Most of you are probably quite familiar with Leo Babauta. His blog, Zen Habits, has about 68 billion subscribers (I rounded up), and he just launched his latest project, an ebook called The Essential Motivation Handbook (a partnership with Eric Hamm from Motivate Thyself). Leo does NOT need any “link love” from me, nor will he benefit in any significant way from this post… but I’d still like to feature his work for two reasons:

1. The three of you who STILL don’t know Zen Habits should really check it out.

2. To make up for my karma of being a total Leo-doubter in the beginning.

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I learned what a blog was in January of this year (2009). From my very first post until my most recent, there has been one blogger always present, always smiling, always spreading love… Lance, from The Jungle of Life. He may not even know it, because we haven’t talked at great length, but I have watched and admired him for a long time.

When I first visited his blog I did what I always do with a new blog, I went to read his earliest posts… the ones before he knew for certain what direction his blog would take. His April 30, 2008 post “Are You Having Fun?” absolutely inspired me and helped me clarify in my own mind what I believe is important. From that day forward a change has been brewing in my household, one which I’ll post about on Monday. That post, along with all of Lance’s writing, and comments, and tweets, are clear examples of what a loving and compassionate soul he is.

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I’m usually an extremely confident person, but not when it comes to blogging. I keep hearing a voice in my head that says, “Who are you kidding? You aren’t a writer, a blogger, or a shrink! How are you even remotely qualified to write for a blog that aims to help people?”

The truth is, I’m not.

I don’t really know what I’m doing, or the proper way to do this. I struggle constantly with all the “blogger” stuff, like tech problems, making time to comment on other blogs, writing guest posts for bigger blogs, and networking at all hours. In truth, I’m not so good at spending any length of time online. What I do know how to do is care about others, and write my thoughts and feelings on a variety of subjects. Maybe those two things will be enough?

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