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POST #1000

This is blog post number one thousand !!!

 This is a milestone which, rather unhelpfully, leaves me lost for words!

When I started out on 25th May 2007  I never imagined blogging would become such a healthily addictive and mostly fun part of my life.

It’s reached the stage that no day seems complete until I’ve posted something – and relatively recent innovations of gaining feedback via ‘likes’ and ‘followers’ gives a modest yet satisfying feedback that keeps me hooked.

Thanks for all who have sought out or simply stumbled upon this blog.

Here’s to the next thousand which, if I keep up with a post a day, I’ll be celebrating on February 28th, 2015.

2011 IN REVIEW : BLOGGING

I DID IT!!  I signed up for the WordPress Postaday challenge and with this post I have achieved this goal. Congratulations to me!

I originally signed up for the daily post prompts from WordPress but quickly found these more irritating than helpful. I didn’t like them because the assumption seemed to be that blog posts are always somewhere between personal diary entries, motivational messages and confessionals. This is not why I blog.

I disliked these for the same reason I don’t like the new sidebar setting me a new blogging target every time I make a post. I prefer to feel free to post what I want; to invent my own prompts and set my own goals. Continue reading