5 Reasons I'm a Terrible Blogger

Over the past several years that I have blogged on and off, it has become abundantly clear to me that if nothing else, I am a terrible awful blogger.  Wanna know why?  Well great - this is the perfect post for you (and me, because we all know my penchant for lists)!

(1)  I rarely broadcast new posts on Twitter and Facebook and everywhere else.  I know that I should, but I'm usually too lazy to do anything but look at other people's tweets and Facebook posts.   

(2) It's sort of a miracle if I post 5 days a week like I'm supposed to.  My posting schedule is more of a "well, it's officially afternoon....shouldn't I post something?  ... Nahhhh, I can't really think of anything."  

If the clock strikes 4PM and I've thought of something, Good Day Sunshine will get updated that day.  Otherwise...nada.  (and trust me, my roommate yells at me for it) 

Example?  Last Thursday and Friday.  And almost today.

(3) I got up two minutes into writing this post to go look for food.  Because pumpkin bread is far more important than this list, and I'd finished my smoothie.  Obvi.

(4) While everyone else is fawning over the new Passionfruit, I refuse to spend 50$ a year on it.  This is mostly because I don't actually sell any ads, so I can't justify spending money for something that is supposed to be free (cough cough, ad swaps).  So while I understand the reasoning, and think it's actually an incredible offer, I'm still too cheap.  

You know what I did enjoy about the new Passionfruit though?  All the blogging ladies who offered discounted ad space! Now that I'm willing to spend money on.

(5) While every blogger I read actually plans out their posts, I'm more of a "well, it's 2PM...what should I write about today?" kind of a person because I'm spending most of my free time watching entire seasons of TV shows working.  Maybe that's why I so rarely post as often as I should?  

I also don't proofread, which is basically rule #1. 

And that's all I've got for you today.  Maybe you'll see me tomorrow?  In the meantime, what makes you a terrible awful blogger? I know I'm not the only one...

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The Driving Issue

Yesterday I mentioned that I'm working on getting my driving permit, at the ripe ol' age of 21.  The past 5 years of being one of the only people my age who don't drive has really shown me quite how judgey people can be about that one little piece of plastic...  So today, I thought I'd share 5 of the most common judgements I hear when people learn I've never driven a car.

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Much cuter than I will be behind the wheel

(1) But how do you do anything?  Like how do you get around?

It's weird how much more walking you do when that's the only option you have.  Especially in the town I spent high-school in - anything I really needed to get to was walking distance.  My best friends were a 5 minute and a 15 minute walk from my house.  And if anything wasn't walking distance, there was a bus.  And in a college town like mine, literally everything is just a walk away.  Even now that I live off campus, I just have to take a 10 minute bus-ride to get to work and school.

(2) But don't you miss the freedom?

Well, I don't think you can really miss something you never had.  But I don't think I ever missed out on anything because I didn't have a car...  Except maybe the better grocery store...I definitely miss out on the better grocery store.

(3) I don't know what I'd do without my car! I could never survive.

Yes you do, and yes you could.  Before you were 16, you didn't have a license and you managed just fine.

(4) Did you, like, do something wrong?

What, like a DUI?  Nope.  Never even drank till I was 21.  And I don't do drugs either.

I was however, scared of the people who did do something wrong and might crash into me.

(5) But why?

Okay...because I was terrified.  I wasn't trying to save the earth, or prove a point, or anything special and admirable like that.  I was, and still am completely terrified of driving.

And for the record, I'm aware that waiting till I'm 21 to get my license is silly - but until now, it's never been a problem.  Points for doing it now?

So what about you?  Is there anything you did or didn't do that people thought was just plain weird?

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On Why We are all Crazy

On the regular, I am reminded of how awkward a person I am.  I trip on air.  I name my plants. I run into customers at work and promise them mozzarella sticks even though, in all the time I've worked at this particular restaurant, mozzarella sticks have never been an item on our menu.  I ramble...at great length....to everyone I know about a fictional character I have apparently become obsessed with (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I blame you....).  I have an accent from a country I've spent a grand total of 5 days in throughout the entirety of my life.  I tell boys I find attractive that I am a lizard (and trust me, I wish I were exaggerating or making that up).

And, well, perhaps most awkward of all, I spend a large portion of my time writing, in essence, letters to hundreds of people I don't know.  And wishing that more people would read my "letters".  But at least that last one is something that I'm not alone in, right?  But in case you're thinking "now Kiersten, blogging isn't that awkward of a hobby", I'm going to list some of the most ridiculous things we women of the blog world do.

(1)  You know how sometimes you think of a random thing from your day, and suddenly you just have to tell whoever you're with?  And they're not the slightest bit interested in the peanut-butter sandwich you had for lunch.  Well....we found the perfect place to tell those stories - and we tell them to hundreds of strangers on the internet who, if told this story in real life, would likely fall asleep from boredom.

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(2) We pay people to tell random strangers on the internet that we are awesome and, hopefully, direct pageviews our way.  We advertise our stories about our peanut-butter sandwich.

(3)  We have mild panic attacks when we haven't posted anything today, and it's a weekday which obviously the people in our lives should understand is a very big deal.  Or at least...I do this....

(4) Remember when our moms told us not to talk to strangers and, as we got older, not to meet strangers on the internet?  Apparently we were busy rocking out to Avril Lavigne that day, because none of us got the memo.  And I am ridiculously jealous every time I read a post from a blogger I love who met another blogger I love in person.

(5) Every silly, ridiculous, embarrassing, or just plain pointless thing that happens to us is a potential blog post.  And when we don't have anything to tell, we make lists.

(6) We take silly photos like this on Photobooth.  And then post them for the internet to see.

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The Things I Need

When everything feels like crap, and I think I'm running out of the time I think I need so badly...I make lists.
I outline my life in words, pictures, ideas...
So today, here is a list of the things I need right now.

(1)

(2)
Cheerios and chocolate.  Because who doesn't need those things?
And coincidentally, I have both.

(3)
How I Met Your Mother

(4)
Green trees. Colorful flowers.  Blue sky.  Bright, beautiful sunshine.
Okay...maybe it's a not so much on that last one right now, but at least the life outside my window is finally starting to bloom.

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(5)
Friends who remind me to just. breathe.

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The Reasons I Love Lifestyle Blogging

(1) I'm a fairly introverted person (INTJ anyone?), but I love knowing about people (because I'm weird that way).  The lifestyle blogging community is so well-connected, and it's so easy to get to know other women that way! (or maybe I'm just nosy....)

(2) I'm not that good at any one thing, except maybe for writing.  Lifestyle blogging lets me write about a little bit of everything, but not a lot of anything.

(3) I never really know what to expect on the blogs I read!

(4) I can spend an entire post talking about how much I adore my cat, about the cookies I failed to make, or just posting photos if that's what I feel like doing that day.  And best of all, I can tell my roommates how much I love them (seriously guys, a week and a half!!!)

(5) I get to justify spending hours on the internet (I'm looking at you Pinterest and Twitter) and it's totally justified because it's for the good of the blog!  Or is that still weird anyway....

(6) When it's a Wednesday, and I'm too tired to think of a legitimate post, I can make a ridiculous list like this.

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