Why I blog

I sit here behind my computer, sun beaming in through the office window. Roscoe's behind me, laying on the rug, panting heavy breaths. Judging by the twitch in his paw, he's dreaming. 

I'm coming up on the one year anniversary of when I launched Life at Lancaster Land and I've been asking myself why. I love my day job, I am in love with my all the time job of being a mom, yet I take to the keyboard on a semi-regular basis to share with the world wide web what's bouncing around in my mind.

The honest answer is easy. I enjoy it. The secondary answer is that in some way, I want to inspire whoever reads my words. Inspire you to act? Sure. Inspire a smile to span your face? You bet. Inspire you to feel that in a dark time, you're not alone? Absolutely. I know that there's probably not a lot of up-front commonalities between me and you. But dig deeper, and we just might be the same. 

Here's an example: my husband is gone all week riding a motorcycle in the Oregon wilderness, trying his best to get lost, and the adventure is being filmed for a big company. Yeah, that's different. But at the core of it is that I'm a working mom, who is married to a man who is gone a lot. I have to shuffle schedules and lean on family and friends, and when he returns later this week, I leave for a work trip so we're juggling and trading and dancing to make everything work. We use whiteboards and calendars and have conversations about our schedules over dinner, making sure that our little girl is in bed by 7:30 and she's cared for the next day. 

Keeping the family on track - this whiteboard saves the day.

A few years back, he was invited to race the Baja 1000, and he left for a month to train and race the race in Mexico. He quit is job to make the trip happen. It was the opportunity of a lifetime. I know, that probably isn't very relatable either, but I'm sure that you've all sacrificed something to help someone else follow their dreams. And you better believe we've learned that dreaming together is a lot of fun.

Joining the Baja 1000 Team in Todos Santos, Mexico

Working for the weekends, making dreams come true. We were babies here in 2013.

So, there's that. That's why I write, but why would you read? Really, beyond my best friends and my mom, why is any of this relevant? 

I read an article awhile ago. I will admit I was spiraling down into a world of blogging advice columns and confusing myself about SEO and feeling pretty frustrated that I wasn't doing the business of blogging right. Because let's be honest, there's a lot to know. But then I read a piece of advice that reassured me. 

Pretend you're sitting across the kitchen table from your average reader. Ask them what they want. Write about that.

I'll continue being personal. I will let you know what my favorite lipstick is, or what primer I used when I refinished our awful office cabinet. (Seriously, it was the best stuff ever but I'll tell you all about that in another post). I'll write about wine and our home projects and our motorhome adventures. I'll talk to you about keeping sane while feeling crazy busy and the tools we use to make it all work. I hope that hits the mark. But, do me a favor. Pretend you're sitting across the kitchen table from me. What else do you want to know? 

XO

Meagan 

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