Each of these posts is a message to you. I remember important thoughts from the day and let you know about them. Sometimes I have to tell myself, "Nothing meant anything to me, but it'll mean something to someone else." This is especially true when it's come to the last hours of the day and I haven't written anything. I think I've had no thoughts worth knowing about, yet every time I conjure one up and write.
Social networking is for a range of interests that a person has. In contrast, blogs have themes. I believe this blog's themes are important: heartbreak, isolation, and living with depression. I don't always feel obligated to jump onto Google+, but every day I feel obligated to write for Tell Her Before I Die. It isn't an obligation to you, not directly at least. You may never read this, which I hope isn't the case given the name of this blog. It's an obligation to myself, so that I can keep myself thinking meaningfully, not let myself disappear.
So far I think that doing this has helped me so much. I think it's a regular reminder that I'm trying to stay alive and to help myself. Holding on to something can destroy a person if there isn't anything that person can do. Yet holding on can save a person if it'll drive the person to do what is needed. Holding on isn't destroying me; letting go is what destroyed me. So I won't let myself stop writing.
