Today is the six month anniversary of my blog. So I coined a new word in its honor — blog-a-versary. Well, I thought I coined it until I Googled it and it turns out every other blogger is already using it. Sometimes it feels like there are no good ideas left…
So yes, Happy Blog-a-versary to Me!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for reading and encouraging me to keep going. My goal for this first six months was simply to write, and I have had such a great time sharing in this new-to-me way. I’ve learned that people will support you if you let them. Sometimes you have to put yourself out there a little bit. So thanks. Thanks for stopping by and reading and if you were feeling brave commenting. It means so much to me to know that I am making a connection. That what I am writing about is resonating with you in some way.
I started this blog because I felt disconnected from myself and my life. I had spend a lot of time waiting for a solution. Waiting for the right thing to come along that was going to inspire and motivate me. And then way back in January, which seems like a million years ago, I decided that waiting for something wasn’t cutting it. That I have everything that I need. That was big. I already have everything that I need. If it sounds like a bunch of new age-y, life coach-y, yogi mumbo jumbo, well that’s because it is. You can put it in any box you choose but it doesn’t change its inherent truth. I spent so much energy on If I only had….If I just had a little more of….If someone would just….
I already have everything that I need.
With this blog I’m trying to create a web site that I would read. The web site that I’ve been searching for – a combination of original and personal content that doesn’t take itself too seriously and that feels real and not like a marketing campaign. A place where I can connect with others on the every day things that add up to the big things. Not self-help. Not how-to’s. Just this is life. Can you believe it? That’s the feeling I’m after.
As I go eat my gluten-free, dairy-free cupcake from the Main Line Bakery which is housed in the train station around the corner from my house and might be the cutest place ever, I’m feeling really connected. And I like it. And that’s the whole point of all this right? And by all of this I mean this blog, this life, this world. So thanks for coming by to celebrate with me. If you would have told me you were coming, I would have gotten you a cupcake.
Congratulations Kaly! I am here to celebrate with you and not going anywhere. I love your blog and look forward to every post. Thank you for taking the risk. All of our lives are enriched by it.
Thanks Mom!
Congratulation and thank you for keeping up with your blog! Your blog truly inspire me: I have been able to fit those 25 minutes exercise into my “busy” schedule. I felt less depress that I did not do much right after the kids went back to school and thinking about all your good resolutions, I signed up to volunteer in Theo class this year! Next Friday will be my first volunteering experience! So thank you for your blog and I am looking forward for the next 6 months!
Thanks Val – I am totally addicted to the 25 minutes and glad its working for you too. I think you’ll really like being in the classroom. It’s such a good way to get involved and get a better feeling for the school.
Okay, first off thank you so much for the big “bunch of new age-y, life coach-y, yogi mumbo jumbo.” Seriously, I needed that. Catching up on your last couple of posts today (there is no better way to avoid your own blogging (or lack thereof), I’ve found, than to “research” by reading 25 other people’s blogs in a morning). It seems that last week you were in the exact same head-space I’m in this week. It’s so great that I read this today (get ready for some more yogi mumbo jumbo here) that I’m actually thinking I was “meant” to read it a week late to help dig me out of the confused hole I seem to have jumped into. And, of course, congrats on your blog-a-versary! That’s awesome!
I spent A YEAR researching!!!! So I feel your pain. I have no doubt that you were meant to read this when you were ready to receive it. It’s just how this stuff works. Keep plugging away on your blog – you WILL get there.