Happy blogiversary to me!

11 November 2011

Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of my blog. I can’t believe that I’ve been writing this blog for five years. In that time I’ve created 612 posts. (This is the 613th.) That’s quite a few words!

A year ago on my blog’s anniversary, I blogged about my favorite posts of each year. This year, I’ll add my favorite post of 2011 (so far). It’s:

Interested in becoming a professional organizer? I wrote this post to help answer a frequently asked question about how to become a PO. The reason I love the post so much is that my wonderful colleagues pitched in comments to make the article even more useful. And it’s also saved me lots of time answering emails—I just point people to the post!

My blog has served me well and I’m so glad I decided to start it back in 2006, when I really didn’t know that much about blogging. I’m a former freelance writer, so the writing part of it didn’t intimidate me. When I started blogging, my intentions were to create some valuable content while helping clients and prospective clients get to know me better. Those goals haven’t really changed.

My blog has taught me discipline and the value of routines. I try hard to blog on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I don’t always manage to do all three posts each week, but most weeks I do.

Thanks to my blog, I see things through a different lens. Everything is a possible blog post and while I’m experiencing something, I’ll sometimes write (in my head) the first line of a blog post about it.

I’m proud to be a blogger and I’m really tickled that I’ve reached the five-year mark.

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