Are you reading the same blogs over and over?
Tired of reading the same people on the trending page here on Bearblog? Me too.
No shade—their blogs are really cool, and there’s no doubt they’re great writers. They’re trending for a reason. But there are also hundreds of blogs that haven’t been discovered yet because we spend too much time reading the ones we’re already comfortable with. Maybe some of us even have a comfort blogger without realizing it. And that’s totally fine—we don’t have to stop reading them! But we can open ourselves up to reading others and finding our next favorite post.
That’s what the Most Recent tab is for! But sometimes, there’s just so much to read that we might be missing out on a lot. That’s why I’ve decided to recommend some posts I’ve discovered in this feed over the past few days. But not just that—I’ll also share why I enjoyed them and what I got out of reading them.
I got this idea from winther's blog, where he regularly shares interesting posts he finds—not just on Bearblog, but across the small internet in general.
DISCLAIMER: If you’re the author of any of these posts and have an issue with it being shared, please reach out, and I’ll remove it ASAP. I completely understand and respect the desire to write in full anonymity.
how to reply to a post — A reflection on the different ways we can respond to other bloggers' posts and the impact our responses might have—reactions that, depending on how the original author or others perceive them, could even push the author to delete their original content.
The Wisdom of Addiction — What do we think when we’re desperate to fall back into something we’re trying so hard to avoid? And how do we trick ourselves into tasting, even just a little, what has hurt us so much? This is a beautifully written post about the allure of addiction and the reward behind enduring withdrawal.
on the departure of ourselves into adulting — Leaving the "nest" is one of life’s stages that we all go through at some point when independent life calls. But what about those we leave behind in the place we grew up? This personal reflection explores the impact of our departure on those who raised us with love. Also, the design of this blog is AMAZING—I wish my blog looked even half as good.
things that i will never get to do again — Growing up isn’t just about aging; it’s about stopping doing certain things—sometimes because progress forces us to. We stop doing what, in one way or another, becomes obsolete in society. A post about the nostalgia of growing up in the ’90s—one I can definitely relate to.
Coffee Shop Rituals — A short anecdote about the importance of sharing rituals with others—or about how friendship and creating core memories through our passions will be the most important thing when the world is ending.
I hope you enjoy these posts as much as I did and that the idea of reading new voices and visiting their digital homes excites you.
Thanks for reading—or should I say... Thanks for writing?