Blogger for 3 years...

I was reading Bianca's blog yesterday morning. One of her past entries was about her Blog's Anniversary, where she gave her readers a chance to ask her a question which she answered one by one on a separate entry. Then I just remembered, it's September! My Blogger just turned three years... :-)

I remembered to visit my very first blogsite, which I haven't visited or updated for quite a while now, and I noticed how much my attitude towards blogging has changed for the past year. I was chatting with my girlfriends Joi and Nel that time, then I told Joi that I think I am no longer into blogging as I was before and she's one of the reasons why, ha! ha! On top of that, ever since I underwent a hardcore Voice and Accent Training in the company, actually twice now, I got confused and I got really conscious to blog, thinking that my VA trainers and co-trainees will 'PEG' me here, ha! ha!

Blogging for me all started when I stepped in to the corporate-world-of-unlimited-access-to-high-speed-internet three years ago. ;-P I met this girl who was already into blogging, and I guess becoming her friend requires being hooked to blogger as well, while the rest is history. :-D

I was so into blogging that time where I actually see to it that I update it AT LEAST once a week. I used to blog every friday but there came a time where I'll write an entry on the beginning of the week, save it as a draft, update it everyday and publish it by the end of the week. It just feels good knowing that someone somewhere actually is reading it and I love the way I kinda let people into my life by reading my thoughts and experiences on this online diary I have. Then Friendster started to have it's own blogsite as well so I thought, just to be consistent, I will cc my posts there. After a year of having my blogger account came Multiply. I was so happy with this site because aside from allowing you to post unlimited photos and videos, you can also blog there, upload music, write a review, add friends, and everything I can basically do with my blogger, friendster, photobucket, flicker, youtube and freeweb accounts all combined!

Now, as the years go by, I got tired of updating the online accounts I have and started to just stick with my multiply. And even if there is now an option to sync blog entries from blogger to multiply, I loved the rest of the other options multiply offers with regards to blogging. I came to realize that my only reason why I am keeping my blogger account was because of it's value for me... this was the first home of all my thoughts put into words... At the same time, I'm not into blogging that much anymore...

Since my best (blog) friend Joi moved to another company last year, I no longer have a friend by my side reminding me to update my blog, haha! But really, aside from that, I think since I had a career move in the beggining of the year, my attitude towards work has changed too. I mean, access to everything online is still there, especially now that we're using this genius iMac, but I think now I am more serious when it comes to work, I am now more focused on what I am doing since I'm working on achieving "a goal". Before, work for me is just play, and the best part of it is that you're getting paid and since I got used to what I was doing so much, it was just easy for me to update my blog and take in calls at the same time, chat with my seat mate.

I sign up for online accounts left and right just so I am updated. I am everywhere online, try searching for 'nicoledgoddess' in google and you'll get close to 600 results, try yahoo, you'll get 1,200 plus! My expression that goes "my life is an open blog" slowly became for real. And the sad part of it is the more you let people into your life, THE MORE THEY WANT! I started to have invalid accounts to websites I don't even visit, and the spam, around 30% of the messages I receive on my email accounts everyday is junk! And the worse part of it, there are people who think that they know me so well just because they read my blog. There are even times where I'll see people buying the things I want, doing the things I planned to do and going to places I'm planning to go, because I blogged about it and apparently they read it! How pathetic!!!

Well, I really have gotten so tired about the bad side of blogging. I then decided to just blog when I feel like it, like right now. haha! So in celebration of my Blogger Account's third year anniversary, I'm giving this blogsite a permanent rest. Since I know I won't be able to "take care" of it anymore, I decided not to update this blogsite from anymore and just stick to my multiply.

Three years of being with me through tough, crazy and happy times, my blogger I thank you. I know that if the time comes where I'll need something to write down my thoughts with you'll still be there for me... Happy Anniversary and goodbye... :-)