I have discovered that good news about the lives of people I have never met but whose blogs I follow make me happy. In the past week, I discovered that one blogger is finally in a relationship that makes her happy, another one finally got pregnant after trying for several years, yet another one had a baby, one is getting her first scholarly article published, and one more has gotten an offer for a post-doc that she wasn’t expecting to get.

Blogging is great because it gives you many more people to care about and feel happy for.

4 responses to “Unexpected Sources of Contentment”

  1. n8chz Avatar

    It’s not nearly as big a deal as having a baby or getting published, but my first Firefox add-on got “preliminarily reviewed by Mozilla.”

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    1. bloggerclarissa Avatar

      Oh God, that’s amazing!!! I’m very happy for you!

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  2. RedheadCarol Avatar

    I so agree with this.

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  3. E (The Third Glance) Avatar

    🙂 Indeed – I think it’s a great environment. And this phenomenon is finally giving me some insight into why people get so excited over sports teams winning. And they say we lack empathy. HA.

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