Blogging With Abandon

Blogging just isn't something people do anymore, is it? The 'gram reins supreme these days, and the young people are all about tiktok. I never feel eloquent enough to manage regular tiktoks. Influencer culture seems to have started with blogging and travelled into social media where it found its truest home, and personal blogs have mostly disappeared. Some of the blogs I formerly enjoyed are now lifestyle sites that I lost interest in as someone with limited income and time. 

The thing is, I really liked personal blogs. I liked reading about the real, imperfect lives of regular people. Little by little, all my favourites stopped updating. I get it - why put in the effort if your readership has migrated away from reading? But there are those of us who still want to read. In fact, I used Twitter to do a new blog round-up today, and spent the morning reading some new-to-me blogs. It gave me hope that I'll find even more. Maybe there's still a community of personal bloggers out there. 

It's been a hot minute, or eight years, since I blogged. I was in the rigors of motherhood with my first child, and it was hard back then to find a minute. Now, as mother to a ten- and almost-seven year old, time is a bit easier to find. Maybe I should stick to a personal, private journal, but I have the drive to blog again. I want to be a voice for lives simply lived. 

Without further ado, I'll update you, or introduce you to my life in its current iteration: 

- I've been married to K for 12 years now, and together for 15 

- Though we're a military family, we've somehow managed to stay at the same location in Atlantic Canada for the entirety of ours lives together, and this just happens to be the same city I grew up near. So I'm truly grounded 'home' here. 

- We have two children: A, formerly known as Baby Bird on the blog, is now ten years old. Our daughter J is almost seven years old. 

- I work part-time at a non-profit where I started as a temp seven years ago. It's the perfect work/life balance for our family, brings in just enough income to be helpful, and allows me to not lose my mind in the event that K is deployed or away for work. I sometimes feel the tendrils of ambition try to pull me forward to match my potential, but I value the lifestyle that we have because of my current employment situation. 

- My current interests are adult beginner ballet (again! I returned to class after 11 years this spring!), slow running, and all things to do with my 2022 project of making us a Camping Family. 

I'm looking forward to writing about my 1986 Jayco pop-up camper, my adult ballet classes, and my life. 

So that's me! Now, tell me about you! Do you blog? Do you still read blogs? Don't forgot to leave a link to your blog and/or your favourites.