My justification for blogging

Every year I make a resolution to blog more. Every year I do ok for a few months and then it wanes off. I'm a busy girl. I have a lot going on. But blogging for me is a written record of the things that are happening in our life. I don't have baby books for my kids (OK, I HAVE them, but there is nothing really written in them) to look back on in twenty years and see when they lost their first tooth, or read the funny things they used to say. While I like to think of myself as someone who likes scrapbooking I rarely if ever have actually done it, instead I just store mounds and mounds of scrapbooking supplies in my den. Blogging for me is a way to document things that were significant enough that I felt the need to share them with the world. I used to think that those kinds of events would be something I would never forget, but as time passes the details get more and more fuzzy.

The other reason I like to blog is to be connected with my friends and family by our common interests. I blog about the kids, but I also like to blog about projects I've done, or recipes I love, or my way of handling some situation that I know a lot of people will have to deal with. I know for myself I'm always surveying my friends, co-workers and family about how they've approached a situation, tackled an organization project or cooked some yummy dish I tried at a potluck. It takes a lot of time and energy to gather information about the best way to do something. I like to share my experiences when I've come up with a solution that I think others could benefit from. When I post something that someone else tries and loves, I get praise (who doesn't love that), and they get to learn from my endless toiling and research about the "best" way to do something without all the footwork. I take my inspiration from the blogs, and sites via Facebook, that I follow. I appreciate so much that they spend the time collecting information on say, sales, and post all the ways you can save money by combining the sales with coupons and other perks. It saves me time doing the research and I get some GREAT deals. I simply want to return the favor and share the things that are working for us.

So yes, blogging takes time and I don't have a lot to spare. But I refuse to give up my goal of blogging more. Maybe it will only be once a week. Maybe I'll go weeks or months without posting a single thing, but I'm not going to stop trying.