31 May 2005
when all around here was (virtually) green fields...
when I wrote without filtering my words...
the first time a colleague found me via google and used those words against me...
the first time I censored what I was writing...
the first abusive comment I received...
the first time someone stole one of my photos and used it as their own...
the first time I seriously considered that doing this might affect my job...
the first time I seriously considered quitting for that reason...
that I've been doing this (on and off) for over five years now...
that the sky hasn't fallen on my head as a result...
that I've made a lot of good friends through this...
the first email I got from someone I didn't previously know who had read and enjoyed (or found useful) what I wrote...
that this has seen me through three employers and five jobs...
that this has seen me through the end and the beginning of a relationship...
that this has seen me through sickness and health...
that this has seen me through death as well as life...
that I can't come up with a simple answer about why I do this...
that I just do because I just am...
that at the end of the day, nothing else matters.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Yay, introspection. *grin*
There's a lot of this going around at the moment, isn't there? Must be something in the water.
A lot of blogiversarries going on.
Well said oh pixellated one, well said.
You are, therefore you blog (Errors and Omissions excepted).
Everything else is Real Life(TM), or Bollox, or not your responsibility.
well said
I quite agree.
That this has kept me in touch with my much loved daughter wherever she might be. I thank you for it.
An excellent summary.... congrats!
What a list to remember. Here's to never forgetting it.
I've always been quite thankful that you do it, and inspired beyond words by your creative talents. Thank you for sharing with the rest of us.
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