On Being More Social
For the most part, I've been pretty insular here on Bear since I started this blog. A few of my earlier posts seemed to resonate with people, but as soon as I learned that you could turn toasts off, I stopped letting my posts show up in the Discovery feed.
Lately, I've been letting them pop up there again. My original goal with this blog was to just have my own little space where I could privately enjoy writing and being creative, kind of like my teenage bedroom. I view those days with rose-colored nostalgia, back when I'd go to my room, close the door, and sit on my bed journaling or listening to my Discman.
I've always been introverted and a bit solitary by nature, but I long for community, especially now. I've realized that I want to share this space with others, this little room that I've decorated and personalized. I want to be invited into other people's rooms as well, to sit with them as they open their notebooks and read aloud to me, to laugh with them as they tell me about their favorite plushie or their trip to Iceland.
Maybe I should end this metaphor, but all of this is to say that I've been not only exploring more blogs lately but also reaching out to other bloggers more, whether it be through email or guestbooks or comments. I long for warm conversation about the things we mutually love, for giving compliments on things that have helped me out or that I simply find beautiful, and for the joys of email again, as both of these blog posts so wonderfully detailed: BRING BACK EMAILS AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION and can't we go back to being pen pals like the old times?
So this is me saying I'm here, I'm happy to be here with you all, and I'm grateful for this community. Please feel free to reach out, either via my guestbook or my email, and you may be hearing more from me soon!