Why I Blog

May 10

This blog spent two years rolling around in my mind.  In that time, I read some pretty excellent bloggers, and some not-so-excellent ones who still put themselves out there for the webworld to see.   Blogging is risky and takes courage. 

I could say that I blog because I love to write, which I do.  But I could write just for myself, in journals, in private, for my eyes only.   What compels me to blog?  

I blog because I’m shy….blogging allows me to be as uninhibited and open as I choose to be.  I love this freedom of saying and sharing what I feel without censoring myself, the rush of putting something out there that others might read, the thrill of having an impact on someone else with my words.   I’ve always felt that I can express myself better in writing than I feel I can when I talk to people, I feel more coherent when I write.  And because I tend to do things slower than others, writing gives me time to think and say what I need to say.  

And I have tons of stuff I want to say that I think others would appreciate.  

Blogging gives me the space I need to say it out loud, whatever “it” is, whether it be what I think of Stephen Harper, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, my kids’ latest escapades, my take on life as a single woman, my insecurities & fears, the current books I’m reading, people I admire in this world,  my father, the freaking war in Iraq/Afghanistan/pick-a-country-any-country, the crisis that’s now beyond a crisis in Africa,  why friends are as necessary as chocolate, how sex is the best gift to give & to receive, right down to my thoughts on what makes a woman a Woman, and why it’s important to eat your veggies.

 I’m free to say what I think in this space, and you’re free to agree or disagree, and to tell me or not tell me that you agree/disagree.   It’s win-win. 

There are things that I want to say that I feel I couldn’t say anywhere else but here.  It’s like when you need to tell something to someone, and you just can’t find your voice or the words just won’t come out:  blogging helps those words to come out, it gives me a voice.

I’m still a newbie at this, and every day I’m learning how to make my blog better, I’m refining my writing skills, I’m meeting creative and very interesting people, and those who know me & read this blog get a chance to see a different side of me.  Heck I’M seeing a different side of me when I read what I’ve written!  That’s very cool….

Love,

Chantal

xoxoxo

(speaking of creative and very interesting people, thanks for suggesting this topic, Iced Mocha :) 

  http://icedmocha.wordpress.com/2007/05/09/why-i-blog/

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