People ask me this question all the time. I try the best I can to explain what I think is a weblog. Usually, I just come off sounding flaky. I started a weblog because I was addicted to other people's online journals. I read their thoughts and followed the daily workings of people who wanted to disclose. If they suggested a book I thought sounded interesting, I would pick it up. Clearly, I was being influenced by this burgeoning form of self-publishing.

I had a vision for my weblog and I viewed it as a creative process which made it stimulating for me. The first thing I realized is the most interesting blogs were written by people who were actually living their life. I was stuck at a job I really disliked, OK I hated it, and every one knows that. Even though I was traveling, nourishing old relationships and building new ones, I wanted more for myself creatively. I wanted to do something and feel proud of the end result. I wanted to have some control over my productivity rather than being stifled by some authority figure.

Since starting Urban Addiction.com, doors and windows have flown open for me. I have gotten job interviews and made new friends, but I also found a rewarding endeavor. I stumbled on my ability to just try something new. The outcome doesn't matter to me; it’s the fact that I made the attempt that fortifies me. I take risks and that started here, with UA. It's ironic when I think back to before I was writing online and just reading. I'm growing into what I most admired in others.