1. You laugh and cry with people you’ve never met. And if anyone tells you they’re not real friends, you know which friend is on his way out.
2. You feel like a superhero. Not because you’re out at night saving the world but because you have this whole other identity, a life some friends have no idea you live.
3. You burn your third pot in a month, preoccupied with the new post bubbling in your head that eclipsed the bubbling on the stove. No one can get mad when you’re…InspiRed.
4. You have not only given up on the dishes but quit stressing that they’re in full view of guests. No time, no pride, no shame.
5. “Sorry? I don’t follow” or “You follow?” isn’t something you can say in cyberspace anymore.
6. Your vibes with bloggers run in sync. Just when you’re thinking of a reader, a like from the dear soul comes whizzing through.
7. You’re reading this blog. (This suggestion from a follower on Ten Signs You’re a Real Blogger. I will say it again: I have the best readers!)
A Holistic Journey 
Crap, I’m apparently half a V.I.P. blogger.. which half is .. well, that’s proabably something I should blog about
Go right ahead…..I have encouraged many to go on and post things that come to mind from reading me. =)
After my own predilections. I hope that somehow I inspire people… lol Lemme figure which half is the blogger now
Good one!
=)
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A big resounding YES! 🙂 I’ll go as far as to say that some of my friends who thought they knew me and have now read my blog, seem to fear having to talk about it. It’s amazing how silent they are about my writing. Oh the other hand, the bloggers that I engage with here have initiated conversations with me that have genuinely changed me. It’s as if the depths are more and more drawn up to a place where I sense them throughout my day; they are taking up more mental space than before.
Anyway, thanks for this post…
Debra
“they knew me and have now read my blog, seem to fear having to talk about it. It’s amazing how silent they are about my writing.”
Amazing, D. Says a lot, huh? I have gotten something along this line but less dramatically.
What or who…taking up more mental space? Bloggers or the depths?
The depths, but, yes, bloggers too, because there is so much inspiration to be had from other bloggers, either in simply reading posts or engaging in conversation.
It’s probably true that most of us are different in how we use language in writing than in speaking, but perhaps the size of that gap between those two modes correlates with the response from friends who are not used to our writing voices.
In other words, I wonder how different I might be in writing than in speaking and being present bodily?
“correlates with the response from friends who are not used to our writing voices.”
Mmm. There’s also the sheer friendship factor. I think those who really love you will support in some way the writing that means so much to you. I do free friends up to just be themselves, though. Meaning, they can admire or be happy for my writing but by temperament, not all will be effusive. They also have their own busy lives and won’t be able to read consistently.
In other words, it’s not
about me.
=)
Xxx
PS – great reflective question, though, how we are different out here and in person.
Right, it’s not about me, but Us.
No expectations, relationships often have an organic nature to them.
xxx
Way better than a Halmark card ❤
This tender entry lifted me from my hectic schedule and said "hello" from a precious friend. Much treasured!!
{{{{{hugs}}}}}
Ha ha. A good friend in high school used to say I should write for Hallmark. 😛
PS. I’m much happier writing for you all. =)
I believe books on the side would be excellent 🙂 if you haven’t already ?
You’re the second reader to say that today. Y’all are too much. And I am way, way too tired. =)
I pray you have been blessed with sweet sleep 🙂 I must confess I crashed and didn’t get your reply until now 🙂
If we are too much , that would make you exponentially incredible 😉
I hope I used that word right 😀
You did use exponentially right. And you’re too much. Thanks. I’m glad you are rested. I, in fact, am not. Right when I crawled to bed, another post bubbled over augh! I had to get up and scrawl it all down.
Oh you precious dear!! If it makes you feel better, I ignored my whining left ankle and went walking with a friend on a 3 hour outdoor walk, Normally I would not call and say, “Hey, would you like to go walking?” but I’m tired of being unhealthy. And I have a personal goal I intend to meet by the age of 50, which is very possible 😀
{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}
Good for you. =) But do take care of that ankle.
Resting it right now 🙂
I haven’t forgot about The Race either 🙂 it’s making life more beautiful ❤ thank you ❤
Guilty as charged. 😉
Good. Take ye this holistic seal of approval.
7 is an odd number…how do you figure and didn’t get to 10? How about you get irritated when someone tries to get your attention when you are in writing mode….wow irritated x2. vw
Ha ha good first question. Actually, I did have 10 up my sleeve. But I was wiped out when I put this up last-minute having had to swerve a sharp detour because the timing didn’t work out for the next RACE post. I was so tired I didn’t have the wherewithal to include all that moment (bc I have to word every point just SO). Decided to save the rest, maybe unpack one of the remaining points into its own post. =) And seven is the number of completion in the Bible. *wink*
You got me there with the completion aspect. nice material anyway. vw.
This was really good and accurate!
This is off topic but I wrote Support after we last talked. Hope this helps:
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I’m fairly new to reading blogs and don’t have one of my own yet. However, I notice quite a few of your points apply to me. The only thing that bothers me is that I live alone and only have 1 pot. If burn it, I am in trouble. Any suggestions?
Paul, why am I nOt surprised you’re already there – in VIP standing at that – before you’re past the starting gate? I did encourage you to start blogging. Well, the writing part, as the responding you do is half the blogging. As to the expected problem of the pot, it’s simply a matter of the spare tire. Get another.
On your mark, get set, go! Vrrooom.
To be honest, I am a 0.25 V.I. P Blogger. Sigh!
Despair not! There is always hope. You were reading this blog, for one thing LOL. And once you bite the bullet and let the dishes go for the sake of your next post, it gets a lot easier to sacrifice everything else for your blog. =)
The dishes, burning dishes, guests. I’m so, so hooked. 😀
It’s burning pots, not dishes, but hey, I like that. You wrote in such zest and flurry over your blogging passion you got it mixed up. Sure seems VIP to me. Here’s another stamp on your forehead. Do keep those bangs, T!
LOL….busted once again… 🙂
I feel like a semi VIP blogger after cross checking the points mentioned above 🙂
Good read…
LOL. I have said here…there’s always hope! Say NO to housekeeping and dishes and YES to your blog, and you’re more than halfway there.
You just gave me an idea for a little short story the title will be “The VIP blogger”.
I´m in sync.
Well, to give it to you straight, you sound like you’re one micron-wave behind and took an idea from me LOL but you are more than welcome. Let me know when it’s out. =) As I’ve been saying all week (and year), I am pleased to light your torch!
You did light my torch, and I only have two neurons left and they are battling each other!
He he. “they are battling each other!” Gotta see this. Looking fwd to your post.
I started blogging in January. I now don’t know what I did in my spare time before … Oh, yes! I used to clean (sometimes), watch tv … can’t remember what else … Now? Well, suffice to say that here on holiday for a few days, the first thing I do when I get back to base where there’s access to wifi, is check out what I’ve missed whilst I’ve been away 🙂
Can you believe you once watched TV? =) Now you create your own media. *wink*
Love it, especially #2 and #4–no time, no pride, no shame. : )
“no time, no pride, no shame”..Yeah, baby! OWN it.
😉
I don’t think anyone but you and some of your readers, perhaps, understand the time crunch we operate under. BTW, I will get my thoughts on the Race to you this weekend.
I really appreciate the acknowledgement. Not very VIP of me to whine but I am really under it. I feel everyone wants a piece of me. You would not believe…people email me asking for promo (of whatever the hec it is they wanna promo) on my blog. AND they have the gumption not even to follow LOL. Seriously funny. Ok, gotta run. Homeschool calls.
Very funny.
Wasn’t trying to be. Just wrote my truth!
LOL
I love #1. You have made me do this more than once! Big fierce hugs to you, Diana.
Fondly,
Elizabeth
He he. A mixed martial arts hug right back at you, E.
these are so true!! I am a clean freak but since blogging, the dishes are always piling up on the counter, dinner is never cooked, and the clothes hamper is puking all of the time! I’m a mess but I love it! hehe
waitingforbabybird.com
I bequeath to thee the holistic seal of approval, O VIP blogger.
Love the puking hamper. ‘S me!
D, you forgot you give new blog friends nicknames, and go to their blog more than your own lol.
Ah, the power of naming.
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This is from Holistic Wayfarer, she’s at it again with another fun blog post, she’s my new bestest blog friend and she’s always got something cooking!!!
Thanks. =)
Ha. I love it and absolutely agree. I started blogging a few months ago, and can’t believe how completely and quickly I’ve gotten sucked in! I can’t see life without it anymore. What an amazing place, the blogosphere 🙂
So glad to have you here – in blogosphere and on this blog. =)
Glad to know that since I read your blog, I’m a VIP. I’m sorry that you burned all your pot.
You’ve certainly been a VIP reader, the precursor to being a VIP blogger. But actually, you’re quite the show on your blog. I know just where to go when I need a pick-me-up (sounds like I’m looking to snort something illegal). Keep up the great blogging.
Oh, as to the pots, it is what it is. I’ll sacrifice what I must for a post that sears hearts and moves mountains (though I have yet to move a mountain). But Hubby has thought the third pot was a bit too much.
Thank you so much! I try to have fun and keep it positive.
Haha, yes, keep searing hearts.
Eh, I meant to say I wasn’t sure I’ve done a whole lotta that. Just meant that for sure I haven’t moved mountains. =)
You need more confidence! 😉
Ha ha ha. No, I’m confident enough. Well, I guess you’re opening Pandora’s Box, as I am keenly aware there are more talented writers out there. But I was just being realistic ha ha. Nuff said. Thanks, Scott. I’m just pleased that this post was almost as fun as yours typically are he he.
No problemo, D. 🙂
HaHa. It is definitely like having a whole new world and whole new set of friends/family. The old ones will go, ‘You can write?’ ,then scurry for cover if you dive enthusiastically into ur blog details.
http://sweetyshinde.wordpress.com
Ha ha. Yeah, diplomacy is another mark of a VIP blogger. Knowing when to be discreet about your blog with those who just won’t get it. LOL
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Thank you, Aubrey. =)
You, my friend, are a very VIP blogger. And your leadership in your community and among your fellow writers is very evident. Thanks for inspiring me.
You are
just TOO much!
Bear hug.
Dishes? What dishes?
Guests? Oh, you mean those people (I think they’re people) sitting in my living room for the last week?
Burnt pots? Don’t have any. They’ve all been burnt.
I’d like to keep commenting but I’ve got to write another post for my blog!!
No more unharmed pots and you have to zip and dash for your next post?
A veritable blogger indeed.
As a corollary to #2 it’s difficult to see someone as a really good friend unless they read my blog. After all, our posts reflect what matters most to us.
Right. You put so well what I was getting at in response to Ptero.
I relate to everything you just wrote, everything. 🙂
LOL.
Fabulous.
Roll out the red carpet for Delisa.
That’s your welcome to this special community: thanks for the follow!
Lol let’s just hope I don’t trip on the red carpet, I can be quite clumsy.
Oh woah! We have much in common indeed.
I don’t blame you if you don’t get to it, but this earned a lot of laughs when I dug it up and aired it out on another blog as a guest author. If you chk it out, see if you can top me. ^^
https://holisticwayfarer.com/2013/02/25/car-accident-in-the-garage/
I will definitely check it out. 🙂
During the day, we talk and talk, and often feel no one listens. When I blog before bed, I sleep better, and when I wake up to a “like”, or better yet a comment, I start my day with an extra boost. I feel like someone was listening. I was wondering if that was pathetic, but now I am thinking it just means I am a VIP blogger. Thank you!
LOL. Pretty nice, going from pathetic to VIP.
We traipse on the red carpet here on the Holistic Journey.
*wink*
hardly holistic in spirit
??
Trying hard to understand, but if you meant – to be blunt – that I didn’t sound very modest, I was aware of that and would never even have thought of that last point but put it up as a fun thank you to a sweet reader.
I confess, I only read the first point, from the Reader ‘wall’. When I read, ” if anyone tells you they’re not real friends, you know which friend is on his way out.”, it seemed like something out of Desperate Housewives, so I just shot off my snarky comment. Having read the whole thing now, I apologize–it’s a perfectly holistic post…
*Chuckle* It’s all good. Appreciate the honesty.
I am fAr from anything to do with Desperate Hws ha ha ha. And point no. 7 was a compliment to my readers (eh hem), too.
A VIP group, if I may say so. *wink*
What an insightful post! Loved it! Could specially identify with the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th points. 🙂
Ha ha. You’re sounding pretty VIP to me.
Lol…….well I did relate to those points….. so maybe you’re right 😉
I’m reading this post and following your blog, so do I make the cut? 😉
I love, love, love how blogging can start off as a way to express oneself, and before you know it, you have made some wonderful friends.
For the passion I’m hearing, you seem to make the cut, as you gotta do more than follow. =) Thanks for sharing, Carrie-Anne.
Hope to talk again,
Xxx Diana
I didn’t know you could see my dishes. 🙂 Fun post.
He he. *Hats off to you*
Loved the superhero bit!! And I have a long way to go, but a few burnt pots here and there should not bother me after reading this:D
LOL Good. Really, don’t feel bad. I burnt one of the poor pots again right after posting this.
*Deep in thought*
Loved this post – especially the dishes bit. So true, so true.
My pile is the Eiffel Tower in California.
Ooh la la! That’s a pretty big tower… paper plates in the future for you, I think! You made me smile.
I get a lot of enjoyment from your blog, and am enjoying your series of posts on race. Very interesting.
Keep up the good work.
SO sweet. Thanks, Kate. I’ve been planning a revisit. The Race has been a great deal of work behind the scenes.
You know what? I really appreciate your kind word. You caught me smack in the thick of PMS. LOL. I’m feeling very !@#$%! in a lot of !@#%% ways LOL and was JUST thinking how much comfort and joy my readers bring me when I got your comment. You made my morning that much more bearable. THANK you.
LOVE,
Diana ~ only huMan
Glad it helped make your day a little happier. 🙂
Lol, cute post. So if I hit 5 out of 7 I suppose this makes me an ‘almost’ V.I.P. blogger? 🙂
Know what, D? You’ve been so faithful here, you are a VIP for sure.
Diana, I love the list. The first one really helps me feel normal knowing that I’m not the only one…
Blessings ~ Wendy ❀
Ha ha ha. My friends and hubby would get a kick from hearing I (italicized, bolded, double-font) helped someone feel normal.
Hi – thought I would take a quick sec to let you know how much I enjoyed this fun little list – especially number 2- and this:
“No time, no pride, no shame….”
ha!
🙂
~yvette
I just speak
truth.
LOL.
Thx, Y. (And don’t worry. I fixed it.)
also want to add that I also really liked number 6….
Just when you’re thinking of a reader, a like from the dear soul comes whizzing through.”
First, because it shows that you value “likes” -and I know some bloggers hate them -and have this option dialed – but like the “likes” too – 🙂
also, this one reveals a bit more of your love and passion for people – like how you think of readers and then get excited to see their gravatar – you are so fully alive and this essence is felt when we read this and that on your blog. 🙂
No. 6 happens to me every week. It’s cool. I don’t like the like so much (yeah, they’re nice) but the point is my readers and I are actually thinking of one another. Proof positive.
I really appreciate your closing sentiment on your feeling my energy in my posts.
LOL! Bc I am so dang tired all the time. In part from pouring my all into every post. =)
Xxxx Thanks again for the support!!
Diana
Well, I guess I’m a V.I.P. Blogger. Yay! 🙂
LOL *Stamp on your hand*
Now holistic-certified.
LOL!! Thanks! 🙂
Love this!!! Especially #4…. oh dang it all, I NEED to get those dishes done. Maybe … later… No time, no pride, no shame. I am totally plagiarizing that line!
You can lift any line from the Holistic Journey – just credit where possible.
=)
Xx
HW
And thanks for the follow. =) A lot going on here. Hope you enjoy, and I hope to stay in touch.
Xxx
HW
Wonderful post… Not only I was reading your post when I arrived to the last point but I was also nodding with my head and smiling…
Best wishes, Aquileana 😛
Ha ha thanks. =) You sound VIP to me.
That´s a huge compliment even more considering it comes from you !!!, thank you.
Best wishes, Aquileana 😉
Well, not anyone can whip out posts like yours – like the one I just liked. =)
On target, like dancing on a pin head with other bloggers. Also being a VIP blogger means you know a family member and good close friends, will like a couple of blog posts…to me that’s always a good sign!
Another sign (not sure if I’ve told this story), when a 6 yr. old niece shyily says: “I want to be a blogger like you. When I’m 14 yrs. old” Her mother/dear sis probably laid down the law on this. 🙂
I believe you did mention your niece. Yes, wonderful to have people who love you look fwd to your posts — and aspire to be like you one day, cycling through cyberspace!
#1. I never expected this to happen [cynical me], but it does happen. We get drawn into the lives of others.
Ha ha. Nice to know, A. It can be a magical thing.
Holy Cow ! I’m a V.I.P Blogger 🙂 Much love x
LOL Didn’t know you were so important. =)
xoxo
HW
Interesting points to take away…good one!!!
=)
Wow and whoah. I can’t be doing that much right, I’m only doing what I feel. But totally awesome post. You rock.
Ha ha ha Give yourself more credit. You sound just wonderful in every way. So conscientious with everything – with the blogging, no less.
I hail thee VIP blogger this year of our Lord two thousand fourteen.
Makin me cry here again, stop it! Lol… I do, and I don’t. Just still rising above my past… I have never felt more in the right place in my life then I do now in this community. 🙂 I’m still just processing it.
That is AWEsome!!! I’m honored to be a part of your journey!
Diana
I don’t drink coffee or feel like a superhero. So-rry, not a VIP blogger. 🙂
Wasn’t a coffee pot. I actually revised, to clarify, thanks. But you get a point for honesty and another for self-awareness in the Holistic Ledger. Just a few more to go… =)
Definitely. Another V.I.P. blogger here.
Thumbs up!