Four Reasons Why I Blog

Salisbury, England in early spring  (I hope you don't mind that my photos often don't directly relate to my post--I just have so many I've taken here that I don't want to forget about!)

I feel I ought to give you some sort of explanation as to why I went from blogging once a month to four or five times a week. You may notice that I started blogging far more frequently in April, and that is because I had three weeks off from school and my Easter plans fell through. (Perhaps more on that later because it is kind of an interesting story.) But why did I turn to blogging those three weeks? Here's why:

1. In the absence of a strong Catholic community here in London, I decided to tap into a community to which I do  have access. I had been reading many of your blogs for a couple of years and had drawn great inspiration and comfort from them. In October, I took the leap and finally created a blog. But it wasn't until Easter, when I was missing Catholic community more than ever, that I decided to post regularly.
   
2. I'm in London for just a year, and as hard as it is to believe, that year will be winding up in a couple of months. With that realization came a determination to be even better about documenting my sightseeing adventures here.
   
3. I never intended for the almost daily blogging to become a thing. But I discovered over those Easter holidays that there was something wonderful about sitting in my sunny kitchen early in the morning over a cup of tea and doing a little quiet Bible reading, responding to friends' and family members' messages, reading your beautiful blogs, and sharing my thoughts on mine. By the end of the three weeks, it was a habit I didn't want to give up, even though it means waking up half an hour to an hour earlier than I used to for work.
   
4. Finally, as some of you may remember from a Tuesday Teatime video I posted a couple of weeks ago, my job has changed, and I am spending vast amounts of time at work right now proofreading and editing. Reading other people's writing for hours a day made me itch to write a bit myself--even if it's very informal writing on a blog.

So there you go! It looks like this frequent blogging habit is here to stay for the time being. Why do you blog? I'm curious to know!

Happy Monday, friends :)