I realize that blogging is very popular. "Everybody does it." Therefore, many companies offer options for the armchair writer. Too many.
I started blogging (last week) by accident, while researching a class offered for homeschoolers. The class was a webinar to teach kids how to make their own websites on a popular free site. Fifteen minutes into looking, I had a blog. Pretty surprising for me, since I usually require trying out every site out there, weighing the pros and cons, basically putting off the whole experiment until perfection is achieved. In other words, I don't do it.
This time, I waited until after a few posts, until a few friends posted on different blogging sites...and now I'm testing. Wouldn't you know it, the first alternate site has interesting reasons to switch. Easier to layout, free fonts... Trouble is, I don't know enough to know what's important. That's the fun of it, though, right? Gretchen Rubin, in The Happiness Project, discusses the importance of growth and challenge to our happiness. We're more satisfied in what we do, if we are challenged in the doing of it. Whether or not she's right, it helps me to keep frustration at bay holding onto the thought that it'll be worth it.
This month, The Ladies' Home Journal printed an article on a similar vein. The gist: to be happier, make life a little harder. Stop depending so much on convenience and "labor saving" devices, and enjoy the sense of accomplishment, the joy of working with your hands.
I completely agree...in theory. I don't see myself giving up my washer or sewing machine. On the other hand, growing food, canning, and sewing all sound like wonderful ways to live. Back to decision making: what to give up so that I have the time for these earthy, hands-on, creative pursuits? And which blogging site is the absolute BEST?
Thanks for the fun read!
ReplyDeleteI love the irony of spending time on a blog searching for the thought of how to get more time to do things with your hands. Isn't that the way it is though? Maybe blogging and otherwise spending time creating using technology is simply an new age way to "get your hands dirty?"
As for the blog site, I read a teabag quote recently that said something like "the artist who seeks perfection will never find it."