Blog Challenge

Blogging is is harder than it looks....but not for the reasons you would expect.  I had friends who blogged and I thought it was a neat thing to do but I didn't think I was technically savvy enough to start my own blog.  I procrastinated for about six months before I finally did it.  I will admit that it took me several hours to set up a simple blog template, but I had such a sense of accomplishment when it was done.  I had succeeded in starting a blog. 

That's when I realized that the technical aspects of blogging were simple compared to what came next.  I now had to think of things to write about!  Yikes!  It is a challenge to be creative with words and pictures.  The things I write about are important to me and to my children, but I wonder if anyone else finds them entertaining.  My perceived lack of creativity prevents me from posting more regularly.  I have many friends who also do not consistently blog.  I haven't asked them, but I suspect they share at least some of my struggles to keep their blogs current and to find interesting topics to write about.

This week a friend issued a challenge to all of her blogging friends.  In an effort to write more regularly on our blogs, we will form a blog group.  Every week someone will select a topic or question, and everyone in the group will create a post on the same topic.  We won't have to try to think of something to write about because our topic will be provided.  We will have a whole week to think, to procrastinate, to create, and then to post a response to the weekly topic.  We will get to know one another better through our posts, and everyone will be able to stay current on their blogs.  We start next week.

Anyone with a blog is encouraged to join the group.  I'll add a link to the other blogs so you can see their responses to the same topics I write about.  And I encourage you to leave a comment or suggest topics for future posts.  Let me know what you think of this new blogging strategy.

But don't worry.  I'll still post about our family activities and include picture of my family, too.  I'll just be sharing more about me, too!