Perfect Moment Monday is sponsored by Weebles Wobblog and is described as "...noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between." I think it's a great way to make us all more mindful of the good things that happen to us. There's always at least one perfect moment...!
As I scrolled my way down to reply to a comment on one of my posts, my eyes drifted over the right side of my screen... 17 followers! That must have just happened, I thought, since only a couple days earlier the counter had been at 15; I remember because I had noticed how nicely all the squares lined up, 5 pictures across, 3 rows down, all in an orderly fashion. Slightly anal, I know, but hey.
Not that I was complaining; the more followers, the merrier! When I first started blogging regularly, I had been very interested in recruiting more followers, and used to be... ahem... kinda-sorta-annoyingly-adamant on FB in suggesting to my friends that they should follow my blog, or subscribe via email. Pretty soon though, I realized I had become "one of those annoying people who force you to join their blog on FB", and I promptly stopped, going instead with just adding the link of each new post onto my page. At some point also I became more interested in people subscribing via email (but didn't push it) because then each post would automatically be delivered to the reader when published, as opposed to what happens when one follows, where they have to actually remember to log on to Blogger and check their Reading List.
So it came as a bit of a surprise to me when I saw 17 followers and became as happy as I did. I mean, on any given day, I could tell you how many followers I had, I always kept track. But still, it never occurred to me I would enjoy an increase in popularity as much as I did. When I saw 17, I broke out into a huge smile, got super excited and decided to make it the subject of my next Perfect Moment. But then something better happened; several days passed, a few posts were published, and I realized that I was at 20 followers! Sweet!
So, my lovely followers, my faithful readers, my friends in the blog world and the real world; this week's Perfect Moment is dedicated to you. Thank you for reading, thank you for checking in, for commenting, for caring what I have to say, and for making me feel like I matter in this big, bad blogosphere. It never felt so good to be followed!
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8 comments:
Go girl. Maybe by eoy 100 more will follow, and you will have your tribe.
And now you have 22! Plus I follow you by email, so I don't think I count as a follower...
So here's my question to you...do you actually know your 22 followers, or have you now reached the stage where random ppl have begun following you?? Lol I think that's when you officially reach stardom status!!
You are a star and I'm proud to say I was one of your first stalkers. Er, followers.
Ah, Aphram, even if your comment didnt have your name, I would know it was you from the word "tribe" ;) Ahlen a7la brother-in-law in the world!
Shad - now 23! lol... 4 are followers I don't know who found me through Wordless Wednesdays, 2 are friends of friends and the rest are my actual friends/family :)
LL - I always did love being stalked by you... ;)
Isn't it wonderful? There are times I think "They like me, they really like me" and then I feel a little silly but I LOVE it.
Kristin, I understand your feeling! It's rewarding to know people read/view your work and that in some small way, it's become a part of their lives :)
No, thank you Ziggy, it's refreshing reading your thought
Thanks Tony, that's nice to hear :)
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