I've just been reading this post and feel thoroughly inspired to become more organised (and honest) in the blogging department. I've even gone and chosen a notebook from the vast collection we have in the cupboard by the front door specifically for the purpose!
For the past month or so, I've been thinking about doing some themed posts as well as more spontaneous ones, just to give a little structure to my blogging. So, I now have a list of possible titles. I'm also going to try to have a couple of posts in draft form, so that I'm not doing that last minute panic and scratching around for something to post before the end of the day. At the moment, when I find myself in just that position, I do however draw comfort from the fact that yes, it's 8 o'clock in the evening here, but back home, it's only lunchtime - even I can see that that's not really logical!
I'm also going to try to be less self conscious about the way I blog, and write in the way I would if I were speaking to a friend. At the moment, I often have LOTS of ideas about posts but then, in the cold light of day chicken out, thinking no one would want to read about some ridiculous thing that I've found really interesting.
What I'm really hoping for from all of this is that a. my blogging will become more manageable and b. it will again be enjoyable. I think recently, I've lost sight of why I started this blog. Really, it's meant to be somewhere that I can write about my and our experiences of living abroad, all the travelling we will hopefully continue to do, together with all the mundane bits in between which link everything together. You never know, I might even reach the point of telling some of my friends about it. As I think I've mentioned before, it's only Mr W and the girls who are in the know at the moment! I did once toy with the idea of telling my mother, but was put off when, during the course of our conversation about blogs, she was somewhat dismissive, saying she couldn't understand why anyone would want to read about someone else's tedious live when you didn't even know them! I think she's somewhat missed the point, don't you? Interestingly though, Pickle's class has just set up a blog as part of their schoolwork, and she doesn't mind reading that!
Now I've got that off my chest, I think I should probably stop waffling. I'm off to try to get a few posts in the bag!
Until next time x
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