This guest post was submitted by Rachael Dominique, currently a mother of 2 and a “Stay At Home Mom”. Please visit her personal blog for her insights of staying at home and working as a mom.
I recently jumped on the chance to do a guest post for Mike. I have been following his blog for a couple of months and have subscribed to his feed. Being a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) of two very active toddlers, everyday is like entering a different battlefield. Everyday we face many different challenges and trials, but sometimes it leaves one simply suffocated and choking for breathe. Besides being literally 24/7 on call and having to play multiple roles at a time, there is little chance for us to release the pent up stress and anxiety that builds us within us.
Blogging is the best outlet I have found to channel all the negative energy that builds up within the day. Many of my mommy friends agree that blogging has been therapeutic for them too.
What blogging does for me:
1. It gives me an outlet to vent my frustrations that I currently face by writing. Only the keyboard faces your mercy instead of taking out your anger on your family members.
2. Helps me seek instant solace/help from the virtual community who have experienced similar encounters and receive feedback when problems crop up.
3. Seeing my feelings/thoughts written down in words on screen allows me to collect my thoughts and mediate on the actions that I have taken or to be taken. It makes me reflect on my actions and helps me internalize my feelings.
4. It is something that I can do anytime of the day when I get spare time or inspiration.
5. Helps me chronically record down the growth and milestones of my children and share with the rest of the family/relatives.
6. Allows me to sort out my thoughts, queries, and choose what to focus on for the week.
7. Helps me efficiently store away useful bytes of information online for easy recall in the future. It really beats recording down important facts on paper, which could be torn or misplaced in the house. It is also more eco-friendly.
I try to blog daily if possible. After blogging, it does help me feel more refreshed, relaxed, and ready to face the never ending battles relating to childrearing.
This guest post was submitted by Rachael Dominique. Remember to check out her blog!
Nice guestpost.
I like the no.3
That one’s common for the both of us.
Well written post,Rachael….and with two noisy kids,blogging does infuse new life into your otherwise routine life!!.
Point 5 should be really exciting.Your kids would feel great when they grow to learn about your recordings!!
And yes blogging is eco-friendly in that sense!!.I wish you all the best for your future
I like to know-How many hours do you spend blogging/week ???
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With such a busy schedule…how many hours/minutes do you manage to squeeze in for bloggin ?
I think it’s great that stay at home mums blog, I would like to think that it keeps you in touch with the grown up world also, keeping your mind active with kids and staying in tune with none kiddy stuff must be a good thing.
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nice list of reasons. at least she knows why she is doing it. some people dont really know why they are blogging. number on sounds like me wife,she vents a few frustrations on her blog and it is surprising to see how many people are interested in what is going on in her life or driving her crazy.
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Oh what a great mom. I’m happy that you don’t get bored and you have a lot of things to do in your blogging life. I hope that many mothers would be like you who also have time in blogging as an outlet.
Hmmmm I hope a student blogger would also be given a guest posting… hehehe
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As Paul said” Some times life just gets you so far away from the real world that you just forget the feeling. Bloggin just helps you get back on track!
i can easily identify myself to all of the reasons given. cheers!
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Hi Mike,
thanks for putting up my guest post.
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I get approximately an hour a day to blog.[not 1 full hour in front of the PC but broken up minutes as and when I get to sit down at my desk.]
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She’s a super mom!
“Being literally 24/7 on call” and blogging at the same time is very difficult to do!
I identify myself easily to point 1. and 3.
I think she belongs to a “new-mom generation”, because only five years ago blogging was not a very common thing.
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I can’t imagine how tough it would be to blog regularly with kids around. It’s bad enough with just pets!