Blogging instead of mailing

I've recently discovered that blogging isn't all hype. Sometimes it makes sense to publish certain things to the world instead of sending it to one person. I don't expect the whole world to be interested in it. I don't mind if friends of friends or even total strangers read it. I just want to be able to share my life with people who I can't visit as often as I like.

I'm terrible at keeping up with correspondence via email. When new stuff happens in my life, I never email my friends. When I eventually see them they always say "I didn't know that you *insert new info here*! You never told me that! Why don't you call me you lazy sod, what, are your fingers broken so that you can't hold a phone, type an email or even pick up a pen?!?!" or something along those lines.

I don't know who to mail, or who to call, or when to do it! Sometimes people phone me, and I really really want to hear from them, but it's a bad time to talk and I have to let them go and I feel like a total jackass! Well no more. If I really want to have a conversation with someone in particular and it's so hard to match our schedules, then I should mail them and schedule a call! If I've got some news, and I want all my friends to know it, then I should send it to them! Thats what I think this blog should be for!

I don't think this blog replaces email. I don't think it makes up for my lousy correspondence skills. I don't think everyone will like this idea as much as I do. But blogging makes me feel better, and hopefully will be something that motivates me to make more of an effort to keep in touch with all the people I never wanted to lose touch with.


Mike