Blogging the real me to make you (and me) feel better.

Posted on Jan 19 in Blogging, personal growthby TalinaPrint

While I was going through my feed reader last week I had a revelation (thanks to a post I’ll mention later) that could possibly warrant the changing of my tag line on this very blog.

Anyone who has been blogging for a long time knows that when our lives change often times so does the focus of our blogs. I know many bloggers who have been through this or are currently going through this right now (like her, her, her – awe hell the list could go on forever so I can’t possibly list all of you!).

This very blog has been through some of it’s own transformations in the 4 years I have been writing here. Back in the day the whole point of starting this blog was for marketing my business, then the economy slowed and so did my business sales. The focus shifted to me writing motivational articles and informative/ how to articles as I worked through a period of personal growth. Then I began writing sponsored posts for a while as I worked to monetize my blog and further my writing efforts.

Now I am more of a daily life blogger sharing all that is my life, honestly and sometimes boringly. Personal blogging is not only a venue for self discovery but as a blog reader I’ve found that it is also a comfort to find others who are or who have been in our same position.

This brings me back to the article I read that caused the revelation. It was a great read so click on over there and read it real quick! It said:

“ministry of mediocrity” – helping others by showing our real selves.

Yes, at times this blog is mediocre with it’s talk of poo and zits and other life events. I know we have enjoyed many dramatic – non boring things like the stove fire, the moldy basement issue, N’s job saga and moving cross country but the goal with this blog was never to impress anyone as I am sure you have already determined.

I think there is real beauty in realness which is why my writing style is the way it is now, it is also why I deeply love reading so many of your blogs. So much of society is about putting on your best face, we go around trying to make the best impression at work and at get-togethers. Soon life becomes this huge facade of us putting our best self out there which is fine but it also fuels the unattainable idea that we should all be perfect and “shiny” as the above referenced post puts it.

Bottom line is none of us are perfect, we can all try and try to convince others that we are but what if in doing so we forget to love and nurture ourselves, imperfections and all? I mean if we are so ashamed of the imperfect sides of us how can we truly love and accept ourselves? I guess that is why I am so open and real about things on this blog, ugliness and all.

So now I am taking an idea from Teeni and calling on my readers to help me come up with a new tag line for this blog, that reflects this idea. Also, feel free to chime in on this topic. I would love to hear your thoughts.

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5 Comments

• Becky says:

  January 19, 2009 at 3:35 pm

  A new tag ling? I’ll have to think on that. I can never come up with something cute off the top of my head.

  Personally, I love reading “real” blogs. Not the showy ones. I like to know that you and everyone else have issues to deal with, and that maybe we share the same problem at the same time. It makes me feel like I’m a part of something. I’m not sure if that make sense or not.

  Beckys last blog post..The Olive Branch
• teeni says:

  January 20, 2009 at 12:31 pm

  Arrrgh! I hope you got my entries! Your site seems to be hanging a bit when loading.
• Memarie Lane says:

  January 20, 2009 at 2:40 pm

  I don’t have a tagline, probably because my blog isn’t really about anything. I’d like to say I’m the Seinfeld of blogdom, but that would presume too much.

  Memarie Lanes last blog post..The Pillars of the Earth
• Krystal says:

  January 20, 2009 at 3:23 pm

  How ’bout “The Bellylogs”? Kinda like The Vaginalogs. You’ve just been blogging about your belly and soon it will be about the baby “The Babylogs”
  I dont know? I think your Tag line is great! Your harvesting life right now, so it fits!
  I love you hope you and N are doing well!

  Krystals last blog post..What’s in a family?
• Donna B. says:

  January 21, 2009 at 3:17 am

  Define mediocrity! The medium, the median, is the middle. It’s neither the best nor the worst, which are outliers. I suspect the mediocre is what the most of us strive for – I know that I do.

  I will not ever attain the glory of Queen Elizabeth, but neither will I lower myself to the miserable life of a meth addict.

  My kitchen and my bathrooms are sanitary. My living room is cluttered chaos, books and shoes strewn here and there. My fridge and pantry are well-stocked. My children are happy and fending for themselves. This is mediocrity and how could I possibly ask for more?

  Donna B.s last blog post..Family History Confusion

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