Blog Therapy Part Deux

So I've been contemplating my latest obsession a lot lately. I love blogging, reading blogs, etc. A few times I've even wandered through other bloggers' links to discover other fun and insightful blogs. And I've been wondering why I'm so hooked on blogs. Why is blogging so much more fun than calling a girlfriend on the phone or emailing a pal?

Here is what I've come up with. In my daily life as I try to decipher the utterances of my three year old and the indescernable syllables that stutter out of my one year old, I find that there is a nagging desire to connect with other people. I would probably feel this way even if I wasn't a stay at home mom. There is just something about pushing that little publish post button that is indescribably satisfying. I mean, think about it... my thoughts are 'published'! How fun (and also scary) is that?

I also realize that blogs give me a way to find out about other people's lives and connect with people I don't normally chat with. That is probably more than half the reason I started this, so others would start and I could read theirs, too! So thanks everyone who has jumped on the bandwagon, before or after me.

So as I pretend to be mildly entertaining and witty, I've discovered that blogging is therapy for me, therapy that not only provides me with connection, but also with a better life. And here is why: my friend, Jeanine, shared these quotes a while ago on her blog and they have inspired me to be active rather than passive in my life. On jouranling from the lovely Brad Wilcox:

"Thoughts are created in the act of writing. [It is a myth that] you must have something to say in order to write. Reality: You often need to write in order to have anything to say. Thought comes with writing, and writing may never come if it is postponed until we are satisfied that we have something to say.... The assertion of write first, see what you had to say later applies to all manifestations of written language, to letters... as well as to diaries and journals."

And...

"Writing, like other arts, is a representation of life. Thus, the writer is compelled to live life more consciously. Journal writing will not make passive people miraculously more active. However, regular writing does make it harder for us to remain passive."

And honestly, how many of us have said, "I gotta get a picture of this to write about on my blog!" I know I have! So happy blogging, and hope everyone's therapy session is great today!