2008

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 Sometimes when I think about writing a blog post, I get stopped because I feel silly. I want to have lots of posts to look back on years in the future, but I also don't want people to read stuff that is boring or I guess unimportant. I either feel like I am being too personal to where I feel vulnerable, or I am too surface level and it's boring. I try to keep my posts casual and to not edit them or think too much about them. I want them to be authentic and not feel like I am writing essays for school again. 

When I get stuck with these feelings while I'm considering writing, I sometimes go read old blog posts from my Mom and my Auntie Lisa. Their blogs go back to like 2008 and it's so interesting to me to read their words from when they were younger. Some of them are so funny and I get so much enjoyment from reading them. But while they were writing them, they probably just felt like I do, writing about normal life for them. And maybe I just feel this way sometimes because I am in a pretty easy era of life and their posts from 2008 are all about the chaos of having young kids. 

No matter the reason, I hope that someone 20 years down the line will be happy that I made all these random posts as I grew up. Because I sure am thankful that I have these posts to read. 

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