Monday, May 14, 2012

Find A Friend



Today is the first day of the Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week.

I just started my blog three weeks ago.  It took me a looooong time to work up the nerve to "put myself out there."  I knew I wanted to share my story, and hopefully meet others that could relate to me, but I kept questioning if I should really do it.  What if some creep starts creeping around on my page? How much info is TMI?  What if my blog comes back to haunt me when I run for public office someday (I have NO desire to run for public office, so I'm not sure why that doubt kept coming up.)


I finally started my blog, and lo and behold, I discovered the timing was right.  After just three weeks writing a blog, I could participate in the Third Annual Diabetes Blog Week.  I knew I had made the right decision to create a blog the minute I saw this, and saw all the wonderful new writers and blogs I could check out.


As far as introducing you to a new blog, I really don't have any outside all the ones participating in this blog week since I'm so new to this world. But I would like to give a shout out to Shannon of An American in Dublin because she was the first person to post a comment on my blog!  I felt so great that someone "out there' in internet-land actually read one of my posts and I felt really encouraged.  So, thanks Shannon for my being my first connection (and friend, I hope!) from the DOC, and I hope I get to know many more of you in the future!

7 comments:

  1. Your very welcome Liz! Thanks for the shout out! :)

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  2. Hi Liz!
    Nice to meet you. I look forward to reading more about you.

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  3. Hi Liz - welcome to the DOC. I've been here for just over a year now and no crazy stalkers yet...that i know of anyway :)

    The benefits far outweigh the fears of being out there in the blogosphere. So much support and wisdom in the diabetes community.

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  4. Hi Liz, glad you found the DOC! I agree with Celine that the benefits far out weight the fears (and I did have a stalker I got rid of!). There are so many good people out there that it really is worth taking the chance.

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  5. That is perfect timing! DBlog Week is always one of my favorite ways to find new blogs to read :)

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  6. Great post, Liz. Welcome to the ever-expanding Diabetes Online Community, and can't wait to read more of your awesome posts!

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  7. As you can see, I'm still trying to catch up on all of the DBlog Week posts. But welcome to the Diabetes Blog World and to the DOC!! I'm so glad you were here in time for DBlog Week. :)

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