tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318801159753696568.post4068623550665070784..comments2024-01-01T10:05:13.685-05:00Comments on YOUR DAILY DOSE: SHIFTING YOUR REALITYRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318801159753696568.post-17791227342303524072010-05-30T18:08:33.934-04:002010-05-30T18:08:33.934-04:00I started blogging after my divorce as a way to st...I started blogging after my divorce as a way to start writing again. I was inspired by a old blog called "The Porn Clerk Diaries", a very funny girl talking about her experiences as a clerk in a movie store.<br /><br />I love the comments and other writers and the sense of community that arises from blogging.Bathwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18286545216706532921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318801159753696568.post-58404226060894587272010-05-30T16:41:17.983-04:002010-05-30T16:41:17.983-04:00A few years ago my friend Alexandra got cancer and...A few years ago my friend Alexandra got cancer and she would joke about her treatment and the Greek medical system. She was a doctor who began to see her colleagues differently as a patient. She joked about blogging but never got round to it. To edge her on I started a blog...but all I got round to writing was "testing testing". And then I forgot about it. She died and never got to write her blog about the Greek medical system. At the start of this year I began this blog (http://australianinathens.blogspot.com) - but when I entered my e-mail I saw that I was already registered as a blogger. The blog was begun for fun and to escape from all the things I am forced to think about in my life (eg kids, marriage, work, etc). Though I write professionally on European issues, this was supposed to be personal and anonymous. I don't really want it to be read by people I actually know. I really didn't expect anyone to read it but to my surprise I have a readership of 20 (when i get to 100 I may surprise you all with my real name and picture). Actually, if I were to sum up in one word why I began my blog it would be this word - LONELINESS. <br /><br />Like you, I am inspired by Phoenix, and Sharon, Ro Magnolia, Novelist and so many other people who have so generously allowed me to enter their lives and are so encouraging in their comments. <br /><br />So thanks.Purple Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016727639028322093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318801159753696568.post-63116894306904561812010-05-30T15:36:13.060-04:002010-05-30T15:36:13.060-04:00oh, god, it's almost weird but I was actually ...oh, god, it's almost weird but I was actually planning to make a post starting almost exactly the same :) Why do I blog? Because I've got "dear diary syndrome" - it's the constant need to write down my thoughts, to write about my feelings and about all that happens to me. I chose blogging to actual diary because (oh, I used to keep diary for years!) being aware of the fact that other people might read it, too, makes me not 100% - otherwise I'd be like "I wanna die, I hate my parents, etc, etc", all the time. In general, I blog, because writing helps me deal with things. And sometimes it's nice to write about fashion and other not-so-important things, too :) AND I love reading other people's blogs!<br /><br />About your last comment: my ways of dealing with depression? Gosh, I am TERRIBLE at this. But one thing that always helps: watching "Friends". It's the only TV show that I could watch countless times and it's always funny. Other than that? Rearranging furniture in my house (illusion of having control on my life?) and cleaning the house (doing something that has visible results). Or - blogging :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318801159753696568.post-33345133405421294652010-05-30T11:23:47.700-04:002010-05-30T11:23:47.700-04:00I started to blog when I was on myspace. I just li...I started to blog when I was on myspace. I just liked writing, then I started getting a lot of comments left, and I enjoyed reading the blogs of people who had left me comments. (I had a fairly big following on there, and yes, it is a bit of an ego boost as well, if I'm being completely honest!)<br /><br />I joined up on here mainly to follow Stephanie, who was one of myspace's top bloggers. She said that she was stopping blogging on there and starting a blog on here. I hated it on here at first - one of the things I still really dislike is not being able to reply to someone's comment directly under their comment - but I soon got used to it. nobody likes chance, and all that. I just like to write down whatever is in my mind, good or bad, happy or sad. Again, I love reading the blogs of people who read mine and getting to know about them. To be totally honest, I would much rather read other blogs than write my own; I do end to write about a load of rubbish, but there you go!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318801159753696568.post-77855780782793886422010-05-30T04:48:52.248-04:002010-05-30T04:48:52.248-04:00My life is not worth blogging about at this point ...My life is not worth blogging about at this point in my life so I made my blog about Kevin Costner.More Than A Kevin Costner Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285768305900120639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318801159753696568.post-83859736373758823372010-05-29T21:45:33.687-04:002010-05-29T21:45:33.687-04:00Wow, some deep thoughts there Robin. I read a quo...Wow, some deep thoughts there Robin. I read a quote recently that sort of applies here:<br /><br />"Bitterness is like drinking poison and then waiting for the other person to die."<br /><br />I know that holding on to bitterness and negativity, or allowing it to come into our lives is toxic, and yet it's so hard sometimes. I'm not sure I get the "game" idea Bach was talking about - it sort of intrigues me though. I just might have to get that book yet! :SRohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631771953626754039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318801159753696568.post-15002977698681700702010-05-29T20:32:12.108-04:002010-05-29T20:32:12.108-04:00I started my blog less than a month ago because I ...I started my blog less than a month ago because I just NEEDED to do something with purpose. i really had NO idea what to do , so I just wrote. Not really thinking anyone would read it but my friends, actually hoped even they would read it. I had no real expectaton. Now I realize this is the passion of my life. writing, helping women bring their pretty back. I am excited to wake up. That js my blog story. ( : hahah! yes, let people know...they better return your calls!Bring Pretty Backhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809961135225963623noreply@blogger.com