Tuesday, September 11, 2007

One year on....

I can’t believe how quickly the last year has gone. Have you noticed that the older you become, the faster time goes by. One theory is that each year you live is a lesser percentage of your life. When you were a four year old, a year was 25% of your entire life. To a centurion, a year is a mere 1%!

Exactly one year ago I decided to start a blog. To this day I cannot put my finger on what led me to start - to me bloggers, and anyone who listed computers as a hobby, were anoraks, nerds! Yet that decision changed my life. My entire lifestyle changed. And when 6 months later an advert for Helium popped up on my blog, my obsession with writing went to a new level!

I suppose I was steered toward writing by my family. I decided that instead of sending postcards when I was away on my holidays, I’d keep a diary. Once home I would type them out and distribute them. They went down well, and it was suggested I use them as part of an autobiography.

So, like bloggers the world over, I now think in prose! Every situation I find myself in is turned into an essay in my mind! I often drift away into my own world of words , sentences and paragraphs. I’ve become a nerd!

My first blogs were pretty poor. All my efforts during the first couple of months have long since been deleted. But one year on, I am still tapping away on my keyboard at every opportunity. My sleeping hours get shorter, and my comfortable couch hardly gets sat on!

So what will the next year bring? Will I still be blogging in September 2008? Who knows!

13 comments:

  1. Keith congratulations on a year of blogging!!!!!!

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  2. Don't stop, never give up, then one day you'll reach the top! (or something like that!)

    Happy 1st birthday - I love your blog! :)

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  3. You are all so kind! Please all help me blow my candle out!

    Missy - that little map is quite clever. If you wiggle your curser around it moves, and you can make it bigger or smaller with the little buttons! I love toys! I put it there because all the places I write about are there - even the smallest villages.

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  4. Congrats on one year of blogging you nerd you lol. I sure hope in a year you will be blogging.

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  5. Dear nerd, you did a fabulous job and therefor I give you the totally fabulous award. Come and pick it up.

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  6. Hi keith,
    I could so much relate to this post!!You said it so well!
    i too will be completing a year of blogging soon and it has really opened a new world for me.
    And yes--we have all grown as writers, havent we?

    There is something called 'writers island' which gives prompts for writing every tuesday.I just discovered it yesterday,loved the concept and i shall be doing it and putting up the link very soon.(I can mail you the link if you want me to)
    Thanks for dropping by.
    (closes door):-)
    Preeti

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  7. Keith,
    Is 'Bogs of Distinction' intended, pray?
    You have a quite wicked sense of humour!

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  8. Happy Blog-a-versary.
    I think in "blog" too.
    Waving at you wildly from New York

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  9. Jadey - you've always known I'm on the nerdish side!

    Marja! What can I say! I guess thankyou would be approprite!

    PS . Thanks for dropping by. Thanks also for your introduction to Writers Island. I'll do all I can to gather together my fellow Helium writers and get them to participate too.

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  10. Dickiebo! Well spotted! I put up that title in the hope that George Michael was a blogger! I need a celeb reader!

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  11. Frances! I'm waving back! I went to your blog and found myself surrounded by women!I did however find your photoblog and loved it! I left you a message there.

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