Sometimes I wonder why I’m blogging when it feels like no one is reading. Although that reason is the absolute wrong reason to be blogging. I should be writing for me, for a memory down the road, not for comments. But partly the whole appeal of blogging is the camaraderie you get from other people who may be going through something similar or are stopping to say hello. Who doesn’t like to make friends and feel loved and wanted right!
It’s not as though I don’t have ideas or posts in my head to write; I do. It’s not as though I don’t have the time, I do, now that I’ve returned to work. I just can’t seem to get motivated to do anything lately. Or rather I’m a very good procrastinator! I’m not very disciplined. And as I get older I find myself being more scatterbrained than usual with ideas going here and there and basically nowhere.
It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in Ontario. This year I am thankful for the health of my two beautiful children and myself. J has a cold. A MAN COLD! I am thankful that I was able to return to my job after being home for 21 months and as boring and menial that it is at times I am grateful for a paycheque and benefits. I am thankful that we have a roof over our heads and that it is comfortable for us to live in and raise our children. I am thankful that when our local daycare asks for donations to the food bank I am able to give a grocery bag full for those who are not able. I am thankful for the friends I have, though they are few they are near and dear to my heart.
Wishing all my silent readers J a wonderful happy and beautiful Thanksgiving weekend!
You know I read, right? Nobody comments in my blog anymore either… I think it’s just the way things have “evolved” — people still read blogs, but on readers or on their phones or whatever, and don’t comment as much. It’s OK, we should be blogging for ourselves first and foremost, G.
I do feel exactly the same way you do, though! There are TONS of things I’d love to blog about (though I do NOT have a lot of time), but I don’t feel very motivated to put the effort into posting because I feel my “readers” would really care — which may be very untrue. In any case, I’m very happy we met through blogging and I’m sure we’ll have a chance to meet in person someday too!
Oh my goodness, the scattered-brain ideas. Getting organized has been top of my priority list for too many years. Thank YOU, though, for the reminder of all we have to be grateful for this weekend.
I’m always around. I just have gotten out of the habit of clicking over from Reader to comment.