I love that my blog can be whatever I want it to be and I dislike the notion that blogging has to be a certain way.

I've read many posts on what blogging should be, some I agreed with, others I skimmed over, choosing not to get involved in the 'that's not blogging' debate.  In my twitter timeline and in the blogs I follow there was recently a spate of comments / posts such as these.

As someone who used to get annoyed at the most random and pointless things I understand how easy it is to be irritated by something, and when you see it over and over again it can be infuriating but I realised I had to stop worrying about things I can't change, especially when they don't actually impact on my life in any fundamental way.

If I'm not enjoying a blog post, I stop reading it. If I'm following a blog or someone on twitter and their posts begin to irritate me, get boring, or just don't have any relevance to me I hit 'unfollow'. I decided that simply removing any irritation, which is very easy to do when you are behind a screen, is by far the easiest thing to do and makes for a quieter life. It's often better than getting involved in online titt for tatt, which at the end of the day is of no benefit to anyone.

A blog is a place for you to share and say whatever you like. Treat your blog how ever you want to, there are no rules (although a general 'be kind to each other' rule would be great). It's your space, just know that not everyone will love it in the way that you do, but that's OK, you're never going to be able to keep everyone happy and if that's what you're trying to do, then, I'm afraid, you're in for a huge disappointment.

What I love about blogging is the community, the support I've seen between bloggers far outweighs any posts or comments that have me rolling my eyes. Blogging has introduced me to knew things, pushed me out of my comfort zone on occasion and changed the way I think and feel about certain things. I love blogging because it gives me an escape, a place to reflect, and the opportunity to engage with others, because, let's face it, if you weren't reading this I'd be talking to myself!


Part of #BEDN hosted by Elizabeth.

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