Blogging as a Personal Journey

Many women begin blogging for a very specific purpose. They may be tracking a pregnancy for family & friends, chronicling an illness or diagnosis or tracking their journey towards financial freedom. The women on this panel have used their blogs to track a personal, finite journey.

We'll discuss the ways a blog motivates you, how the blogging community supports you and how you become connected to others in similar journeys. We will also share our solutions to the challenges involved - where does your blog go when the journey ends, how do you remain a part of the community you've developed when you are no longer sharing their journey and more.

Heather Sokol is the founder of the Inexpensively network and mother of 3 girls. On her quest to find herself and repair her marriage, she created a 40x40 life list. She blogs her progress on learning to be a grownup and shares efforts to reconnect with her husband through their Alphabet Dating project.

Ashley is a college student turned budget bride in North Florida. While going to school full-time, she’s planning a wedding on a $7000 budget and blogging about it the entire way. You can read about her wedding plans at Bride on a Budget.

Leah Segedie is the creator of the Mamavation campaign and Bookieboo.com. She’s a communications professional, creator of niche web communities, social media junkie, publisher, and consultant. After losing over 170 lbs, she has dedicated her life to mentoring other moms in healthy living.  Her story has been featured in Ladies Home Journal, Fitness Magazine, Hybrid Mom, & Fitness Rx to name a few.

Michelle began her blogging journey as she and her husband were sending in the application to adopt their first child in December 2004. Their daughter was born and placed with them in August 2005, and Michelle has continued to chronicle her life as a parent. Michelle is also the domestic adoption contributor to Grown In My Heart, an adoption network.

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