ablution by keyboard
WordPress.com boasts many millions of users worldwide making it quite the community to splash around in. For every taste, hobby, interest, field of study or reflection, there is something to fit the bill. All one has to do is explore and an incredible number of tag-related blogs pop up in the reader. Across the Bored would love to have that many hours of free time to peruse the stacks as it were but real life prohibits any concerted effort at getting lost in the multiverse. We are lucky to have a wide variety of readers and usually find our way by following links and clicking on gravatars.
Blame it on Google. Our work relies on searches and it seems as though a vast number of results lead back to blogs. Although many consider this form of self-publication citation unworthy, the fact remains that there is a lot of interesting stuff floating around out there with as many attached images and opinions to fill a small community library a few times over. That was our hook, a digital dare from the ether that we had better get with it, to coin a dated phrase, or lose momentum. Our primary motivation for constructing Across the Bored was as virtual repository for all that stuff that would have just been jammed into a drawer, filed away on a CD or buried in a hard drive otherwise. We had no idea it would take on a life of its own. Many of you have probably answered this very simple yet complex question on your ABOUT page or under a nifty image widget in the sidebar but for the Big 5 Challenge this fortnight it seemed worth asking all the same:
“Why did you start to blog?” – forum or fancy, news or reviews, to find friend or battle foe, seek source of satisfaction or sound out discussion, to expound, extoll, expand, in song, full-colour, poetry or prose …
We would love to know why you decided to put it all out there.
For all those who are new readers to Across the Bored, here are some guidelines for the challenge: HOW DOES THIS WORK?
- I will post some commentary such as the above on one of the five Ws (WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN or WHY and sometimes HOW) and then ask you to respond on the same.
- Your point of view on the current week’s challenge can take any form: a reply in the comment box, in a new post with a quote, a motto or saying, an essay, poem or opinion of yours or attributed to someone else, a piece of music, a song, a video, a work of art, photograph, graffiti, drawing or scribble – but it has to be about the topic!
- Challenge yourself to dig deep for an answer.
- The Challenge will be open for 14 days (there will be a reminder post at the 7 day mark) after which I will post another.
- ENJOY, have FUN and TELL your friends and fellow bloggers.
SO – Create your Big 5 Challenge post
- Then add a link to your blog in my comment box.
- To make it easy for others to check out your post, title your blog post “The Big 5 Challenge” and add the same as a tag.
- If you would like your reader to see what others are presenting for the same challenge, add a link to the “Big 5” challenge on your own blog.
- Feel free to pick up your badge on The Big 5 Challenge page.
- Remember to Follow to get your weekly (hopefully) reminders.
ACROSS THE BORED 
Done hopefully not too late!
http://nocrybabies.net/2014/05/26/i-blog-thats-me/
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Bubble word art – I remember doing that! Not to worry you’re in at midpoint – thanks for a great entry!
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I was so good at that bubble word art! I even think I can still do it :)
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That’s what you can do when you’re on hold on the phone – multitasking!
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You are right – we do improve with blogging! Thanks for your entry.
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I was thinking about this today and I went back to my first Blog 6/29/12 and now I remember how lonely I was…..Blogging really helped. http://wp.me/p2dwKf-4
Tell me, why did you both begin to Blog? A digital dare…..?
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Your “both” has me laughing! I guess you could say we are two, me and my alter ego, and that is perhaps the reason I started blogging: let’s me say things I might not otherwise…
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Thats interesting. I initially used it as an emotional outlet and then as I grew to make some friends I became more self conscious about what I was saying and then gradually I evolved to not caring what most people thought which is much more freeing : )~ I have been known to occasionally adjust a blog afterwards however …..hehe
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That’s the best! The nice thing about blogging is that no matter what you say (within reason), you don’t have to deal with the glares at the dinner table…
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Not always but yes usually true :-)
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Oh I wish I had time to do this! What a great idea! I blog to feel alive ! 🌷
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You’ve just done it! Thanks and have fun…
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SAME TO YOUUUUUUUU !!!
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:)
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Here is my reply … http://wp.me/p31In3-3wu … thanks for the interesting prompt!
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You’re very welcome and thanks for participating – love to see what motivates people!
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You’re very welome!
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Oooh, this is a fine question to ponder and go on and on about!
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Thought I would give everyone something to sink their teeth into this weeK – can’t wait for your entry!
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http://madwomanofghostharbor.com/2014/05/23/the-big-5-challenge-why-did-you-start-to-blog/
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Your wonderful entry surely applies to many of us… thank you!
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Glad you liked it, and glad I didn’t go into the rant I predicted (sometimes I can show the good manners I was also taught, along with the Impossible Rules).
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:)
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