tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post5898731232893551402..comments2024-03-18T03:18:23.620-04:00Comments on Memoirs for my children: Blogging, and how one introvert handles itruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-2590882650300827192014-04-14T18:58:14.786-04:002014-04-14T18:58:14.786-04:00Laura,
Does your family read your blog? Most of m...Laura,<br />Does your family read your blog? Most of mine does not read mine. If more of them did, it would probably be better edited.ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-19725380876799817072014-04-13T19:35:56.361-04:002014-04-13T19:35:56.361-04:00Oh how I love the phrase "clean gone."
...Oh how I love the phrase "clean gone."<br /><br />I'm sad that the pain drove you to tears. Very sad that you are experiencing suffering.<br /><br />I started to blog so I could give advice. I dearly love to give advice. Then i got pregnant and that changed everything. It is nice to have a small readership. It's the only way I can blog about my family.<br /><br />xoxoLaura Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271902139691071929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-38769729177809242162014-04-12T13:11:32.788-04:002014-04-12T13:11:32.788-04:00I like the new title!I like the new title!Hope T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07861626818618433758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-78452093079872119692014-04-11T15:52:40.717-04:002014-04-11T15:52:40.717-04:00hmmmmmm... that's an interesting thought. May...hmmmmmm... that's an interesting thought. Maybe I'll do an experiment.ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293058709021665140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6394593369099711178.post-9110007602776740172014-04-11T14:46:02.927-04:002014-04-11T14:46:02.927-04:00I like the line about choosing to be loner because...I like the line about choosing to be loner because you don't like people's rules. That clicked for me because it explains how I can feel like a "people person" (interested in people) and yet still keep my distance from many social rituals.<br /><br />I think it makes all the difference to frame it as a choice that we make rather than one that is made for us. I admire your firm decision to hold true to your own convictions. It has been something I have been learning bit by bit over the past several years. I can't say I am to the point where you are yet because I am still a bit too much on the people-pleasing end of the spectrum. <br /><br />I recently came across a few thoughts about loneliness and companionship by Carl Jung. Here is one quote: "Loneliness is not necessarily inimical to companionship, for no one is more sensitive to companionship than the lonely man, and companionship thrives only when each individual remembers his individuality and does not identify himself with others". Your ability to stay true to yourself will actually pay dividends in your relationships because you will be relating to one another from your true identity, rather than trying to be what someone else wants you to be.<br /><br />Well, I am beginning to write an essay here and since this is the comments section and not the essay section, I will stop. :)<br /><br />On another subject, I use the phrase 'the other day' all the time! My kids tease me about it and tell me how imprecise I am being but I tell them that if the day in question was not today, then it was definitely 'the other day'. <br /><br />One last thing: introversion, solitude, non-conformists are somewhat becoming 'topics of the moment'. I think if you put a word like introvert or loner or a synonym in your blog title or subtitle, it might pull more readers in through search engines. You would not have to change your subject matter at all. I bet some of those searchers would become regular readers, captivated by your writing style or subject matter or both. Hope T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07861626818618433758noreply@blogger.com