Guys, I am so thankful that I called this blog my ‘Everything Blog.’ I’m so glad that I allow myself the freedom to blog about what I want . . . where I want, how I want.
Sometimes I start to constrain myself–I think ‘well, I’d better keep posting 1-2 recipes per week’ or ‘I’d better get some book reviews done’ or ‘if I don’t post every single weekday, the world will fall apart’–and then I remember that everything and anything is up to me, and I have the freedom to write about whatever is exciting in my world at the time. Or not write. I can neglect to post on any given day–and our globe continues to turn.
If I had called this blog ‘Jenna’s Fun Time Internet Space,’ I would feel compelled to be fun all the time. And recently I was feeling like I just didn’t want to be funny anymore. On many occasions the silliness just oozes out of me. It’s all I can do to put a stopper in it long enough to get dinner on the table without interrupting the process with 5 silly jigs, 8 silly songs, and 2 silly frolics. But recently, I haven’t been feeling quite so silly. Maybe it’s the advent of the fall–it’s a thoughtful season. It’s a season that always urges me to look back, think about the previous year, review good memories and bad, do a little self-examination. Read past journal entries with a hot mug of coffee in hand, and prepare myself for my once-a-year scrapbooking project.
So thank you for letting me be serious when I feel serious, and thoughtful when I feel thoughtful, and silly when I feel silly–and sticking with me through all my moods and musings. It keeps the ‘everything’ aspect of my little space alive and well–and reminds me that I’m free.
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My blog is called "I Make Soap" - and although you don't read my blog - my friends that do always ask "Why do you call it that Skip? You never post about soap."
Meh. My blog. My rules. [There is a story behind it, but who cares?]
Can't wait to see your scrapbooking endeavors.
I totally want to hear the story!! =)
"Everything" does give you a lot of freedom in choice, and there is no end of subjects to write (or not) about! :)
Well, I adore you no matter what mood you're in...silly, serious, contemplative. EVERYTHING about Jenna sounds good to me!
I'm glad you didn't succumb to the "shoulds" ... "Everything" is what makes you you, and your blog your blog!
love it, jenna. i love your honesty & totally agree that it's your blog and you can decide what you want to post..no rules or NOTHING :)
I do think sometimes that if I don't post the day I planned to do this, the world will fall apart (my world at least). Thanks for this wonderful, honest post.
I love your "everything" blog! I'm glad you feel the freedom to just be yourself here, because that's why we come.
I agree that fall can be contemplative - I've been feeling that way too ~
Jenna, I love that you're you. that's what keeps me coming back to your blog! And you're so right, you need to enjoy it or what's the point? Keep doing what you're doing my friend!
Everything is a great way to go. I am a random blogger too!