Although it's now the early hours of the morning on Sunday 29th April, Day 28 was my blogging birthday! Diabetic Dais is 1 year old! In regard to marking the milestone, the prompt for this post couldn't be more perfect.
The first time I...wrote a post on Diabetic Dais, I didn't know where to begin. It was the afternoon and I'd been trying to figure out layouts and pages and colour schemes for most of the day. I finally sat down on my bed to write and my mind went blank. Title? I was unimaginative to say the least: 'The First Post' was my best idea. Then I played around with the appearance and size of my font for a while. I uploaded some irrelevant images to see how it all worked, only to delete them immediately. Anything to distract myself from actually writing.
What could I write about? I could have moaned continuously about my rollercoaster blood sugars, or whined about what an evil, incurable disease diabetes is. No. If I'd have done that, I probably wouldn't have ever written another post again. I'd have depressed myself so much that I would have never returned (and neither would anyone else!) In years to come I would think about that blog I almost got into writing and Google 'Diabetic Dais', only to find that it's on page 9086743687367953868387568.
I spent a considerable amount of time either gazing out of my window or wandering aimlessly around the Diabetes UK website searching for inspiration. Eventually I realised that if I didn't want to depress myself or others by writing myself into complete oblivion, the only alternative was to make myself feel better. The positive things about having diabetes! They do exist, right? They must do.
I started typing. I must admit, I was kind of nervous. Being a blogging novice meant that I didn't really know what tone was appropriate. At this point, I didn't even have any readers so I was clueless as to who I was even addressing! Nevertheless, I enjoyed it. Before long I was barely even thinking about what I was writing.
That was it. Finished. I read it, checking for spelling and grammar mistakes. I previewed it. I read it again. Okay. I hovered my mouse over the 'Publish' button for a few seconds. Click. 'Your post has been published'. I went away hoping that someone, somewhere would read it.
People did read it. In fact more people than I could have ever imagined have read The First Post and others. In the last year I have written 60 posts, have started my Diabetes UK blog, have met some inspiring and beautiful people and have become a part of an online community that I absolutely adore. I want to thank you all for reading, for commenting, for following, for subscribing, for tweeting, for sharing and for supporting me. You're awesome!
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