Inadequacy

I am not a design superstar.

I don't know all there is to know about cooking or developing new recipes.

I'm not the most insightful person out there.

I am not a great photographer.

Nor can I offer groundbreaking ideas about really anything.

All of this has led me to a general feeling of inadequacy. Not in my everyday life, mind you (not always, anyway), but in my blog. The feeling of blogger inadequacy - it's what I've got and I've never had it before.

I've always been okay with my blog. The purpose has always been to share part of myself with friends and family, chronicle the day to day with my kids, and have fun with it. That's all. I didn't go into it thinking I was going to be this big-time blogger with tons of followers and lots of insight to share. I didn't expect any of that.

So why, all of the sudden, is this not enough?

I've finally gotten back to blog-hopping a little, something I haven't done for a really long time. Um, there are some really cute blogs out there. And my friends' blogs? They all look cute and updated. Their ideas are new and fun. I love reading and gleaning from them.

I might have a little blog envy...

But really, if I'm totally honest with myself, the reason I blog is still the same. Nothing has changed about why I'm here. And you know what? That's okay.

Sure, I will try to improve or change little things about my blog, but just for the fun of it, just because I love it, not so I can "measure up."

That wouldn't be me.