Just...Thanks

Today's post is more of a word of thanks to all of you than anything else. I won't keep you long, won't take too much of your time. Just want to say thanks. 

I have sort of a love/hate relationship with social media in general right now. I got rid of my Twitter account, because I hadn't been on it for months anyway. It always was my least favorite platform because of the character limitations. That shouldn't surprise any of you. 

I loved Facebook until it started being more about agendas and less about cute puppies and babies. I'm always reminded of how much it has changed when I see my posts from 11 years ago that say "is trying to get motivated to stop watching TV." Ahhh, those were the days. The updates started with your name and all you had to do was fill in the blank with the totally mundane thing you were doing in that moment and then count the number of people who were kind enough to give you a like. I still have Facebook, though I don't think I've posted anything on it since Christmas, and I've snoozed more people in the last month than in my entire history with the thing. 

So that has left me with Instagram, which I enjoy scrolling through and reading about RV renovations and new outfits in boutiques. They make me smile. I post on there without stressing about whether or not it's an Instagram-worthy photo, because in truth, I'm not even sure I know what actually classifies as Instagram-worthy. (One of my friends posted something the other day and rushed to say she knew it wasn't Instagram-worthy, and I stared at it for the longest time trying to figure out why!)

My personal unwritten rule of Instagram, though, is to not interact too much with people I don't know in real life. I enjoy appreciating posts of many people I don't know, but I typically don't chime in if they don't know me. Evvvvvvvvvvvvvery now and then I will. But it's rare. 

A few days ago, I had a rare moment hit me. Someone I follow posted a musing about whether or not she should bring back her blog. I actually used to read it and miss it, so her questions caught my attention. She asked if anyone still reads blogs and I broke my rule to message her and say I do and I love them! I even tossed in that I'd been blogging for a decade and really enjoy interacting with my blog-world friends.

She didn't respond, and I hadn't expected her to, but she did later post that she learned that no one reads blogs, so she was not going to bring hers back. 

I think I blinked twice when I read that because it made me wonder if all of us are no ones! Here we are, hanging out every day, reading and talking a bit, and who knew it was just us over here doing that!?

It's pretty obvious that I blog for the joy of blogging and not for the purpose of meeting all the trends and demands of the blogging world. I do it because I enjoy writing and sharing with you. But none of that would matter if you weren't here reading along! 

It's okay with me if I'm never on trend. It's okay with me if I'm part of a nobody group that still embraces something that was so ten years ago. 

And that brings me to my thanks. Thank you for hanging out here, reading along, encouraging, and being part of our day every day. And thanks for letting me be part of yours! 

Just...thanks.