On May 25th, 2004 I wrote a post called, “Why am I starting this?”
Perhaps many people start a blog because they are trying to prove to the world just how smart they are? Perhaps others do it so they can feel like someone is listening to them? Perhaps others do it as a way to share what’s going on in their lives.
But why am I doing this? Mostly as a way to share with myself, just what is going on. I’m not going to use this as a platform for anything else but… Well, whatever I feel like posting. Quotes. Golf scores. Youth Group talks. Carry-over rants. Interesting articles. Stories about the kids. Whatever I want!
Seven years later not much has changed. I’m still going and I’m still writing whatever I want.
Some stats:
- 3,549 posts in 2,555 days = 1.38 posts per day.
- 6,260 comments on 3,549 post = 1.76 comments per post.
- 3,549 posts averaging 500 words = 1,774,500 words I’ve published here.
- Started on Blogger, moved to Typepad, finally now on WordPress.
Thank you, faithful reader
In the early days I was shocked if a handful of people read my posts. Then, a few years later, I remember the joy of noticing that I had hit 100 daily visitors. Then, living in Romeo, Michigan I remember bumping into people at church or even people at the supermarket would stop and tell me something they liked about my blog. Today? A good day sees a lot more than that. And I’m still just amazed that you show up.
Thank you.
Thanks for reading my thoughts– good, bad, and ugly– of a youth ministry guy just trying to figure stuff out.