Although I hate that I am doing this... I am nonetheless starting my very first blog post by mentioning that it is my first blog post. I guess while I am at it I will introduce myself: My name is Noelle, I am 19 years old and I am going to college to become a teacher. I make videos and post them onto Youtube, which I love doing and I am a wee bit obsessed with all things social media. I can guarantee that you can find me on just about any social networking website/app out there. I love them all!
When I was about 13 years old I began to read the book Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Although I never finished it I became enthralled with the idea of journaling. At the time, being inspired by a girl who grew up during World War II and who had to hide in an attic for months, I wrote mainly about what school was like and what it was like to grow up and live where I lived. I would talk about typical 13 year old girl things, such as, friends, boys, and how awful school was and how amazing summer was. I would try to use as much detail as possible incase for some reason I had to go into hiding and basically become the next Anne Frank. However, I did not have to go into hiding nor did I become the next Anne Frank. Ultimately I began to write entries in my journal more sporadically, going months between entries, even years, until I eventually gave up on journaling.
Even though I gave up I have always been infatuated with the idea of journaling. I would get back into journaling for a few weeks here and there over the years. Always so in awe of those who journaled regularly. "How do they remember to journal every day?" "How do they know what to write each day?" These were only a few of the questions I would ask myself about how they managed to continue journaling for so long. Now at 19 years old, I am still very much in love with the idea of journaling, but I don't want to be in love with the idea of it anymore, rather in love with the act of actually doing it.
Yesterday I was at Michaels (a craft store) with my mom and my sister. While I was there I bought a journal (photo to the right). I am not totally sure why I bought it since I already have a journal that I am not even a fifth of the way through. But nonetheless I bought a new journal with the hopes to use up the one I already had and eventually start journaling in the new journal. I am hoping that I can motivate myself enough to start journalling often enough so that it will become a habit and something I can't help but do. This is definitely not going to be a quick and easy thing but I really REALLY hope that I can finally become an avid journal writer. As well as journaling more often I am starting this blog in hopes of blogging as well, which may be a bit ambitious since I don't even have the journaling part down yet. However, I still want to give it a try. I am not sure what exactly I will blog about, I am in no way a beauty guru, so that is out, and I don't really have any strange or bazaar interests as they suggest in many 'blogs for beginners' articles. I guess I will just kind of figure it out as I go, should be simple enough.
Well whatever this blog may turn into I hope you enjoy this blog. If I can manage to get at least one person to smile or laugh that's enough for me. :)
Love Always,
xo Noelle
