Blog Challenge

As you may or may not know, this blog entry was prompted by a challenge to a fellow blogger by her 'friend' (not sure if that makes it a second cousin twice removed or a long distance dedication - I always get those mixed up). So, the challenge is to write on one of two subjects:

1. Why do I blog or,
2. Top 10 reasons to read my blog.

Lets go with challenge #1.

As was mentioned by my friend with the 'laugh' blog, both subjects are a bit egotistical and self serving but are simple enough to get the writing flowing and let everyone (no matter the bend of their blog) join in. Well, here goes.

I blog so that the I can sort through the thoughts and feeling that tend to rattle around in my head. Life is chaotic at times and requires frequent introspection lest we lose ourselves amid the constant churning. The blog is my time to slow it down, take a breath and try to pick up the pieces. For that reason, I do not blog every day - heck you would be lucky to see me blog a couple times a month. Not to say that I do not have enough chaos in my day to day to write about, I just choose to wait until it reaches critical mass before attacking it. My blog is for me alone, but if there are others who find it interesting and wish to read it, all the better. I am glad that there are a select few who choose to follow my blog and that there are a handful more that check it out when I link to FB (you know who you are). As one of my prior posts noted, it also serves as a form of journal or sketchbook. In this fashion, it preserves my discussions on things and allows me to go back from time to time and revisit what I was thinking and feeling (as opposed to those who believe their journal will be considered literature upon their passing - I harbor no such delusions). In the end, it will all just rattle around in cyberspace until someone deletes it because it is old and no one reads it. Till then, my blog helps me to keep everything between the lines.

In my world, that is reason enough to do it.