Life is Funny

Several years ago (6 years) I entered this crazy blogging world where you send stuff in to the internet and hope somebody reads it. Over the years I have learned that some people read it and most people don't. I have used different blogging sites and different formats, I have used actual full blown websites and advertisements. I have blogged with a theme and blogged with a purpose. 
The constant need to know if anyone out there was reading my blog at one point consumed me. All that mattered to me was how much activity I got on a post. It consumed me so much that I lost all my senses and began to wonder around wearing a sombrero and Groucho Marxs mustache. Weird thing was I found a couple other moms who had the same idea.
(See Photo Below, I'm the one on the right)

It pushed me to the point that I completely lost track of why I started to Blog in the first place. I blogged to get all the crazy junk out of my head. I blogged to talk about all the weird things my husband and children did. I blogged to draw attention to the obvious things of the World that no one else in my teeny tiny circle was talking about. Blogging brought me JOY and because of unnecessary pressures I put on myself I lost my way. Here is the thing.... I turned 39 a few weeks ago and realized that I wanted to get back to the things that bring me JOY. I put JOY in all caps because that is the crazy kind of JOY I want to feel. Writing brings me JOY. Interacting in type with others brings me JOY. Sharing my challenges and screw ups with the World brings me JOY. Sharing the REAL us brings me JOY.

So that is where I am today. Ready to try this blogging thing again but this time with no pressure.