Part of me hasn’t written in a few days because there are things I want to talk about, but I’m not sure I want to write them here. Things I want to say, but I don’t know if I want to say them to the public at large. There are things going on, but they have less to do with weight loss and general nonsense and more to do with… me, my life, my family.
Which brings me to two questions. Why blog and what to share?
I know they’re important questions. I started the blog as a way to talk about my weight loss journey. It was and still is a central part of my life. It’s a huge part of me, whether I like it or not, and is immensely helpful to have a place to put the emotions of weight loss. This way I don’t burn anyone out by whining about it.
I also like the community. I may not have made tons of friends through my blog, but I’ve made some, joined a community, and enjoy that piece. I enjoy finding other people’s blogs, reading blogs, and being a part of the community.
What about the rest? The rest of my blog is… a little of this and that. What I did, what else is going on.
What’s taboo. I don’t talk about my marriage, except to say how wonderful it is. Clearly, it is always wonderful all the time, obviously. But even on the slim chance it wasn’t wonderful all the time, I wouldn’t write about it here. I rarely talk about it- that’s between my husband and I.
What about things like trying for babies? Or things that go on in my family? Things that are upsetting/ bothering/ annoying me? I don’t typically write about that stuff, but I’m not sure why. I have a post in drafts, and I can’t decide if I want to share it. I just don’t know.
So, my *ahem* loyal readers, here’s my question(s) to you.
~If you blog, why?
~How do you decide what to blog about and what is sacred?
~What do you like reading about in other people’s blogs?
~What makes you cringe in a kind of “oohh… that’s too much information” kind of way?
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November 2, 2006 at 8:54 pm
cheesefairy
I hate to see questions unanswered! I just happened across your blog - we’re on a nablopomo fantasy team together over at elevated umbrella…
I blog because I like the instant gratification from hitting that “publish” button and having something I wrote be out there, in public. I’m a frustrated (unpublished) writer, so having a place to write that’s safe and mine and “for practice” is very valuable.
- to figure out what’s sacred, I consider my readership. My parents, my in-laws, all manner of family members, co-workers and friends all read my blog. So there are things I don’t mention. As my readership amongst people I know grows, there are more things I don’t mention, which is sad in a way and why I keep a secret blog elsewhere. There, nothing is sacred. It’s very freeing and is much more about therapy than writing skills.
- in other peoples’ blogs i like the human interest stuff - stupid everryday stuff, thhe things that make people people. I love real diaries too. I’m just nosy. Th’internet was made for ppl like me.
- TMI? sex detail. everything else is cool & interesting but I came across someone’s in depth story of the night before w/her partner and it made me not want to go back there ever.