Why I do this...

I am a big Project Runway fan. I didn't catch on to the series until the 4th season but once I did...I was hooked. Not long after I started watching PR, I can across the amazing Project Rungay blog (now called simply Tom and Lorenzo). Tom and Lorenzo are an absolute joy to read before and after each episode as well as keeping you entertained with anything and everything related to fashion during the sometimes long (extremely long at times) wait between each season. I'm normally not that into fashion in general but because of PR and Tom & Lorenzo...let's just say I'm not as uninterested as I used to be.

During a recent browse of the blog, I came across an entry they did about Julie & Julia (which I loved by the way. Meryl Streep rocked it as Julia Child! And I really enjoyed the Julie Powell portion too!). While reading their thoughts and comments on the movie, this one bit caught my eye. I've been asked by friends and family why I blog. I've always just said something about how I like to cook and this challenges me to do it. And to try and improve my cooking. But it was really more than that. And T-Lo phrased it perfectly:

...and when you feel like you're drowning out in the real world, that blog becomes your lifeline and the people who read and support you become, in many ways, more important to you than even your friends and family. Because those wonderful strangers are demonstrating something that even your closest compatriots sometimes fail to: they believe in you.

While they are referring to the Julie portion of the story and why they liked it though the critics didn't seem to, it really clicks with how I feel about my blogging. I started this blog after devouring so many others. Some big, some small. Some with lots of comments, some with just a few. I looked at what they were doing and thought I could do this. But more importantly...I want to do this. It gave me something to look forward to everyday. Especially on those days when the real world just plain...sucks.

Even though in no way do I believe that I am anywhere on par with the level of Julie Powell and Tom & Lorenzo, it is the same feeling for me. Whether you have one 'fan' or thousands, you know people out there understand you and why you are doing this. They believe in you and what you do. It doesn't matter on the size of your blog. To know that even just one person out there likes what you did or said, wants to comment on it AND wants you to do it again...that is one of the best feelings in the world.