Hey guys.
Remember when the blog was new? Remember that exciting honeymoon period when we each couldn't wait to write our next post? When we spent time thinking about the theme we'd chosen for the week, or the questions we were going to ask each other?
The truth is, I know I've been busy and I haven't been good about writing, and so have you, but I miss those days. Could we maybe try to bring them back?
I think Sim said something really important in her recent email when she said that the blog was about getting to know each other. Maybe we should be trying to do that again. The past year I've been doing a lot of growing and changing– I'm not really the same person I was when I first started writing to you guys. I suspect each of you can understand something of what I mean. Even though we may know a few facts about each other, that doesn't really mean we know each other, especially when we, as humans, are so changeable. Getting to know, and continuing to know, one another takes active participation on everyone's part.
The point? I want to share a little more of who I am with you guys, and I want to see each of you do the same. The fact that we are all friends is a pretty amazing thing, and not to use this opportunity --this blog-- to connect with each other is a huge waste.
Don't feel like I'm trying to lecture anyone-- I'm talking to myself just as much as to you. I just... I don't know. I feel sort of convicted about it, for some reason. I want to know you guys. I really do.
I'm going to take the first step. Here are my rules for the summer (these are for me personally, but you can choose to follow them as well):
1. I will not miss another Saturday for the rest of the summer.
2. I will not write any short and impersonal "this is what happened to me recently" posts– I'll actually have something to say.
3. You can ask me any question (within reason, obviously) in a post or a comment, and I will do my best to answer it honestly in my next post.
So there ya go.
DFTBA,
Emily
P.S. We really do need to make that "Life in a Day" thing a reality.
I completely agree with both you and Sim. I think it's time for us to regroup and get this blog going back in the direction it should be, and getting to know each other better. I know we all get really busy but, like you said, when we're excited about our posts we're more likely to actually post. So here's to bringing back the honeymoon period and making it last :)
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