Why Do I Blog

I get this question quite often from friends who are non bloggers, “Where do you find the time to blog?”

Time is what you make of it.

Blogging has become a significant part of my life, so I make time for it. No doubt, blogging on some days, take more time then I should since I am not very adept at churning out speed articles.

So Why do I blog?

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I started the blog as I was in need of an expressive outlet.  Just like I am a work in progress, so is my blog. I am constantly learning how to express myself better through my blog, learning how to refine the content. My blog is an extension of my life, so for friends who haven’t met me for some time, I tell them “Go read my blog.” :)

Life have changed quite drastically since I started my blog in ’07. I have given birth, was a FTWM, became a SAHM/part time student, then a WAHM. Blogging works together with my camera to document my life, to tell my own stories of precious and fleeting moments through life as a mom of one.

I blog for myself most of all. My son may be one of the key reasons why I started the blog and my blogging journey is still largely inspired by my role as a parent, but it has evolved to a space to document my lifestyle and other creative pursuits.

Blogging has helped me to find my writing voice and is a therapeutic process for me to work through life’s bottlenecks and spills. My post can sometimes start out sounding negative, but as I progress to type in my thoughts, I start to view things from a different perspective and my posts will end off on a positive note, quite different from where I started.

I blog in the hope that maybe, just maybe, a fellow mom, a friend, or a reader who will chance upon my posts will find some encouragement from the experiences I share from my life.

My blog has connected me with other blogging moms whom I would otherwise would not have gotten to know. Blogging used to be a lonely journey, but SMB changed everything for me. Friendships have been forged with fellow blogging moms beyond a mere comment left on each other’s blog, and these are the moms whom I have most meaningful and frequent conversations with these days.

I have found that navigating through the journey of motherhood can be so much enjoyable when you have companions who can walk alongside with you.

How long will I be blogging for? As long as I am a mom I suppose.

 

My post is just one of 15 stories from 15 Singapore Blogging Moms on why we blog.

 

 

Next on the ‘Why Moms Blog’ blog train –

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Regina documents her little family as they grow as one, charting everyday mundane events to milestones that will chart the shape of their future. She is enjoying being a wife and mother, two personae that she has never thought of becoming – in the past. She takes pride in being a working class stiff trying to be a first class Mum!

Regina shares her thoughts about parenting and personal experiences as : MummyMoo

 

 

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Why Moms Blog (Blog Train)

Most of us may have been inspired by our child’s birth and started our blogging journey to chronicle the milestones. But behind each mom’s blog, there are unique stories to share.

Follow our blog train as 15 Singapore Mom Bloggers share why they continue to write their stories in their personal space on the blogosphere.

5th Sept – My post at Catch Fortywinks

6th Sept – Regina from Mummymoo

7th Sept – Dominique of Dominique’s Desk

8th Sept – Winnie of Toddly Mummy

9th Sept – Jiahui of Mum’s the Word

10th Sept – Chrystal of Mother of Kids

11th Sept – Adora of Gingerbread Mum

12th Sept – Mrs Kam of The Kam Family

13th Sept – Sandra of Sanses

14th Sept – Alicia of Beanius

15th Sept – Pamela of Tan Family Chronicles

16th Sept – Adeline of The Accidental Mom Blogger

17th Sept – Summer of The Happy Mom

18th Sept – Sarah of The Playful Parents

19th Sept – Rachel of Rachel’s Live Journal

 

 

 

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Photo *Heart* Fridays – Quality Time

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Time spent together one weekday afternoon 23 Aug 2012

– Photo self-taken with IPhone in front of the National Museum

 

Life almost moves like a time lapse movie these days. Day to day details are sometimes forgotten and easily lost, we move from moment  to moment, but we don’t really remember what happened between this event and another.

I don’t really want to spend my life like that. Where moments are easily forgotten and I just spend my days rushing from place to place, and checking off my to-do list.

We slowed down this week.

I decided that school can wait, and I will spend quality time with my little guy doing stuff that we both thoroughly enjoy.

Despite fighting over the audio guide in the museum, since the museum assumed that kids below 7 could not understand or have the children’s audio guide by themselves :(. And both making ‘tsk’ sounds ever so often when his/my side of the earphone kept falling off, whenever we decided to walk in different directions.

It wasn’t perfect, but I am thankful of the quality time spent together nonetheless.

 



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