I remember when I foolishly began this blog that I had two noble goals:
👉Vent my frustrations with this disease safely and quietly
👉I hope to benefit, at least, one other person
👉Vent my frustrations with this disease safely and quietly
👉I hope to benefit, at least, one other person
However, I am not sure that I was able to do either of those. While looking over my past entries, along with their accompanying Twitter notes, I have reached a conclusion. I am not a good blog writer, but there really is only one way to get better: keep at it! So, as the song goes, "Second verse, same as the first: a little bit louder and a little bit worse."
So, I've recommitted myself to doing this blog thing better. I've been reading other blogs and I've noticed three commonalities:
Purpose: the more popular ones that I've seen have an explicitly seen goal. They have a reason to be.-After thinking on this, I decided to re-state my purpose for this blog. Rather than simply allowing myself a place to vent and hoping to benefit 'others', I am going to focus on listing, researching, and offer help on problems which I have faced, or still am facing with this MesS.
Structure: they are highly and creatively organized, using polls, articles, references, and sharing endorsements from other writers.-When I started this blog, I really had no structure whatsoever. I thought it would be amusing to make it as sporadic as MS. Little did I know how frustrating that would become. So, in short, it's been 'fixed'.
Demeanor: generally speaking the 'popular' blogs are very optimistic. They're not always 'happy', but even in the most troubling stories that I have seen is an air of hope.-This is going to be the most difficult change for me to make. I am a pessimist. I do not see the glass as either half empty or half full. I see it as containing poison. I am stating here that I am going to try to sound better, not idiotically happy, but also not as despondent as I am wont to be. I am not going to exult in my problems just as much as I am not going to wallow in them.
So, with all of that said, please allow me to wish you a happy new year!
