What Motivates One to Blog?

That’s a super good question. Some are motivated by the challenge of blogging everyday like Ian Landy in his blog Technolandy: Site of Ian Landy. Others are motivated to blog to challenge other educators to look at his or her practice in a critical way like Rose Pillay in her blog Fail Better. For me? I blog when I get inspired. It could be an “aha,” a good feeling, or not so good feeling. Today, it was the latter… a not so good feeling… and finding the tools to muster the strength to pick myself up. What is most mesmerizing about today is that it happened in three. You’d think this is an old wives tale but when it happens and you don’t pick up the message… trouble is to be had. Today, I will admit that the message has been received. Not pretty when you want to cry before and after a meeting for different reasons. UGH!! Well… you just keep that to yourself… push those feelings down… nothing is happening. It’s in your imagination. With my #oneword2016, I am gaining some clarity that I had never expected. The crazy part is, denial only keeps us in a safe place. What’s the purpose in that? The making is in the breaking. No one likes to be broken. No one likes change. No one likes letting go. News flash… it will either happen to you or you choose to. Keeping the status quo, as mentioned in many previous blogs, serves no purpose except to keep things the same. Who does that serve? You? Meh. Not worth it. Yes, I have experienced 3 crappy things today knowing that it was meant to happen.