What are you doing?

Writing a blog does one of two things: It makes people want to approach you or it makes people want to avoid you. I'm not sure where I fall...hopefully I'm teetering more on the approachable side of the blogger tightrope! I don't even like the word blog. It's sounds like blah with a g on the end. I don't want to be known for my BLAHg! Eww! Maybe I'll call it my blerg. That's catchy, right?

"Do you read the blerg?" Yeah, I like it. YOU HAVE NOW ENTERED THE BLERGOSPHERE.

It seems like everyday somebody asks me, "What are you doing??" 

I ask myself the same thing every five minutes.

When I find myself eating a chocolate bar for breakfast...what are you doing??

When I get annoyed with my kids for being kids...what are you doing??

When Ryan (The Bachelor) was literally standing outside my car window looking at me square in the face and all I could do was stare and drool a little in shock...WHAT are you doing??

When I share another piece of myself for the world to judge...what are you doing???!! 

It's a universal question. It applies to everything and everyone (obviously). It's also a nagging question that kept me up last night. I can't keep saying "Oh this is just another one of my little projects." That's so lame and silly. It's unfortunate that I can't find the 'bats' (Using the correct word here would defy the lady-code, so I'll just say bats...) to be honest with people face-to-face. 

The answer isn't difficult, but it's uncomfortable if I'm being honest...because what if you don't like what I say? (Insecurities are so annoying). 

I'm doing stuff I love. Life's short, and before I know it, I'll be old and I'll have dentures, and I won't remember who I am, much less who anyone else is...and 'should I die before I wake,' my kids will know that my ideas and dreams weren't wasted on 1000 notebooks, shoved in a "someday drawer." 

AGH! I said it. Well, I typed it...

A certain article grabbed my attention this morning. You know somebody's trying to tell you something when you feel it in your gut. Check this out. 

The most successful people I know are also the most generous, down-to-earth, and helpful people I know. They don't hoard their knowledge, connections, or talents. They share them. Here's to blerging, sharing, and being "successful."