Five Year Blogiversary
It’s my five-year blogiversary!
I started blogging on July 21, 2005 because I wanted a platform for sharing my adventures in Italy with family members. Now my blog has evolved in to so much more for me. I was actually having a conversation with Steven this Sunday night about all the things I/we wouldn’t be doing if it weren’t for blogging. It started with me saying he wouldn’t be doing autocross if I weren’t blogging, because I met Erin through her blog, and her husband introduced Steven to autocross.
What else was on the list?
If I wasn’t blogging I wouldn’t…
… have met some of the awesome friends I have / made connections around the world
… get as much varied advice/input/experience shared with me
… be staying in touch with certain people
… be taking as many pictures
… be documenting my life as much as I am
… (according to Steven) stick with running as much as I have
… be trying as many new recipes
… be improving my writing skills? (it’s questionable)
… be learning as many fun random facts
… be wasting so much time on the internets
and most importanly
… always have a place where I feel like I can express myself
What is on your “If I wasn’t blogging I wouldn’t…” list? How many years have you been blogging? Why did you start?
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Happy blogiversary! Five years is a great accomplishment, and I truly enjoy your blog. It is a good source of inspiration for me 🙂
If I wasn’t be blogging, I would be bored! It gives me an outlet to share the things I experience, think about, and read with others– in hopes we can all grow and live a better life. Sounds a little corny, but I hope that is how it works out!
I think my list should be “If I hadn’t started reading blogs…” I wouldn’t have done/purchased/been motivated to do/etc a ton of stuff.
Yay, five years of blogging! Congratulations on sticking with it AND enjoying it so much. 🙂
If I weren’t blogging, I wouldn’t…have met my birth mom! I started Micapie in Fall 2008, but I have actually kept various blogs since early high school.
Congratulations on five years, that’s amazing!! 🙂
If I weren’t blogging, I’d probably still be living out of the freezer. Very sad thought!!
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ohh 5 years that’s crazy, seems like so long! I think I’m on 3 years now, but really 2 solid years.
If I wasn’t blogging I wouldn’t be so excited to try new races in new places with new faces.
wow! 5 years!! congrats. i’m sure a lot has changed over that time period. it’s fun to look back!! i’m on the edge of 2 years and love that it has at least been that long. i hope O+E is still around in 3 more years!!! 🙂 i agree- it is a place for me to write… creatively. organize myself. talk to people. track things. all around perks!!!!!!!!
Wow! Congrats! That is a huge accomplishment! And you’re right about the blogger community being so great for so many things.
I love my pictures. I really do- but sometimes slack and am mad at myself for not taking more! Now that I blog more regularly, I feel like I do a much better job at capturing everything the way I want to!
Happy Blogiversary!
Also, if I had never started blogging, I never would have met this guy, mah Davey Joe! I cannot imagine life without him.
Wow– five years is amazing!!! Happy blogiversary!!
Happy Blogiversary! This is my second year of blogging. Time sure goes by fast doesn’t it?
wow, that’s a great anniversary! isn’t it amazing how time flies? i have no clue when I started blogging, but I’m guessing it’s been about 5 years as well. if i hadn’t started blogging, i would have never met a best friend. that would have been a tragedy, to say the least.
Congrats on the anniversary!
I started blogging over at Livejournal in 2001 so, technically, I’ve been blogging in one form or another since then. I’ve met quite a few awesome people via my blogs (including you!) and I have to say that’s one of my favorite parts.
My 5 year was back in Feb. We’re twinsies!
I would not have an outlet for self-expression if I didn’t blog. I have met so many great people and traveled to conferences to meet them. It’s been awesome! And I’m so glad I got to meet you (and S).
Happy blogiversary!!! It will be my 3rd year next month. I don’t think I would have stuck with running and learned so much about it and myself if it hadn’t been for my blog.
I will be at 1.5 years next month! I love this blog world and I am so glad to be a part of it!!!
Happy 5 years- I hope I am still at it at 5 years!
I’ve been on the blogging scene for 3 1/2 years. Like you, it has provided me an outlet to express myself, to explore current issues and my own feelings about them, to celebrate the highs and weep about the lows … and to meet a world of people I never would’ve known existed otherwise!
Happy Blogiversary! Crazy its been 5 years!! And I’ve read (almost) every post along the way!! Love you sis!!!
Wow! 5 years! Congrats!! If I wasn’t blogging, I wouldn’t have met you (and a number of other really awesome people). That, to me, is the greatest gift. It’s an unexpected gift too. When I started blogging, it was just to keep myself accountable with some personal goals. I had no idea I’d have readers and that I’d be part of a blogging community. It’s really great. My blog is almost 2 years old 🙂
Happy Blogiversary! I’ve been writing for 2 1/2 years now. And frankly? I don’t think my recovery would have been complete without it.
How wonderful 5 years congratulations. We are so proud of your little blog baby. Love forever and always Mom and Dad
Ha ha. You make me laugh 😛
Same name, both runners, both love cats, both started blogs on July 21… are we the same person? 🙂
No way! Are you pulling my leg?! We are the same person!
I have been blogging for 4 years and I have meet some amazing people and just got connected do many things tha tI have not really known about or cared about.
Congrats!
Blogging holds me accountable. I feel like I need to make promises to the blogosphere … and then answer as to whether or not I kept those promises. Who knows where the feeling comes from, but I’m glad its there.
It also helps me keep track of my daughter’s life – and its hard to find a baby book or journal that can detail like a blog!!
Congratulations, happy blogiversary indeed.
Wow 5 years!! Congrats! I like blogging because it gives me people to talk to running about! Otherwise I bet my friends and family would go insane because I would have no outlet to let out all my excitement!
Happy Blogiversary! That is so cool that you have been at it for 5 years. To think I didn’t even know what a blog was 5 years ago. Congrats!
If I wasn’t blogging, I probably would not be running as much either. I started the blog less than a year ago as a way to document my journey of beginning runner turned marathoner. It keeps me honest especially now as I am asking people for donations toward Leukemia and Lymphoma. If they are giving me money, I should be running A LOT.
I dont feel like I have missed anything by blogging, but I do feel like I have made some real cool friendships. I hope someday to actually meet my bloggy friends face to face. 🙂
Happy Blogiversary!!
Blogging has done SO much for me, and it irritates me sometimes when people only focus on the negative aspects of it.
I feel like if I hadnt started blogging, I wouldnt have made all the progress I have as far as staying healthy. I find so much inspiration and support from the blog world.
I also love the fact that Im documenting my life. I’ll have that forever if I want to.
Happy 5 year blog birthday Kim! Great work for keeping such a good blog up all this time. Love to stop by your blog, even if I don’t comment as much as I should. Data is a peach and I love keeping up with you guys <3
Happy anav!!! 🙂
If I wasn’t blogging, I wouldn’t have 90% of the friends I now have.
Happy blogiversary.
Yay Kim! Happy Bloggiversary to you, sweetie!
If I wasn’t blogging, I never would have had the strength to leave him and start over again therefore regaining my independence and happiness. So yay, there’s that! 🙂
Happy birthday to your blog!! Five years….that’s quite impressive!
If I wasn’t blogging, I never would have “met” so many people from across the country! I talk about blogger friends like we’re real life friends sometimes…it’s kinda crazy.
Congratulations! 5 years is a real accomplishment. I just hit it myself a few months ago.
I started blogging to share my writing and I’m glad I’ve expanded that to my photography as well.
Woohoo!! 5 years is amazing!! Congrats!!!
I started in Nov of 2006 because I was bored at work and just wanted to start writing. I definitely feel like it’s enriching my life. I love having the creative outlet and the connections to other random people.
Happy Blogiversary to you, Kim. Glad to be part of your online community.
Happy Blog Anniversary!Wow, 5 years!!! I’m so glad to follow 🙂