Goodbye writing expectations and hello to my friend rambling

I miss writing. I had these dreams of documenting my engagement season and writing about the my hopes, fears and expectation of marriage. Then I thought I would just pick up writing again after the wedding and share the journey of our first year of marriage. But I didn't. It's not that I never sat down to write, I did! Numerous times......but every time I was hit with the intense expectation that in this world of bloggers whatever I wrote had to be great, profound, well written and something that everyone would want to share with others.

What happened to writing in my blog just being a way for me to process life? What happened to my desire to just be real and authentic and if someone got something out of my ramblings then that was just the sugar on top? How did I let myself get caught up with the need of approval and validation from others on what I wrote?

I don't know but I'm over it. I need to write for no other reason than this is a good outlet for me to process this crazy adventure called life. And I want to share. I love sharing my life and story with others. This love probably stems from how much I gain encouragement and insight from other who are willing to be vulnerable and real and don't just portray the "instagram" photo of life.

So welcome to my blog which will contain the ramblings of me that may or may not be profound and that may or may not be well written.....continue at your own risk.

But you'll need to continue reading at a new blog location......

lifeadventureswiththebensons.blogspot.com