Life teaches us
many lessons! I try to be a student of life, so when I learn a lesson I
like to share it with people I care about.
Recently
something has come to my attention more than a few times. Since it
keeps showing itself to me, I feel compelled to share it with YOU my
dear readers.
I
believe we are all connected in some way, or another. I also believe
that people are brought into our lives for a variety of reasons, but
none just happen to be by chance. We can all learn from each other…
Even in blogland we will have the chance to meet others virtually if not in person, and they will have experiences that we can learn from.
Blogland
can be a very fickle place, and to be honest I still do not quite get
the pulse of things, but I have noticed something that has bothered me
for quite awhile now.
I
see people trying to become something they are not in order to promote
their blog. I have to talk to myself all the time to not get caught up
in the politics of blogland.
You
see when I started my blog, I did it as a creative outlet, and a means
to teach some of the design lessons I had learned in my professional
life as a designer.
I love design, and have a real passion for it. So much so, that even I think I can be a bit obsessed at times.
Blogging
was a way to continue feeding this passion of mine. Sadly, sometimes it
has also almost killed this passion. Not by anyone’s hand but my own.
If you gain fame, and lose yourself you have gained nothing.
I have seen followers come, and go on my blog, and that is just the way it goes in blogland.
But,
something I have observed not particularly on my little blog, but in
blogland in general, is that you are only as famous as your best, last
post.(sounds like Hollywood and movies, doesn’t it?)
Readers
will swarm to be next to you when you are in the limelight, but as soon
as they see it does not benefit their own goals, or ambitions they move
on.
I know we have all felt the sting of this in our own lives, and in blogland.
I find this very sad, and so shallow to be honest. I like to think I personally have more substance than this.
I am thankful to say that I also have many friends that have remained throughout the thick and thin of it all.
They seem to get what is truly important in life, relationships vs. fame.
You
might not become famous, or in the spotlight by associating with me,
but I will guarantee you will have a true friend, one that cares, and
tries to reach out when the need is there.
This
post will probably not sit well with many, but I am sure there are
those that have felt the cruelness of blogland, and felt as if they
might be alone in these feeling.
I am here to tell you, as in the real world, blogland can be just as cruel.
Because
of this stay faithful to yourself, and to the friends that have been
with you from the beginning. Never treat people as stepping stones to take in order to get you where you want to be.
Design
is still a passion of mine, and I will continue to write as long as
there are readers that let me know they are benefiting from what I
write. I want to maintain my passion, and joy that design has given me.
I am thankful to all of YOU who remain faithful in your reading, and commenting, and will try to never take you for granted.
Hopefully I can continue…..
“Enjoying The Process!” Of:
The Good Life Of Design
