Thank You! (I’ve Reached 100 Followers!)

If you’re reading this, it means I have finally reached 100 followers on WordPress! Well, actually 101… Two people (Scribbled to Paper and Charulchandak followed me at almost exactly the same time.

It truly means the world to me that you all would take the time to read anything I’ve written, especially because I don’t always have a cool picture or some music to distract you from the things that are wrong with my writing, so from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!!

I never actually thought I’d get 100 followers. I never thought I’d get 50 followers, for that matter… I started this blog about a year and a half ago, didn’t post anything for a few months, and picked it back up semi-regularly in June just to give myself a place to decompress and think creatively while sitting at work. It’s been a pleasure exploring so many other good writers’ blogs, so please check out the list below! I would like to note I have a little over 100 followers, but only 100 of you have blogs, and I wanted to give a special thanks to all of my fellow blogger-followers as well as the email followers. Below is a list of one of my favorite pieces from each of my followers (and one that I could only find an Instagram page for.) Please take the time to check out a few, and please not all from the top or bottom. Get a little crazy, choose some from the middle at random, even write an algorithm to decide the most random selection of numbers, if you’re into that sort of thing:

1. The Diary of a Muslim Girl: Haters Gonna Hate
2. Sumyanna Writes: I Need to Feel Weightless
3. Motherish Childish: I Set to Rise
4. Moonlight Scrivener: Be Still My Heart
5. Voicing the Ephemeral Echoes of Life: By the Pond
6. The Stories of Lifetime: At My Funeral
7. Serpents of Maturity: Teardrops
8. Serendipitous Web Life: Why Am I Never Enough
9. Poetry Passion: My Inspirational Poetry – “Fight Till Your Last Breath
10. Apricity All The Way: Expressing Gratitude to My Diary
11. Irevuo: Madness
12. Disturbed Clove: How Do I Hurted?
13. Harvesting Hecate: Dreaming
14. Terrirori Del ‘900: Carlo Lorenzini (Collodi) – Pisa – 3/6
15. @tjtiffany: Instagram <- I think this one was a blog at one point, but all I could find was the Instagram page
16. Symptoms of Insomnia: Day 7,929 – City of Hearth: Spirit
17. Colombage’s Corner: The Phoenix
18. Aspiring Goth: Out to Reality
19. Windstrewn: On Jovian Clouds
20. Wandanlust: Hello, Bonjour, Hola!
21. H. Walker: Tywell Hills and Dales
22. Forgotten Meadows: Tread Gently
23. Mrs. Reckless Writes: Meteor Shower
24. Pkvshvamitra: The Reality!!असलियत!!
25. _the_lady_king325: Beauty of Nature
26. Love It Now: Self-Revelation
27. Winged Words of a Wandress: Enamored of His Touch…
28. Soul Speaks: Confession of an Overthinker
29. Trip Ambitions: List of Top 10 Destinations of 2017
30. Little Lottie Cakes: Tea Tourist September
31. Too Full to Write: Singer/Songwriter/Musician Interview – Vanessa Cardui (Multi-Instrumentalist, Rock, Folk, Celtic, Filk & Choral Music)
32. Denae’s Pieces: A Kiss Changes Everything
33. Jalvis Quotes: I’M Fine #Poetry
34. Sauce Box: Do I Know You?
35. John Coyote: I Can Show You God
36. Cornfed Contessa: China Lights
37. jaehyukcounahan4058: Eat Whatever You Want (Sometimes)
38. The words untrammelled: The evening breeze
39. The Tango of Pen and Paper: Food For My Thoughts
40. Today or Never: A lonely, lovely island
41. therichardbraxton: Halloween Poetry
42. Celestial Persuasion: Things I Wish You Knew About Who I Am Now
43. Based Indian: Hum vo kitab Hai Jo na pade to sulji Hai or padhi to ulji Hai
44. Lifetrap: Release the Past
45. There Was You: For My Friend
46. The Deadbeat: Series of Nihilistic Ramblings: Again
47. Letters To Myself: Letter To My Hero
48. Putting My Feet in the Dirt: #WeekendCoffeeShare – Life goes on…
49. Neorenaissance Man: The Most Astounding Fact
50. Ewoenam: Thursday Redemption 2
51. 420 Ways To Reach the Sun: A Few Tough Lives
52. Story or Thoughts: Break
53. Charmed Chaos: Saying Adios, Dad
54. Midnight Scribbles: Yes, I Have Cancer
55. Cobblepot the Poet: Freedom My Melody
56. Jessica Saikia: Hearty Feelings
57. Un Camino De Hojas Secas: Beautiful Mind
58. The Godly Chic Diaries: YOU ARE MAGICAL
59. Uncovered: When I Met An Incomplete Soul
60. Vj Dogra: The What’s of an Immature Adult
61. Oaken Reed: Crystalline
62. Scribbled to Paper: October 25 2017
63. Motherhustlerorg: Living With Dragons
64. Jeremy Mcgilvrey: Being Happy is the Greatest Form of Success
65. Magenta Blues: Magenta Musings
66. John Tabares: Sin tiempo
67. Goj913: Written Legacy
68. Rough Bandit: Wardrobe
69. The Arsonist: Grey.
70. Girl In Red Scarf: What If…?
71. Jossisite: Trust
72. Alirz646: Why do we hate
73. Healthy Lifestyle: Ancient Place
74. Honey8: Eagle (abstract)
75. Captain Q: A Lost & Broken Young Man
76. 1Wise Woman: Edge of Mercy – A collaboration with Kindra M. Austin
77. Grace Beulah: Goals
78. Journey Into A: Serenity Now
79. Rhythm In Life: Brewed Thoughts – Matthew 6:25-26
80. Fall Musings: Sun kissed
81. They Got It Covered: The Gentle Prick of “Soft Thorns”
82. Laura Bon: All Things
83. My Sword and Shield: It Matters Still…
84. DailyPS: Seeing God in My Own Way So I Can See God
85. The Budding Ken: The Thing About Crushes…
86. Paul Cox Writer: I Grew Up During the Best Years of Rock Music
87. Sisirblog: History of Tea
88. कृष्णवत्सल: Successful people and their way of Thinking!
89. Health & Wellness: The Good Energy Blog: Mid Week Check In
90. Story Shucker: Frozen in Time
91. Mystic Land: Flames of Love
92. PayteJ: Keep Productivity Up High and Pride Down Low
93. Dream Noise Productions: Flower Time Lapse
94. Needull in a Haystack: J.R.R. Tolkien’s Love Story
95. Saranya: நிலா
96. The Dark Side of God: Darkly Petaled Flower
97. Empowered: Breathe.
98. Love Exploring Scotland: A golden autumn in the heart of Scotland
99. Megha’s World: Little thought
100. Scribbled to Paper: Nature’s Sweet Aroma
101. charulchandak: Ahh!! The first rain…

Everybody is constantly posting good stuff, so I can’t say these are my all-time favorite pieces since they may write my favorite thing the day I decide to post this, and I started writing this post when I reached 50 followers on October 11, 2017. I apologize if you have changed your blog name since I started this list. Please let me know if there is anything wrong and I will update the list accordingly. Love y’all!

❤ December

P.S. I do want to admit that, after looking at some of the other blogs I follow, I see that they have reached within the realm of 40,000 views in 3 months and 5,000 followers in six months, and while the goal of this site is not to be another social media platform nor do I advertise myself as an active writer to many of my friends or family, I can’t help but compare myself to the successes of others, and I often get discouraged. I know my pitfalls and I strive to remember the goal of this blog is therapeutic release. I want to encourage anyone else that has a slow-growing blog that you need to do things for YOU sometimes, and if others follow along, that is their gain. I also know I have no discernible theme which makes it harder for others to decide if it’s worth following my blog or not haha.

But the point is, discouraged or not, excellent writing or pure drivel, I truly appreciate every last one of you for taking the time to read what I write and follow me on my journey. I’m not sure I have the words it takes to express the full breadth and depth of my gratitude toward you.