When I finally committed to myself that I was going to do this blog thing again, I promptly set about overcomplicating the entire process. Because, well, that’s just what I do.

I began asking all the “right” questions.  What was I going to blog about?  Who was my audience?  What was my mission?  What do I bring to the table?  What problem am I helping people solve?  What is my most important message?  Blah, blah, blah, blah, BLAH.

I wrote about WHY I wanted to write for a long time.  And WHAT I was going to write.  And HOW.  Lots of thinking and praying.  Lots. LOTS.

I had told myself, when I felt the time was right and God had given me a focus, that I would just pop up an easy blog and JUST WRITE.  That was all I wanted to do.

I guess I was wrong.

So here is my reminder, when I get back to my overcomplicating ways: THIS IS WHY I’M DOING THIS.

My Top Ten Reasons to Have a Blog:

1. Because it’s cheaper than therapy.  MUCH cheaper.  Well, no, that’s not quite true.  I did mention the overcomplicating bit, right?  That can get costly.  How about this: because in the LONG RUN, it is cheaper than therapy 2-3 times a week.
2. Because it has less calories than a batch of fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies with a large glass of milk.  Warm.  Right out of the oven. But it’s not nearly as tasty.
3. Because I love to write and I do it well.  At least I think I do it well.  I do it OKAY.  Sometimes.  Others, well… Because I love to write.  Let’s just leave it at that.
4. Because whenever I do write and I share it with others, everyone comments on how much they can relate to what I’ve just said and how I’ve put words to something they’ve been feeling but unable to express.  So even if the writing is bad, I sometimes get the pleasure of making someone else feel better.  That’s a cool gig, I gotta say.
5. Because it leads me to greater insight, which I can then share with others.  At least it does when I can think straight.  Which, I admit, is not very often.  But when I do, boy, LOOKOUT!  Insights all OVER the place.
6. Because it draws me closer to God, whom I have been avoiding for the past year.  (Sorry!)
7. Because I’m healthier emotionally when I’m writing regularly.  Less need for expensive therapy.  Though it IS annoying when God speaks to me in my own voice…
8. Because I love and need the creative outlet. LOTS.  But my brain has been mush.  So I’m hoping to get UN-mushed and create, create, create.
9. Because I’m a thinker and this helps me capture my thoughts, which, as you can see, tend to be a bit all over the place.  Which brings me back to:
10. Because it’s MUCH CHEAPER THAN THERAPY.

There you have it, folks.  Sure you still want to hang around?

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