a deadline, and a project that doesn't seem overwhelming.
Good gracious. That makes me sound like both a procrastinator and a slouch, doesn't it? Rats. Oh well. Now you know the worst. Onward!
For example: Although I could knit, I never imagined becoming a sock-knitter. I liked the idea of knitting socks, in a romantic, tribute-to-Louisa-May sort of way, but really...those teensy stitches? Those many skinny needles, waving around like a demented sea urchin? Those heels??
Then, I had a very specific reason to try to knit exactly one pair of socks, right away. Small socks, for a little pair of feet. An experiment. Not overwhelming.
And it was such crazy fun! I knitted five more pair, then moved on to real socks, for big feet. And I began to wonder why it had taken me so long to get started in the first place.
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During several years of reading and commenting on blogs, I've often thought of starting a blog. But...why? For whom? In the immortal words of the Mock Turtle, "With what porpoise?" Still, I thought about it...
~Interlude~
This is my dog, Piper.Piper is a terrible procrastinator.
Mostly, Piper is a procrastinator about coming when she is called.
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| "I am NOT procrastinating! I can't hear you calling! I am BEHIND this TREE!!!" |
So, aaaanyway.
It was the timing of two unrelated bloggy events that made me leap joyously off my Slouchy Fence of Procrastination and Overwhelmedness.
First, the lovely Vicki of Two Bags Full announced - fortunately for me, several months in advance! - that she would be hosting a non-commercial "Grow Your Blog Party." It sounded like a lot of fun, especially for newbie bloggers.
And second, just a couple of weeks ago, after I'd been mulling for months about starting a blog so I could join Vicki's party, something happened. Two of my favorite knitting bloggers, Ann and Kay of Mason Dixon Knitting, instituted a 15-Minute Lightening Round for their own blog posts. Hilarity ensued, and I saw that it might be possible to blog in tiny little bits of time and have fun with it!
So...my first post was published a whopping four days ago, here (bear with me, please, this is my first blog post with linking and I'm kind of excited about it). In that post I jotted down what I think this blog might become. The jotted part may or may not be interesting, but I'll tell you what:
the goats are worth the click.
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Because of other folks' blogs, I have developed valued friendships with people I may never meet in person, but who choose to share something with their readers that happens to be an important, or an unusual, or a just-plain-fun part of my life, too. It's nice. It's really nice. And having my own blog to share already seems to make it much more of a 2-way street. And who knows, maybe I will make more friends, and learn more things, and have lots and lots more fun!
And I'm beginning to wonder why it took me so long to get started.
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| "It's because you PROCRASTINATE. Try to work on that, willyouplease?" |
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