Confessions of a Virgin Blogger

Don't be shocked I have been itching to bring up this subject for a long time now and I thought, well, no time like the present. I am sure most of you will relate. Do you remember when you first started out with this thought or passion to start a blog? You probably said to yourself "I can do that", "yes I should do that" , and I am sure most of you were just like me and thought....

IF YOU BLOG IT-THEY WILL COME

Remember that? Well, I sure do. I was so excited hands shaking, forehead sweating, mind reeling with thoughts and excitement. How should I start? Where should I begin? Will they like what I have to say? What if I am flooded with responses? What if an Internet stalker takes resident on my page and then wants to meet me? What if?

Well, I could go on all day but you know what I'm getting at. Don't you? Come on, it is confession time:)

Yes, I am somewhat embarrassed to say that this was me on that faithful day. I had so much to say and I just wanted someone to listen.

So I signed up, formatted my page and began to type. For my first post, only a little came out and no pictures. It was titled, Change is Good, Right? I hit publish and then I just sat there and stared at it like I expected something to happen. Maybe I was waiting for the computer to open up, wildly swirling around like a tornado, suck me in, and then there I would be in blog land. No that wasn't really what I was expecting. But I did go back and check it, at least every few hours, just waiting for them to come.
WHEN WERE THEY GONNA COME?

This was so very frustrating to me. I made sure that I had entered my blog in all of the search engines, I made sure to put interesting tags on my posts, and I checked, yes this thing is really on, but still nothing happened. I even did what I swore I was not going to do, because this was going to be a secret that I would tell no one. This blog was going to be just for me to express myself among strangers. NO ONE CAN KNOW that now that I quit my job, I am so bored that I must start a blog.
Well that secret lasted less than a week. Did I ever tell you how impatient I am? Yes I sent a link for my blog to everyone. Former co-workers, girlfriends, family even my husband.
AND STILL NO-ONE CAME.

Do you think I'm slow? Because it took me days, maybe even weeks to figure out that no-one was going to find me on their own and that I had to go out and seek friends, leave comments on other blog sights, join groups, give away things. Oh my, maybe I had a new job. But where was my paycheck going to come from? This posed a new problem if I really wanted to be successful at this blog thing and if I really wanted to avoid having to go back out in that rat race and get a real job I was going to have to find a way to make some money.

Well by now I had read so many bloggs, filled up my favorites list a few times over and discovered that so many of you had on line shops and were selling art and other things.
Once again I thought "I can do that" "Yes I must do that" So I started an Etsy shop "Studio Pink" because of course I love Pink. I am sure you all have guessed the next line...
NO ONE CAME. Well, okay a few came, but they weren't buying. I am sure you all get the picture. I do hope that at least some of you can relate and that I am not really alone in this.

You see I am one of those people with rose colored glasses. The kind that always thinks that everything is okay and all people are kind and everyone really likes me. I prefer to live that way. It's just easier for me. I don't have the desire or energy to be mad or angry all the time.

Well, to rap this thing up and to get to what I really wanted to say (I forgot to tell you that I have a problem getting to the point) is that, it really is, quite wonderful in blog land the people really are kind, things are okay and I think that they kinda like me.

No I am not yet flooded with responses and no my stuff on Etsy isn't flying off the shelves but I do have the best job in the world. Blogging, making stuff for my shop, and best of all taking care of my granddaughter. Yes, I am still waiting for a pay check ( I know my husband is) but I really do look forward to every day and yes I still check the computer quite often to see if anyone has responded to my posts or if anyone has bought my stuff, but at least now, I am realistic and can only smile when I look at the comments counter with a big fat 0 in front.

Thank you to my fellow bloggers for listening to me ramble on and for making my new job, although unpaid, an enjoyable one.