On Being a better blogger – what blogging means to me.

A few weeks ago I was working on creativity and being creative with my hands. I created a designated spot on my kitchen for it, close to the sink so I could clean up easily, close to paints that I created a very organized wall section of my younger for, which my son helped me to put together and measure out so it fit perfectly.

Truth is, I am now realizing that I am very creative because of my mind. I feed that every morning by journaling here on this blog, as I type this now with my thumbs on a very small iPhone screen. I hope that the autotext errors are not too bad so that I don’t have to correct too much. I think one of my favorite autotext errors was on my recent post about my last Ocrevus infusion and Siri hears oak rivers instead of Ocrevus. Double stick tape on a shopping list came out as doubles dictate. There are those few treasures that I remember.

Last night, I sat down at my dining room table to get my thoughts out and write about my sons recent gingerbread house project which you can read about here.  I will admit telling is not as easy as it used to be without the use of my fourth and fifth fingers on my right hand which are sort of curled in because I can’t straighten them out like I can the left hand.  One of the perks of MS, I guess.

I realize now as I am fixing up my blog to be hosted on my website that my creation space for my blog posts is limited to my mobile device which is usually my iPhone. I type a lot quicker on it than I do on my iPad and usually have my iphone with me wherever I am.

Even as I sit here and let my thoughts flow easily to my thumbs, it’s not the same as seeing the words on the page in their true form. I also don’t see paragraphs, but rather large clumps of text that I am thankful to have appear at 4:40in the morning,. Thss reminds me that I have to wrap this up soon and head to the gym for my body investment of lifting weights and cardio.

I’ve been investing in my body and have my routine down, two hours every morning at 5 during the week and 7a on weekends when they open. I even have my routine down for getting myself ready for that to happen.

I’ve created a designated creative space to work on art which is primarily painted rocks for now..

I have a designated space for meditation by my dining room table where I am sitting how after eating ny preworkout meal of sweet potato, blueberries, flaxseed and a cup of green tea.

But only til last night when I was writing my blog post after watching the. CreativeLive course on being a better creative blogger did it hit me that my blog is even more of an extension of myself. it is a creation that comes purely from my mind.

I sat in front of that computer screen until I was happy with the way the words sounded together.  I had uploaded images through the WordPress app earlier in the day.

I want to be the best blogger that I can be. Not just through journaling but having an available space online to help others and to connect. It’s going to take some time to set up some things on my website so I’m comfortable with driving traffic there. I realize now that blogging more than journaling is something I need to focus on for 2023. It’s an extension of my physical and mental being virtually, available 24/7 on the web. I’m making a place for myself in the universe through blogging and I should reach alot more people than if it were just face to face. Ahh, the power of the web.

Are you a blogger? Where are you and when do you blog? Iis it in an app? Please comment below. Can’t wait to hear from you!