m a good writer, but she tops me. And there’s nothing like healthy jealousy admiration to kick you in the pants and motivate you to improve. ;D I am doing this prompt-a-day thing to help get me into the habit of posting every day. And when December has come and gone, I hope that it has become such a part of my routine that I will be able to do it more regularly than I have. Who knows. Maybe I’ll get readers or something! (Or I can just delude myself).
My previous lack of posting was mostly because I never felt like I ever had anything important or interesting to say. Which, honestly, stemmed from a lack of self-esteem on my part. That, and the constant “you’re not good enough” mantra that my mind used to chant over and over to me. But a strange thing happened. I went and met my husband. He has, never once, made me feel anything less than absolutely perfect and amazing. You’d think I was a goddess or something (which I’m obviously not, but he doesn’t seem to realize that. Someone should break the news). Since meeting him, my self-esteem has slowly skyrocketed (yes, I realize that is an oxymoron. Just go with it). I now think that my opinions (my existence, even), not only have worth, but are important. Because of this, I’ve lately felt the urge to start blogging more and make my voice heard.
In short, writing is what I do. I’ve just had a hard time keeping up a blog. That is going to change in 2012. Stay tuned for Awesome.
