Blogging fascination

I'm truly not this frequent a blogger. I usually blog once a week or every two weeks at best. I'm just preparing you for the hiatus that might come up after this week. I'm blogging more because I find it cathartic (sp?) and I took this week off for one last vacation before the little one arrives.


Which made me think. Why exactly AM I blogging so much right now? What is it about my sudden need to blog..


When I first got involved in blogging, I thought I was the first. Seriously. Naiive? Stupid? But - absolutely. I thought I was one of a kind, and that no one else was like me. Then, I started noticing that other people were blogging (many of whom were recent first time Moms who were out of work with their small children trying to make sense of them). Other, more interesting, much more articulate people were blogging. You'd have thought that would have been the end of my blogging career.



So did I.



But then - I couldn't stop. I started to work through my blogs. Sometimes I'd write about an actual issue - other times, it was just an unimportant anecdote I used to de-stress, cracking myself up at the same time.



I find myself in a similar position now. Some people blog to solicit conversation. A great blog acts that way - I think. It creates conversation. But - my blog has evolved into something I realized was purely for myself. IS purely for myself. I find myself blogging - and not really caring who else reads it (But when someone reads it - it does make me happy).. but really enjoying the process.



No life lesson here.. except.. if you're stressed about anything - consider blogging.