A month of blogging daily

Well, I’ve made it. A whole month of blogging daily. Unless I suffer a heart attack or something that stops me from completing this post. That would suck. For the obvious health implications – but mainly because it would stop me from reaching the prestigious goal of blogging daily.

Anyway, figured today’s a good time to just look back and reflect on what I’ve learnt.

It’s acted as a journalling mechanism

I’ve tried journalling in the past. It works to varying degrees but it can sometimes feel a bit lonely. I didn’t intend for this blog to become a public journal, but it has allowed me to indirectly get things off my chest. It’s also worked to distract my mind from overthinking.

It’s provided self assurance

It’s amazing how often I have a dialogue playing in my mind. Usually I feel it’s just me. That I’m a bit weird. Don’t get me wrong – I’m definitely weird. But it’s nice to know I’m not alone. The amount of people that have gotten in touch with me to say they feel the same way about something truly helps assure me that the world is just as weird as me. Weirdos.

People enjoy personal shit

When I look back at the stats around which posts get the most views – they tend to be the overly personal posts. Maybe it has something to do with how I advertise the posts on Instagram and the language I use? Or maybe there’s just a lot of nosey f*ckers out there.

I kid, I kid. I’m sure it’s because they can relate or something. Plus who doesn’t love reading/hearing about the funny things kids do.

I’ve been able to reconnect with old friends

This is the key one for me. People are like seasons in a person’s life, blah blah blah. I’ve been lucky enough to meet some amazing people in my years. For whatever reason though, life usually means you lose contact with many people too. No fault of anyone’s. Just life gets in the way. So, it’s been so good to hear from people I haven’t heard from in years. Hearing how their lives have gone since we last spoke. And remembering just how much I have in common with people from yesteryear. Truly has brought a smile to my face.

I know how to ramble

This isn’t completely new to me. I mean I tend to ramble through many conversations and interactions with people. But it has surprised me how often I’m able to find something – anything – to write about. It’s all nonsense, but that’s just what I do. I really enjoy entertaining people. Not like that. Filthy buggers. If I’m able to make at least one person smile per day that makes me feel like I’m winning. Bit of a cheat as I definitely know how to make the OddDaughter smile every day… Mrs OddFather, not so much!

And there we have it. A month done. Do I carry on tomorrow? Do I stop? I’m torn. I enjoy writing these posts when I feel the way I do right now – smiling awkwardly on a train as the person in front of me stares at me confused.

But it can be difficult to maintain when I don’t feel great or inspired. Plus maybe I’m a little conscious of annoying people with what I say – who would have thought?!

Let’s see what tomorrow brings. Or doesn’t.