10 Reasons I Wanted to Start Blogging

I’m finally doing it. After talking about how I’m going to start blogging for WELL over a year, here I am, finally. Part of the reason this has taken me so long is because I have wanted to start a million different blogs with a million different topics, and I just couldn’t settle on one idea. Therefore, I have decided NOT to limit myself, and instead, I will be writing top 10 lists about whatever the latest thing on my mind is, and I think the ONLY topic that is appropriate as my first entry is:

10 Reasons I Wanted to Start Blogging

10. To have fun!

Plain and simple, blogging just seems like fun! I get to write about things that interest me as often as I'd like, and by writing about these interests, I get to explore them even further! I already enjoy writing, so this just gives me an excuse to write about everything I love, as well as getting to rant about things I DON’T love.

9. Self-expression.

Isn’t this why ANYONE really starts a blog? I just want my own space where I can jot down my thoughts. My previous space for this was my iPhone’s notepad, but I’ve gotten to the point where it’s so full of random thoughts that I can’t find practical notes, like my grocery list. Unacceptable.

8. Boredom.

Not that anyone enjoys being bored, but I really HATE being bored. I hate having free time in which I can find absolutely nothing to do. For this reason, I am constantly on the search for new things to try, whether it’s places to go or hobbies I’ve never explored. Now we can add blogging to that.

7. I tend to ramble.

I can go on and on and on about topics that interest me. Ask me to tell you why I love the Patriots, why Bree was the best Housewife, why L.A. Noire is the best video game of all time, and you will be hearing me yap for quite some time. I just can’t help myself. Once I start on a topic, I just want to express ALL my opinions on it, to the point where it might be TOO many opinions. Perfect for face-to-face conversation? No. Perfect for my personal rambling space/blog? Yes!

6. It’s 2013.

Social media is not my strength. I have a Facebook, but I refuse to integrate any of my apps to it (with the exception of the highly addictive …with friends games) because I hate the thought of having EVERYONE know what I’m doing all the time. I have a Twitter, yet I only tweet when either drunk, or when I just HAVE to express my opinions on the latest award show. I have downloaded the Pinterest app THREE times onto my iPhone, only to delete it a few days later because I just don’t GET it. I have an Instagram, yet I rarely take pictures because selfies make me feel uncomfortable and I don’t feel like nagging other people to take pictures of me all the time. Needless to say, I’m not fully utilizing social media, so why NOT give this a try?

5. Timeline.

I love looking back through old Facebook pictures and remembering the good ole days. I absolutely hate having to quote Karl Lagerfeld on this one (I’ve had a mini-vendetta against him ever since he dissed my girl Heidi Klum), but “what I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” I just like looking back at different stages of my life, comparing them to where I am now, and just remembering the great times I’ve had in my youth. I figure if I can do that with old pictures, there will be a point where (depending on my ability to actually keep up with this long enough) I will look back on old blog posts and marvel at where my head was at the time.

4. Bonding with Cheyenne.

One of my BFFs Cheyenne was one of my inspirations to start this. This gurl has had a blog as long as I can remember. From an anime-loving tween to a kitchen-savvy beer goddess, she has covered dozens of topics over dozens of blogs. Now that she lives over 1500 miles away from me, we pretty much rely on our beloved iPhones and Facebook to stay in touch, so why NOT add yet another medium of communication?

3. I love lists.

Why a blog of lists? Well, I’m a messy individual. It has taken me years to be comfortable enough to admit that. I hate when things are dirty, particularly in the kitchen, but messy just makes it home to me. I have accepted this, but I’ll admit that sometime in between searching for the other shoe or for the pair of earrings I took off the night before but God-only-knows where I put them, I need SOME form of organization to balance me out. This is where lists come in. Lists make me feel like even though YES, I AM messy, it can’t be THAT bad! As long as I can alphabetically list all the books I want to read by author and perfectly arrange my grocery list so that I run into every item in aisle-order at the store, I can also somewhat claim to be organized. Right?

2. I go through phases.

This is a bit of an understatement. I can’t tell you how many phases I’ve gone through. Being obsessed with moving to New York City during my entire tween years, my two-year interest in the NBA, my three-day obsession with chicken pot pies, Katy Perry’s ‘E.T.’ for over a year…I could literally go on and on (because as you already know, I tend to ramble). This is a place where I can go ahead and gush about my latest obsessions, without having anyone remind me that I go through phases and will probably get over the latest thing in a few weeks. 

1. I miss writing.

To this day, one of my favorite memories was when my 12^th grade English teacher (who was kind of a hard-ass) practically had an orgasm over my senior thesis on Nathaniel Hawthorne. I’ve always been that little nerd who couldn’t wait to get papers back in school because I wanted to read the sparkling comments and give myself a pat on the back after seeing an A. I love writing. Now that I am done with my studies (for now at least), I’ve had no excuse to do any type of writing lately. So here I am!