The "TMI" Blogger

I think I took a silly little blog test a while back that asked, "What kind of blogger are you?" and I'm pretty sure I scored myself as a "TMI Blogger." Now, when I was at LiveJournal, I had a gal on my friends list who talked about her periods and cramps and promiscuous sex life and of course I often wrinkled my nose and let out an, "EWW." She was more like a "Keep that #*$& to yourself" blogger, but, that was what was in her heart. Now, even though I personally wouldn't discuss my menstral characteristics on the blog, I still admired her courage to blog whatever she pleased without worrying about what others were going to think. I try to follow some of that same philosophy.

When I sit down at my laptop ready to blog, I sit with my heart on my sleeve. I'm not the kind of person who just writes about their day.... today I had a great day! I got up, went to work, stopped at my parents' house to feed the cat, came home and had leftover nachos with floppy chips and read the Bible. The end!...

I write what's in my heart. I've always felt that writing is theraputic, and of course I can't help myself resolve internal issues if I don't address them. There is only so much that talking to a counselor can do. I think after that step, there is a time where you have to sit and see your issues face-to-face. For me, writing about them is the best way.

Maybe some the things I've written about and will write about in the future are things that I wouldn't want to stand on a rooftop and shout, but I'm going to put myself out there. I also write of my issues here in hopes that maybe sometime someone with a similar issue will be browsing the net and happen to come across it. Maybe an idea I'll have will be something they've not thought about before. You just never know... but trust me, after the outpouring I did last week, there were a few moments where I had a slight feeling of panic and thought to myself, "Oh no, I posted that on my blog, didn't I.." but, those feeling pass and from that emerges a feeling of strength and presence of courage that I'm really in search of these days. So there ya go.