Comments on: First 3 Days of Blogging

By: Mona

Mona — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:50:49 +0000

@Natalia: Oh yeah. It can totally be scary. And what I’ve noticed is that paying attention to my own process and sharing it publicly on a blog like this has only ever endeared people to me more.

Sure I go through doubts and stuff, but when I blog about them, my clients tell me it actually helps them. They get to recognize themselves in what I’m going through and they get to love themselves a little more this way.

All those things you’re afraid people will use as reasons not to work with you (animal rights thing, atheist, etc.) are the exact things that will actually attract all sorts of other people to work with you. It’s actually a good thing that some people won’t want to work with you. That’ll leave room in your life for your just-right-clients as my friends Molly Gordon and Mark Silver like to say.

And if you choose to blog about it and work through those fears about being an “out” animal activist, vegan, atheist, whatever…you’ll probably learn a whole lot about yourself that will help you be more present with your clients later on.

Plus – you don’t have to blog right away about all the deep stuff you’re experiencing. If you started a blog where you were going to share personal things, you can start where you are. You don’t have to jump into all the craziest stuff that goes on in your mind. Blogging for me, is a form of self-care in a way. So I do what feels right. If I’m not ready to blog about something, I don’t. No forcing going on over here.

Happy painting time to you! I’m glad to hear you feel cozy here on my blog…glad you’re here.

By: Natalia

Natalia — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:50:47 +0000

Hey, sweet exercise!! I will do it right after commenting

How did you decide to blog about your personal life and make it public? I mean, instead of blogging about your professional life. I’ve always been afraid of it coming back to bite me in the butt–if I reveal I’m feeling lousy and decide to take a mental health day, say, a client may feel like I’m an unfit choice for him or her because I’m lazy or unstable. Or knowing I’m a borderline vegan or animal activist or atheist may repel people because of their prejudices. Who knows? At the same time, I probably wouldn’t want to work with these persons anyway. But will I always be able to afford this choice?

Also, you’re braver. Or maybe I’m more introspective. Or both. Lately, I’ve been working on myself and reaching peace by painting. Good stuff. Still working on it, though, since I’ve always done a ton more writing than drawing/etc.

I already feel cozy reading this blog. Truly awesome.

By: Mona

Mona — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:55:39 +0000

@Laura Wow – if you stoppin’ by means I’m going to get lots of I LOVE YOU’s…I’m happy to have you anytime. I’ll have some lemonade for ya next time. With a sprig of fresh mint from my yard.

By: Mona

Mona — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:44:22 +0000

That’s one of the perks of personal blogging – knowing ourselves a bit more personally than we did before! It’s really seeing ourselves “out there” and looking at ourselves, eh? Thanks for sharing your own experiences. I just made a rule with myself (which feels good, not restrictive) which is that I only write blog posts after the sun goes down. Now that I think about it, I might need to have that include not writing COMMENTS while the sun is up too, but for now, it’ll just be writing actual posts. See ya again soon!

By: Keely H.

Keely H. — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:13:18 +0000

It’s nice to know I’m not the only one obsessing about my new blog. I’ve had my blog for a month now and some days I can’t go more than a few hours without checking the traffic stats or rereading old posts for grammatical errors. Personal blogging is a much more psychologically investing activity than I thought it would be. I’m learning a lot. One beginner to another, welcome to the club.

I love this post by the way! Great job!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:58:33 +0000

Just stoppin by to say

I LOVE YOU!

Mwah!