History of Blogging {Blogtember Challenge}

September 14th Prompt: When did you start blogging, and why?

Oh boy. Where do I even begin with this one? I starting blogging when I was 15... 12 years ago. Wow. That was a good 'ol Xanga (come on... you know you had one too!). It was full of awesomeness surveys and other teenage related stuff (and no, I will NOT share it. In fact, I went through great lengths to get that thing off the Internet for good! ;-) )

Real blogging though? I started on January 1st, 2012 as a challenge for myself. I blogged EVERY SINGLE DAY that year, even if it was just a hey, what's up? post. (That year, I blogged at Always Write 2012). The year was a success, but I HATED blogging every day. I worked a LOT that year (and had an hour commute each way), so it felt like a chore. I didn't want that.

So on January 1st, 2013, I started this blog with the goal of blogging a few times each week. I think it's been successful, and I love my little piece of blogland!

As for the second question, I started blogging to get stuff off my mind. It's cliché, but there's a lot going on in this brain of mine. I needed an outlet. I also LOVE to write, so it's a win-win.

How long have YOU been blogging?
Why did YOU start?

Fell Off the Blogtember Challenge

Oops. I started participating in the Blogtember Challenge at the beginning of September. I thought it would make me a better,  more consistent blogger. And it did... for about three weeks. But I've I've missed an entire week.

What can I say? Life got the best of me? It did... and now I'm super sick. My throat is killing me. My head is all congested. I can only hear out of one ear presently. This is crazy.

I was PLANNING ON spending my day at my favorite little French café downtown, but I feel so miserable that I'll just stay at home and get all of the same work done... in my sweatpants.

I'm going to be working on planning out my blog posts for the next month, so we'll see how that goes. I am NOT planning one for every single day. I don't want to set myself up for failure. I'm thinking a few posts a week will be great! :)