Day 348 ~ Learned "Acceptance" from "Blogging"

I had to get all mouthy and challenge myself again.. now, didn't I?!  LOL!!  

Last night I got all clever and gave myself one last challenge for these last 18 days...  

What I Learned About Me... from A to Z

What have I learned about myself this past year {blogging}..?  hmmmm... First off... I never had blogged before until I started this blog 348 days ago.  Secondly... I never intended on learning anything.  HAHA! LOL!  No but seriously... It wasn't my intention.  Check out what my intention(s) were and are here.

So here goes... What I Learned About Me... from A to Z

"A" is for...

Acceptance!  Yes!  I have learned to accept my life for what it is.  Everything that has happened to me... everything I experienced.  Planned or not.

Wouldn't it have been nice if I would have had "the" perfect childhood?  (sarcasm...lol!  no, really, I was trying to be funny.. or joke about it.. anyways...)  Or the perfect {first} marriage? etc.. etc...

Good... bad... or ugly... my fault or not...

It doesn't matter.  It's all in the past.  {you nor I... we...} Can't do anything about it.  It is what it is.  

Exactly.

Besides... I wouldn't be who I am if it hadn't been for....

{and} That my dear(s) is acceptance.

"B" is for...

Blogging.  Of course.  After all, in the last 347 days blogging has changed my life.  

As I stated at the beginning of this post... not only did I not plan on learning anything from this experience ... or rather... it never came to thought... 

I also did not think... nor did it ever come to mind... or did I dream that I would have grown so much from blogging.    Quite honestly, reliving some experiences left me drained... but they're behind me now... filled them in a balloon and let them go! (click on the link to the left of this to read the back story)

Blogging has reminded me how much I love writing, journaling... just putting thoughts down on paper or in blogging's case, I typed my words and watched them come to life in my daily posts.

{and} Just so you know... in my heart blogging will forever live.

Tomorrow...  What I Learned About Me... from A to Z ... and the letter "C".

Blogging is an art, same as any other method of self-expression.  Some are better at it than others.  

~Hugh MacLeod

(here's to you finding your...)

 Peace,  

17 days to go...  {humbled.}  

read about this count down in my "About my Blog" page

... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

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Day 299 ~ "B" is for Blogging

I wonder how many other bloggers decided to choose Blogging  for their "B" word?  I really haven't checked.  Quite frankly, I didn't want my writing to be influenced by reading other blogger's posts before hand.  Now that I think about it, as a rule of thumb, I will not be reading anyone else's posts until I have written my for the day.  

So, my guess is that I am not the only one blogging about blogging today.  I thought about being a little more original, wanting to be different as always... but being that for the most part, blogging has not only done me well but it's changed my life... therefore, I will blog from the heart tonight.

299 days ago I started my blog with the goal of doing it every day for an entire year as a means to starting my book.  Well, needless to say, I will not stop blogging anytime soon.  I am currently working on my new web site that will contain all my blogs.  Yes I said ALL my blogs.  I have one blog that I completed as a short challenge, My wii Fit Plus 21-Day Challenge, and the other one, My LifeStyle ReDesign, which I will continue to blog long after my 365 (actually it will be 366 days due to it being leap year) days are up.  

299 days ago I had no clue what was ahead of me.  I never knew that through blogging I created a wonderful release for myself, put closure to a lot of issues, and best of all... I am really discovering who I am and what I am about.

I have never felt this complete.  Honestly, I have never done anything that has made me feel this way... well besides my art anyways- and my family doesn't count.  Blogging has given me an outlet, a therapeutic outlet at that.  I've saved a ton of money on therapy that's for sure!!  wink, wink.

Blogging has not only been awesome for my psyche and self esteem, but it has done wonders for my social life too!  I never knew when I started last June that I would meet and become blogging friends with so many wonderful people all over the world.  Wonderful supportive people! 

I have become a part of the biggest family I have ever known... The Blogging(s), or better known as Bloggers.

There are no magic wands, no hidden tricks and no secret handshakes that can bring you immediate success.  But with time, energy, and determination you can get there.

~ Darren Rowse from Problogger

Blogging A to Z Challenge April 2012... What will "C" have for us tomorrow?

Blessings to all!!

66 days to go...

PS... for a, l & c.  You are my sunshine(s).  

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