Saturday I did something I said I’d never do: I joined Twitter.* I’ve made snarky comments about Twitter since its inception as I think it’s rather stupid. But I joined it anyway … despite having said I never would.
It’s another in an ever-growing list of things I’ve said I’ll never do, then I do them. Here are just a few examples:
- I said I’d never blog. And I do … often … obviously.
- I said I’d never join Facebook. And did. And have a profile for myself as well as a fan page for Grandma’s Briefs.
- I said — along with Jim — that we’d never move from the house that we lived in for nearly 20 years, in which we raised our three daughters, completed beau coup improvements and enjoyed pretty darn low mortgage payments. And we did move … to a house double its size. (So much for downsizing as empty-nesters.)
- I said I’d never be able to learn how to give myself shots — with a needle, not a shot glass. And I did. And I do … every darn day.
- I said I’d never know how to read music. Then I took piano lessons and learned. So now I do — even though I still have to recite “every good boy does fine” and “all cows eat grass.” But that’s okay.
- I said — again, along with Jim — that I’d never visit Megan and Preston during the summer when the decided to make their home in the crazy hot desert. Then Bubby was born in June, so we visited a couple times that summer. Then again the following summer for his first birthday. And now we’re looking at visiting again this summer for his second birthday.
I’ve obviously not done what I said. So I hereby swear that I will never say never again.
Maybe.
*You’re welcome to follow me on Twitter: @GrandmasBriefs. I’ll never guarantee the quality nor quantity of any tweets that may come your way courtesy of me. And THAT never I totally completely stand by.
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Please explain to me…why does one want to Twitter???
To be honest, it’s only to plug my blog. Otherwise, I think it’s a rather self-involved hobby. But I signed up Saturday and it’s already brought me three new readers of my blog.
But how do you get people to read your tweets so you can plug your blog?
I’m not on Twitter but am on Facebook. Heck, I have over 230 friends! Never thought I’d do that either. But I do enjoy checking in. I don’t post a whole lot about myself. Most of my “friends” are friends of my kids. It’s fun and sometimes shocking the things they post. I’m trying to think of something I said I’d never do. Only thing that comes to mind is jump out of a plane. I know I will NEVER do that!
I *have* done that, actually. But I feel pretty confident that I’ll NEVER do that again. It was great, but now I’ve been there, done that, no need to repeat it!
I have a facebook page in order to stay in touch with what my daughter does throughout the day. She lives in town but I would never have the kind of contact with her that I do without FB. I also am in contact with her friends, my son’s friends. I even found a fellow with whom I went to elementary school.
I don’t promote my blog there because I think it would look self-serving and I don’t want to do that so I’m looking for ways to promote it without looking self-serving. BTW here is my blog