You may remember a recent post of mine where I mentioned that you could sign up to get email notifications of any new posts (if you didn't read it yet, feel free to now and come back to this when you're done). Well, it turns out that in order to have that service work --you actually receive emails from me when I've posted something new, I have to make my blog public. That means that anyone who knows the address is able to view anything I post. Since this blog is not meant to be public and I intend to share very private things here, that makes me uncomfortable. I mean, I don't plan on sharing super-duper intimate things, but I want control over who sees my posts. I feel uncomfortable knowing that anyone could be reading my words and I wouldn't know it.
I really wanted you to get emails when I post something new because though the stuff is private, I write it with my close friends and family in mind. I mean, I write about stuff that I want you to know. And, if you weren't going to get an email about it, how often would you remember to go look yourself? I know I would forget. Several people have expressed intense interest in reading what I'm writing, so it felt like I was letting people down--with not having the emails go out.
In doing a little bit of research, I found a tool within Blogger that will send an email to up to 10 people when I post something new. I went and looked at my Reader list, and I only have 10 people on there, so this is going to be my (temporary) solution. I automatically added all of you to the email list which will hopefully mean that you get an email notification each time there's a new post. (I imagine that'll be once a week or so.) This is my first post since then, so I'm praying this works.
I actually got an e-mail from you with this post! Yay! :)
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