Monumental Numbers

There are some moments in our lives that become quantifiable by the number of times we've done something, or the number of ways we see something, or even the number of steps we take getting from Point A to Point B. There is always counting, and sometimes even some additions, subtractions, multiplications, and divisions involved all along the road of life. You may wish to know how many stitches you need in order to finish that next row in your knitted scarf, or you may wish to know how many dinners you have left on your meal plan. No matter what you're counting, the numbers are all there, and they are all visible.

For me, the numbers in my life are meaningless things like how many clean pairs of underwear I have left in order that I may keep tabs on when I need to do laundry or how many hours of sleep I'm going to get before I finally crash for the night (usually only between 4 and 6), but there are also the bigger numbers; the numbers that quantify how much of my life I've shared with others and how much of myself those others have received.

I'm speaking, of course, about blog posts and tweets, those little blossoms on the surface of the internet that tells us how often we share too much with complete strangers.

This week, (probably within the next day or two), I'm going to reach both my 1,000th tweet and my 5,000th tumblr post. For me, this means that in the past year or so, I have given at least 6,000 pieces of myself to you beautiful strangers on the internet, and I couldn't be happier that I've done so.

With those 6,000 pieces of myself, I have made some truly lasting friendships and made countless self discoveries. I've learned that things such as these self discoveries aren't able to be counted as easily as the number of times I talk about them, but they are all there, and they are all working, and they are all beautiful; but best of all, they are all thanks to you.

Why today was awesome: I made a new vlog that I'm actually decently proud of.

My year in numbers:

How Many Books I've Read: 2.5

How Many Times I've Lost My Key: 5

How Many Bowls of Soup I've Consumed: 10