Dare I Blog?

Neal and I made a deal to write every day during the month of December. I was originally planning on keeping a Word file and sharing it with him at the end of each week. He, on the other hand, jumped right in and started a blog. I really enjoy reading his blog and that of other bloggers, but I look at this screen and am reminded of my very long summer running the Planet Xpo Star Trek 40th Anniversary blog. I was immersed in Star Trek for over 40 days--it was my choice, but by the end of those 40 days, I was spent. I created a scrapbook page saying I would never do that again...yet, here I am!

A couple of years ago, I started to notice that blogging was taking over the scrapbooking world. I kept asking myself how these people had time to blog. It wasn't until I took Shimelle's "Learn Something New Every Day" class in September that I got it. Blogging allows scrapbookers to organize their thoughts about life as it happens instead of waiting for months...or years...to scrapbook the events. Many of the scrappers (including one of my crop buddies) simply print out their blog for inclusion on the scrapbook page. It is a brilliant way to save time while journaling about life in the moment. Many of us tend to leave journaling until the end, but it makes so much more sense to begin with it.

Well, it looks like I've talked myself into becoming a blogger!