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My Story part 1

My Story part 1:

When I was 24, I was ready to have a family. I was one of the very few in my family that were not already married with kids, including younger cousins and family. Early October 2015, I met a girl online who fit the Bill of the perfect spouse. Our values were the same, our religion, politics, culture and family were all in line. I made the joke many times in the early stages about how much our parents were just a like as I grew to know them. Everything was absolutely perfect, the first time I met her in person I told her I was going to marry her one way or another. We laughed and had deep filled conversations, this is everything I could have ever wanted. It was finally MY time to be happy and to start a family. She lived two hours a way from me. As the “man of the relationship” I quickly felt guilt of trying to have her make the drive to come and see me. So it quickly became normal for me to get off of work at 3am on Friday night, make the drive over, and sleep in her grandma’s spare bedroom. Having zero to no sleep, I would push through the weekend until I would make the drive back on Sunday afternoon’s after church and lunch with her family. She was obsessed with me, in every right way possible. On Sunday afternoons she would beg me to stay a little longer, even jokingly she would hide my bag, knowing I couldn’t leave without it. She did no wrong in my eyes. We had been together for a little while when she came to me to spend thanksgiving with my family. We got on the subject of “where are we going to live when we get married?”. It very quickly turned in to a heated debate because neither of us wanted to leave our families behind. We were driving to my aunts house for thanksgiving day lunch while she screamed at me to take her back so she could go home because we didn’t agree on where to live. To this day, I regret not listening to her demands. I kept telling her we would discuss it later on and we didn’t have to finalize anything in this moment, that we weren’t even engaged yet. We went and ate lunch, which I believe only the two of us could feel the tension between us, but it was definitely there. Later that afternoon, I agreed that when we got married I would move to Dallas, Ga. I had only lived in Cleveland, Ga for about 3 years, mean while she grew up in Dallas the same as her parents. I felt like I was doing the right thing in agreeing to moving to her hometown.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

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The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

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You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

  • Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
  • Because it will help you focus your own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

  • Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
  • What topics do you think you’ll write about?
  • Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
  • If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.