Exactly two years ago today, I sat down and started this blog.
The premise was derived from the movie, Julie and Julia, (without the cooking.) Don’t get me wrong, I love cooking but for me the idea was more about writing.
My goal was to write a blog post every single day for one year to improve my writing and eventually achieve the status of published author.
It’s still my goal today. (Well not so much the writing every day part.)
My first post, was really pretty lame. At the time I started it, I had no idea what I would write on a daily basis, quite truthfully I really wasn’t even sure what a blog was.
In fact, I didn’t have a tag line for at least a couple of months, my header simply said Jodi Stone. It wasn’t until one of my two readers suggested a tag line that I added, “Life with Sampson and Delilah.”
My first two days didn’t have titles, I just called them day one and day two.
I didn’t know what tags were (maybe I still don’t) in fact I didn’t tag anything until more than two months into my challenge.
I didn’t know how to get readers, what a blog hop was, how a blog hop worked, what the code was or how to get it to work on my blog.
Well I think you’re getting the idea, I basically knew nothing at all about blogging.
Well, as you can tell, I’ve learned a few things. The biggest thing I’ve learned is it’s not just about writing, it’s about the interaction with my readers and the friendships and relationships I’ve made.
I completed my goal that first year, (except for one day when my granddaughter was born and that’s because I just forgot) and then I found myself committing to another full year of blogging.
Well today dear friends and family, today I completed THAT goal. Two full years of blogging every day.
And I couldn’t have done it without every single one of you. Your friendship and support mean so very much to me, and I just want to say thank you.
Thank you for reading, thank you for commenting and thank you for all the other ways you show me how much you care.
A few of my favorite pictures. 🙂
Have a great weekend!
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