A Declarative Statement

Yesterday I came across an article called "Why You Should Blog, Even if No One is Reading". You can read it for yourself here. I've been thinking about it a lot since then, and something that took up that much thought is worthy of a post.

I've always loved to write. I was that kid who carried a notebook everywhere for a while, Harriet the Spy style. I'm that person who has every single journal saved. I've even been blogging since early high school, but it's always pretty much been for myself. It wasn't until The Challenge that I really and truly wanted to write things worthwhile for other people (although I still haven't quite figured that one out).

I've read other blogs where people manage to find something, anything, from their day and make it hilarious. I've seen some that are incredibly artistic, others that are thought-provoking. And I admit that I have coveted those abilities, my friends. I have stared at the little white posting box agonizing over what to write, sometimes even writing entire posts before deleting them to start from square one. I have felt that my posts are insignificant, meaningless, and a waste of time for both myself and readers.

But you know what? I have this passion for writing. And I love The Challenge for making me write even when I don't want to. I have seen how it has challenged me into being a better writer. Not only have I toyed around with the mechanics of it, but I've also opened my eyes and my mind to the world around me to soak more of it in. Good writers linger on the details around them, take it all in. After all...

"The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things: ancient history, nineteenth-century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, flower arranging, and hog futures. Because he never knows when these ideas might come together to form a new idea. It may happen six minutes later or six months or six years down the road. But he has faith that it will happen." - Carl Ally

The things captured in this blog will be wonderful to look back on, just like all of those journals I have saved over the years. I will feel emotions again, relive memories, but I will notice the growth I've done as a person and as a writer.

And that is what this blog is about. It's not artsy or funny, political or whatever. This is me, this is my life. This is who I am. I call the shots here, and share my thoughts here, too. It's just whatever comes out on any given day. It's random, yes, but hey, that's me, too.

So thank you for following my growth with me, my friends, because I know that there are those of you who read this. I don't hold you to reading this every single day, but I appreciate it. I hope after reading today's post that you have a bit more insight into why I'm doing what I do here.

~"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." [-Sylvia Plath]~