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My first Real Neat Award

Anna of Stralthy has nominated me for The Real Neat Award. Thank you so much, Anna! I appreciate your kind gesture.

The rules for the real neat blog award

  • Display the award logo.✔️
  • Thank the blogger who nominated you and post a link to their blog.✔️
  • Answer the questions from the blog who nominated you.✔️
  • Nominate seven to ten bloggers.✔️
  • Ask them seven questions.✔️

Anna’s questions:

What is one thing that you love about yourself?

My optimism. I am blessed with this personality trait and I am so grateful for it.

What is one book and one movie everyone should read and watch?

I wouldn’t presume to suggest that I know better than everyone, what they should be reading or watching. Besides it is such a very personal thing, I might love a book or movie and be inspired from it and another person may be totally unaffected by it.

How do you stay on top of things on a busy day/week?

I plan ahead. Sometimes I plan to the extent that I get on the nerves of my family. But planning is the answer to managing time. When I fail to take into consideration my commitments, vis-à-vis my time, I end up in stress.

Would you change your past if you would ever have the opportunity? Explain your answer.

Like everyone else, my past has shaped who I am. If I change my past, I will change who I am. It would be very uncomfortable to live with a person whom I don’t know! So thanks, but no thanks.

What is your favorite person on Instagram?

I don’t follow people on Instagram. Just a few of my favorite businesses, like Sephora or Clinique.

What are your most top 5 used apps on your phone?

My WordPress app, my card games, jigsaw puzzle, YouTube and mail.

Do you keep a journal? If yes, has it helped you in any way?

No, I don’t keep a journal. It is a good habit and always helps to keep one’s thoughts together but I am too lazy to do so. I do admire people who can maintain a journal.

My nominees;

Beckie of Beckie’s Mental Mess

Dr Tanya of Salted Caramel

Melanie of Sparks from the Combustible Mind

Leigha Robbins

Aditya of the Rendezvous club

Just me of HappymessHappiness

Fandango of This That and the Other

Kristian of Tales from the mind of Kristian

Suze of Suziland

Suzette Benjamin

My Questions;

Where does blogging fits in your daily life?

Have you ever tried to do;

a) Paragliding?

b) Horse riding?

c) Deep-sea diving?

Do you celebrate your birthday?

If you have free time at hand, would you go for a walk or a long drive?

Your best friend calls in the middle of the night and asks you to meet them at a deserted place, will you go? BTW, this friend has known to pull pranks!

Congratulations to all those who are nominated/ awarded the award. You’re under no obligation to accept the award. Or to go the whole nine yards. Answering the questions will do if you are too busy to do the rest of the stuff. This award is to acknowledge your blog. Not an imposition on your time.

Congrats once again!

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The Inspiration Award

The Inspiration Award

The Inspiration Award was created by John of The Eclectic Contrarian – this is how he describes the Award itself.

“The Inspiration Award: The Inspiration Award is a token of appreciation to blog authors who have inspired you, your blog, artistic influence, and writing.”

Beckie of Beckie’s Mental Mess has bestowed this award on my blog. I am very grateful for your kindness, Beckie.

The Guidelines for this award are;

You may use the picture above as you have received the Award.

There’s no limit on how many or few you wish to award. Simply appreciate those who have inspired you!

I hope this is a blessing and everyone participates. But it’s not mandatory.

Gifting;

I want to gift this award to the following bloggers for their positive role in inspiring us all in our part of blogosphere. I admire their dedication towards promoting the community spirit. And their exceptional talent and creativity. They support the new bloggers, the underdog. I don’t want to sound brash so I won’t say anything more.

Fandango

Eugenia

Sue Vincent

Reena Saxena

Michael

Chris Hall

I have included the following words prompts in this post:

Word of the day Challenge

Underdog

Your daily word Prompt;

Exceptional

FOWC;

Brash

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Mystery blogger award #11

Beckie of Beckie’s Mental Mess has once again gifted my blog with this award. Thank you so much Beckie. I truly appreciate this honor.

What is “The Mystery Blogger Award”

It is an award for amazing bloggers with ingenious posts. Their blog not only captivates; it inspires and motivates. They are one of the best out there, and they deserve every recognition they get. This award is also for bloggers who find fun and inspiration in blogging, and they do it with so much love and passion.

 OKOTO ENIGMA created this award. Here is a link;

https://www.okotoenigmasblog.com/my-greatest-creation-yet/

Here are the rules: 

-Put the award logo/image on your blog  

-List the rules 

-Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog  

-Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well 

-Answer the 5 questions you were asked  

-Tell your readers 3 things about yourself  

-You have to nominate 10 – 20 people  

-Notify your nominees by commenting on their blog 

-Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with one weird or funny question  

-Share a link to your best post(s)  

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Beckie’s 5 Questions For My Nominees:

1. What are your aspirations in life?

You know that as with all people, my goals and aspirations have changed a lot as I am going through different phases of life. Now that my kids have grown up and living their own lives, my aspirations are bit more personal. I want to do something good for others during the rest of my life. Maybe educated people about certain aspects of life. Or spread awareness about important issues of life. In short I want to be able to say that at the end of my life, “I spent a useful life”

2. If you had $5000, what charity would you donate it to?

I would donate it to ” Doctors Without Borders” they do great work all through the developing countries on very low salaries. I really admire the commitment it takes to choose this course of life.

3. What is your favorite kind of music to chill out to?

Anything that strikes my fancy. I am not fixated at any specific genre. It should be a good melody, interesting lyrics and not grating on my nerves. One sort of music which has never appealed to me is the heavy metal!

4. How would you rate your experience on WordPress?  1 being lowest, 10 being highest.

On the technical side I would say that it’s around 7-8. They have their issues but most of them can be solved if you get in touch with the happiness engineers. The community is absolutely wonderful. This side of WordPress is priceless. I have found friends here who feel like family.

5. Have you gained real friendships through blogging?

I definitely have. I made many friends who feel more like family to me.

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Kristian recently was gifted this award and has kindle asked me to answer his questions.

Questions from Kristian;

1. If you were offered £/$ 100,000 to sleep in a haunted house, would you? How would you cope?

I would be very willing to take the Challenge! As I don’t believe that there are ghosts and if there are, they can’t or won’t hurt us. I would take my ear-plugs and a good book to read. I will make an early night of it, and take something to make me sleep soundly. I would hope to wake up in the morning in one piece and of sound mind and body.

2. What was your favourite show as a kid?

The first one I remember was ” Popeye the sailor man”

Popeye and Olive Oyl

3. Do you have any weird habits?

Many! I like to do things in a specific order. If I can’t do that I get stressed out and that day is not good till I get back into my fixed routine. I like my own company. Not that I am a hermit but I don’t mind being on my own and spend time reading, blogging or playing games on my phone! I walk mostly inside the house. I don’t want to go out if it’s too cold or too hot, or if it is too late.

4. If money didn’t matter, what would you do with your life

What I am doing right now! I feel money is important for certain aspects of life but not for having a good life. At my age I would need to put aside some money for emergencies regarding my health. But other than that if I had too much money, I would probably be more worked up instead of enjoying it.

5. What is your favourite thing about yourself?

 I am really grateful that I have a optimistic personality. As they say Sunny! It is inbuilt in me to try to look at bright side of things and lift myself out of gloom and negativity.

In answering these questions, I have shared a lot of things about myself. So I don’t feel the need to do it again.

As for nominations, well I leave it open to any one who wants to answer any or all of the questions from Beckie and Kristian.

I would like to give a shoutout to these fellow bloggers;

Fandango

Rory

Tanya

Beckie

Li

Paula

Leigha

Punam

Sue Vincent

Kat Myrman

Kristian

Di

These are all great bloggers. And I have learned a lot from them. There are many others which have influenced me but if I mention them all, I won’t be able to finish this post.

If you guys have the time or inclination to answer the above questions, it would be great.

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Another Sunny day! And another Sunshine Blogger Award # 14

Tanya of Salted Caramel

has nominated for my 14th Sunshine Blogger Award.

Tanya has a wonderful blog. A diverse blog with many informative topics. Please go check it out. Thank you so much Tanya for bestowing this honor on my blog.

What is the Sunshine Blogger Award? 

“The Blogosphere community holds several awards that bloggers use to nominate a blog in appreciation for its creative, inspiring, or motivational content.”

“The award also helps other bloggers receive recognition and free exposure for their blogs.”

Award’s Rules 

There are some basic rules to follow if you decide to participate:

  • Thank the blogger who nominated you and link their blog so everyone can visit.
  • Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.
  • Nominate 11 other bloggers and ask them 11 new questions.
  • Notify the nominees by commenting on their blog post.
  • List the rules and display the Award logo on your blog post.

Tanya’s Questions for the Nominees of this Award

1. How old is your blog now?

My blog is going to be one year old in a few weeks. It is because of Tanya that I started blogging in the first instance. So the credit for my blog goes to her.

2. What do you enjoy most about blogging?

Being the sort of person who can talk about my pet topics for hours on end, blogging has given me the perfect opportunity to say whatever I want to say. Surprisingly I didn’t felt shy, even when I wrote my first ever poem and posted it on my blog. Or my very first story. I never felt that I would be ridiculed or people won’t like my writing. I guess that is the most liberating experience.

3. How important do you think Social Media is for the success of a blog?

People ( experts) say that you should advertise your blog on social media sites like Twitter or Facebook. But I don’t think that it is all that important for the popularity of your blog. The content and regularity is more important.

4. How would you define a sucessful blog? In other words, what do think a successfu blog looks like?

For me the most successful blog is the one the blogger enjoys writing and their follower enjoys reading. That is the basic aim of blogging and if you want to measure the success in terms of followers or money made, then there will always be blogs who have many more followers or are making more money.

5. Describe your feelings when you received your first blogging award nomination.

Incredible! I couldn’t believe that someone thought me or my blog, deserving of an award.

6. Have you ever thought about monetizing your blog ?

I have Word-ads on my blog but am thinking of discontinuing them. They just take up space on my site and the money earned is just not worth it.

7. If so, what do you think is the best method of monetizing?

I think the best way to make money is through affiliated links. But I have no idea how it is done.

8. What kind of post fo you find easiest or most enjoyable to write?

Sometimes I enjoy combining a few prompts into a post, at others I like writing about the blogging process itself. It depends upon how I am feeling that day!

9. What is your opinion about writing prompts?

I like the prompts. I admire people who give us the Prompt words day after day. It take s lot of work and thought for doing it.

10. Funny/Weird Question: if you were a superhero, what superpower would you like to have and what would you do with it?

I would like to be Superman and Superwoman rolled into one. Or rather I think Captain Marvel will do. She is supposedly the most powerful hero out there.

11. What is your favourite way to unwind after a hectic day ?

Blogging, or reading. Or maybe relax in front of tv with my feet up. Depends on the sort of the day I’ve had.

Thanks a lot Tanya for this honor, once again.

I am asking anyone who is interested in answering the questions posed by Tanya to give it a shot.

Sorry for not posting new questions of my own but the ones Tanya has asked are very interesting and relevant.

No nomination this time around. The field is open, so anyone reading this, consider yourself nominated.

Thanks for reading!

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Mystery Blogger Award # 10

Beckie of Beckie’s Mentalmess has nominated me for the Mystery Blogger Award

Thank you so much Beckie. Beckie is always very kind and generous. She has a fantastic blog. Please check out her lovely blog.

Mystery

Now, what’s the Mystery Blogger Award?

“It’s an award for amazing bloggers with ingenious posts. Their blog not only captivates; it inspires and motivates. They are one of the best out there, and they deserve every recognition they get. This award is also for bloggers who find fun and inspiration in blogging, and they do it with so much love and passion.”

OKOTO ENIGMA

Rules:

Put the award logo/image on your blog ✔️

List the rules ✔️

Thank whoever nominated you and provide a link to their blog ✔️

Mention the creator of the award and provide a link as well ✔️

Answer the 5 questions you were asked ✔️

Tell your readers 3 things about yourself ✔️

You have to nominate 10 – 20 people ( 6 )

Notify your nominees by commenting on their blog🔜

Ask your nominees any 5 questions of your choice; with one weird or funny question (specify) ✔️

Share a link to your best post(s).

 

Beckie‘s Five Questions:

If you were to have one wish come true, what would it be?

My one wish would be that we, the people of the world could learn to live together in peace and harmony. And to stop causing pain and distress to each other.

What is the least favorite thing about yourself that you wish you could change?

I wish I could change my relationship with food. Instead of eating to stay alive, I am more of stay alive to eat kinda person. It is an unhealthy relationship and I am trying to change it.

What was the last funniest thing to happen to you?

I am not only accident prone but also suffer from talk now and think afterwards disease. The last time I said something without thinking, a lot of hilarity ensued. When a friend asked me what about my plans for the evening, I didn’t get her question because I was thinking of something else and gave her my grocery shopping list. It was the butt of joke for some time.

What was your favorite subject in school?

Maths and science.

Weird/Strange Question… If you could have dinner with anybody (Dead or Alive) who would that be, and what would you like to ask them?

I would love to have a meal with my parents, who are no longer alive. It would be something really special.

Three (un)interesting facts about me:

I am very fond of reading and it’s my second favorite hobby. The first being blogging.

I love to go shopping trips with my friends.

I love animated movies.

My Questions:

What is the most important thing/ person to you?

If you were made the queen of England for a day, what would be the first thing that you would do? ( Funny/ Weird question)

Name three things that we need most in today’s world?

Do you believe in fate?

What is your ideal way to spend a holiday?

My nominees;

Tanya @salted caramel

Mel@Crushed caramel

Li@Tao-Talk

Leigha Robbins

Rory A guy Called Bloke

Melanie of Sparks from a Combustible Mind

Congratulations to all you lovely bloggers.

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Sunshine Blogger Award Nominations # 12 and 13

I am thrilled to get not one but two nominations for Sunshine Bloggers Award;

One by Stuart L. Tutt of Something to Stu over

 And another by ;Kristian of Tales from the mind of Kristian
I am grateful to both of these excellent bloggers. If you are not familiar with their blogs, please check them out. They both are very versatile bloggers.

RULES:

1. Use the sunshine blogger award logo

2. Give thanks to the blogger that nominated you

3. Answer the 11 questions given to you

4. Nominate 11 other bloggers and ask them 11 questions

Here are Stuart’s questions:

1. What, in your opinion, is the most majestic of all God’s creation?

The whole universe is an amazing creation, but I feel that human beings are the only ones who have reasoning, power of making informed decisions and the free will to do so. So I would say that human being is the most majestic of all creations.

2. Are you a read the book type of person or a wait for the movie type?

I would read the book first and then would wait for the movie.

3. What topic do you feel is the least discussed but the one most needed one to be discussed?

We need to discuss a lot of issues in our society. An open debate about our values, morals and behavior is very much needed.

4. Do you prefer hanging out with a group of friends around a fire or chilling alone by a lake?

Friends any day!

5. What inspires you to keep blogging?

It is a place where I can express my opinions and say what I want to say. So it is my new passion.

6. Do you believe the world is going to hell in a hand basket? Why?

Environment-wise we definitely are. There is nothing that cannot be fixed but we need will and definitely some action to save ourselves from the impending doom.

7. If you are a Christian, would you be willing to write your testimony as a blog post?

I prefer not to discuss my religion here.

8. If you have written your testimony would you be so kind as to send the link?

9. What is the current color of your kitchen?

It’s a pale lemon with beige counter tops. The wood work is pine.

10. What is your dream car?

Something which is easy to drive and park. I would prefer something small which is easily maneuvered.

11. Where did the phrase “by the skin of my teeth” originate?

Something which is even slimmer than a non-existent skin on the teeth. Frankly I have no idea. I can google it but what’s the fun in that!

The Questions from Kristian to his nominees:

1. What is your theory on the point of existence?

You mean to ask, Why we exist?

I think that we are created to prove that we are deserving of the love of God. Be good and kind and helpful in life. Accept things that we can not change and do our best to change things for the better which are in our power to do.

2. Do you have a favourite film? What is it?

There are so many not one. I love a movie which makes me think and can change my view point. But I love a good comedy or action movie as well.

3. If you could travel to any place, where would you go?

Switzerland is on my list next. If you read Gary’s blog, he is always singing praises of it.

4. If you could do any job what would it be?

Blogging for some great interesting products or company.

5. What character trait do you find unattractive?

Lying, bragging and being rude. I guess we all dislike these traits.

6. When reading fiction, do you prefer reality or fantasy?

Anything which is well written. Enough to be believable and without loopholes in the plot. Crime fiction is a favorite genre.

7. What would you like to see on tomorrow mornings newspaper headlines?

A certain orange person has resigned and is in custody for manipulating the justice system, and all those under him into lying for him.

8. What advice would you like to give to your ten-year-old self?

Toughen up and stop feeling sorry for yourself. A tough childhood prepares one for seeing the rest of life as an easy walk through the park.

9. What song always makes you smile?

Happy from Pharrell Williams !

10. What television programme would you love to see back on the airwaves?

Sherlock, the BBC one.

11. Have you ever played a practical joke on someone?

As a kid I have but I never was a prankster. As an adult I might have kept quiet when someone else was doing the pranking!

My Questions;

1.Who is your hero/ role model?

2. If today was the first time that you have seen a rainbow, describe your emotions.

3. What is the most commonly used object in your home?

4. What is one thing that you cannot leave your house without?

5. What sort of music you like to listen to?

6. If you had a chance to start a new blog where all your followers were guaranteed to follow you, will you do it?

7. What is more important in life: having health or money?

8. Would you stop your car for a lone hitch hacker?

9. If egg yolk was black instead of yellow, would you still eat it?

10. What is in your pocket?

11. Which planet in our solar system is most likely to support life, other than Earth?

My Nominees;

1.Rory of A guy called bloke and K9 doodlepips

2.Angie of King Ben’s Grandma

3.Kristian of life lessons around the dinner table

4.Paula of light motifs

5. Michael of Morpethroad

6. Nova of Nova’s namesté

7.Ribana of Popsicle society

8. Laura of Riddle from the Middle

9. Teresa of the haunted wordsmith

10.Teleportingweena

11. Suze of Suziland too

Congratulations to all the nominees. Hope to hear back from you guys ( at least a few of you). You all have wonderful a blog.

This post was composed in 3 weeks time with blood and sweat in response to ;

Sunshine blogger award.

Thanks again for the nomination by Stuart and Kristian.

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Sunshine blogger award Nominations # 10 and 11

Em of From famine to feast has nominated me for The Sunshine Blogger Award.

Yaasotaa also nominated me for this award a couple of months ago ( maybe more, sorry I put it off for so long).

I am grateful for both these excellent bloggers for this honor. Please check out their blogs.

The Sunshine Blogger Award is peers recognition award for bloggers who inspire readers by promoting positivity and bringing joy.

Rules:

• Thank the person who nominated you and provide a link back to their blog so others can find them.

• Answer the 11 questions asked by the blogger who nominated you.

• Nominate 11 other bloggers and ask them 11 new questions.

• Notify the nominees about it by commenting on one of their blog posts.

• List the rules and display a Sunshine Blogger Award logo on your post and/or your blog site.

Em’s eleven questions for the nominees (which were very challenging to come up with )are as follows:

1.What has been your favourite age, and why?

Young age when I was able to do anything I wanted without getting tired was good but it had a lot of responsibility and fear of failure. Old age where I have a few limitations health wise but fewer fears and responsibilities. I guess each had its bonus. I think I am happy to be in the age I am now because I am more comfortable in my skin.

2.What things do you collect?

Unfortunately I do have a lot of meaningless stuff which probably has very less value for me, like cosmetics, clothes shoes. I am trying these days to curb this habit and give away what I don’t need or use.

3.Do you work better with actual lists or with mental lists?

Since my memory is not that good anymore, I work better with actual lists. But I am not the sort of person who is always making lists. There are two type of lists I make, grocery shopping list and packing list. The rest is left to my memory!

4.Do you meditate? Why or why not?

I do, daily. It centers me. It makes me aware of the things I should be grateful for.

5.What’s your favourite non-mental health book/author?

Oh I have loads of writers I like to read. My current fave is Louise Penny, an Canadian author. Her style is a cross between Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle. Very interesting books.

6.How old do you want to get?

I want to live till the age I can exist independently and not be a burden on anyone, not even my children.

7.Do you think the human species is getting better, getting worse, or do you think we just do the same things over and over again?

We probably are making the same mistake our ancestors made but since we have access to a far more advanced technology, we are likely to make more serious mistakes and cause irreparable damage.

8.Do you believe in things metaphysical? Do you believe in horoscopes, prognosticating cards, and so on?

I do believe in the metaphysical, like concept of soul, angels and other non- physical entities. But I don’t believe that the future can be predicted, so no to horoscopes etc.

9.Team Marvel or Team DC?

Team Marvel. All of them. Though DC is getting better with the recent Wonder Woman movies.

10.Do you like brunch and if you do, what’s your favourite brunch food?

Not very keen on brunch.

11.Eat in or eat out?

Eat in all through the week. Eating out one weekends!

Yaasotaa’s Questions are;

1. What do you think about love?

Love is essential part of being human. It’s not always about romance, though that is essential too, but love among us in families and friends. Among us as humans for each other is very necessary.

2 jungle traking or swimming?

Don’t know how to swim so if it has to be choice between just these two, it has to be jungle tracking. Though I would be the last one, bringing up the rear.

3.Ever felt the presence of ghosts? Was it a woman or a man or a couple?

I can’t say that I have experienced a ghost. Seen them in movies only.

4. Pizza or Mc?

Pizza, of course!

5. Have you been betrayed by your friends?

Who hasn’t been betrayed in life. But they certainly were no friends. Friends don’t do that and those who betray us or back stab us are no friends.

6. Drawing or painting?

Both but on a very primitive level. Imagine a child doing it!

7. What is your worst nightmare?

Not being able to look after my physical, mental and financial needs. I never want to be in that position.

8. What is your favrourite instrument?

A pen for writing, a screwdriver for fixing thing and an iPod for music.

9. Who is your mentor?why

My father taught me the basic values of life. He is my role model and try to be like him.

My Questions;

1. What is the most important thing in life for you?

2. Do your friends and family support you in blogging ( or any other passion of your’s)?

3. Which is your favorite flavor, in ice cream?

4. What would be your dream job?

5. Who is your favorite actor, or author ( if you don’t watch movies)?

6.What are your ambitions for the next year?

7. How do you think the world is going to cope with environmental challenges?

8. What would be your ideal holiday?

9. How has your way of thinking changed with age?

10. Which season describes your personality?

My nominees:

1. Joyrose of Nuggets of gold

2. Tony of Sonofabeach96

3. Tanya of Salted Caramel

4. Di of Pensitivity 101

5. Beckie of Beckie’s Mentalmess

6. Melanie of Sparks from a Combustible Mind

7. Fandango of this that and the other

Congratulations to all the nominees. There is no pressure to accept the award , only do so if you fell like it.

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Thank you, Nova

Nova of Nova Namesté has very generously created this award and has gifted it to me. I truly am grateful for this honor. Thank you so much Nova!

She says;

There’s no questions or need to thank me. I also don’t require you to nominate others, although I think it would be a kind gesture. 🙂

So in accordance with her wish, I am selecting two bloggers to gift this award. I would also ask them to show kindness and pay it forward.

1. Teresa of The Haunted Wordsmith

2. Di of Pensitivity 101

Congratulations to you both. You both have blogs and it is always fun to read your post. All original and interesting.

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Blogger Recognition Award #4

Carol of Chopkins has very kindly nominated me for this award. Thank you so much Carol. She has a wonderful blog and she writes lovely posts. Very heartfelt and touching.

AWARD RULES:

• Thank the nominator, and publish a post on your blog about receiving the Blogger Recognition Award. Make sure to provide a link to the nominator’s blog in your post.

• Give a brief story of how your blog started.

• Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.

• Nominate 10-15 other bloggers for this award, and inform them of their nomination.

The start;

I have written about how I started my blog many times. So this time I want to tell you why I write, after starting my blog on a whim. ( you can read about it Here ).

Writing gives me something which I had not imagined it could. It gives an outlet to my feelings and ideas. It enables me to express what resides in the depth of my soul. I feel free to say and write what I want. I am obviously careful not to give offense but the freedom of expression is a powerful thing. I try to use my posts to create awareness among my readers. It is an excellent meeting place. I have made a lot of great friends here. I have gained confidence and my writing skills have improved a lot ( even if I say so myself!). So, in short, blogging is great!

My advice;

1. Be honest. If there is something you don’t know, don’t write about it. On unknown territory, research your subjects and then write. People can discern when they are being given false information.

2. Be generous. Read other blogs. Give genuine comments and give time to getting to know your fellow bloggers. It takes time and effort to get to know people around you. If you are generous with your time, others will reciprocate too.

My nominees;

Jen Goldie

Winnie of Musings

Yonnie of In His Care

Teresa of The Haunted Wordsmith

Gina of Singledust

After much deliberation I have decided to award the nomination to five outstanding bloggers. Hope you will have enough time at hand to respond to it. Because I believe that these inter-blogger exchanges built up the community spirit.

Thanks for reading.

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Hey this is a new one! “Blogger Recognition Award” 1, 2 & 3

Laura Venturini has very kindly nominated my blog for this Blogger recognition award. I am truly grateful to her for bestowing this honor on my blog.

As a result of this post of Laura, who had nominated Di, of Pensitivity, she also gave a shoutout to my blog. Thanks a lot Di for your kindness.

I was also nominated by Beckie of Beckie’s Mentalmess for this award. A huge thanks to you Beckie as well.

AWARD RULES:

  • Thank the nominator, and publish a post on your blog about receiving the Blogger Recognition Award. Make sure to provide a link to the nominator’s blog in your post.
  • Give a brief story of how your blog started.
  • Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers.
  • Nominate 10-15 other bloggers for this award, and inform them of their nomination.

How it all started;

I had a friend who started to blog and to read her posts, I had to make a WordPress account. Every time I would open my account to read her posts, the app would urge me to start my own blog. So one day I did it! I had not thought this through and had not made any long term plans but when I started to write, something miraculous happened and it became my new passion or hobby. It is so rewarding to write what others read and like. It truly is a humbling experience but at the same this it is exhilarating too! I want to thank all my friends here in this blogging world who have given me tremendous support.

My advice;

1. Just write. Write on things which are your passion. Write about things you are knowledgeable about and write with sincerity. And don’t give up writing if it is your passion.

2. Be grateful that people are willing to spend time on reading what you write. Never lose this as otherwise you will become arrogant and the process of blogging will not be a source of enjoyment for you. (And always accept awards😜)

My nominees;

Dr Tanya of Salted Caramel

Calmkate of Aroused

Tanvir of Beauty lies within yourself

Britchy of Brichin in the kitchen

Anitashope of For the love of

Kim of I tripped over a stone

JP the wide eyed wanderer

Len of Lensdailydiary

Willow of Patience of a willow

Tom of Slumdog Soldier

My sincere thanks once again to Laura for the gifting of this award.

The blogs I chose for the award are really great ones. I hope that the fact that writing award posts are a time consuming process will not deter you from accepting this award. To my mind being nominated or given an award is a great honor and a way to bond with the community. So please try to pay it forward.

Thanks

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