I see pressure mounting online. Pressure to be popular. Pressure to be seen. Pressure to get published. Pressure to be cool. Pressure to be known. Pressure to prioritize. Pressure to understand.
Pressure to answer the question: Why do I do it?
I've made no secret of the fact that I am busy right now. I am spread thin. But I am addressing these pressures and I am watching you as you do the same.
I have so much to say about this and want to say it all right now right now right now. But until BlogHer becomes just one more thing in the distant past of 2008 and the distant future of 2009, I still have things to take care of first.
And yet...
I can answer these pressures just a little bit right here and right now. I can tell you why I do it. And you may choose to believe me or not.
Listen to this song. Read the lyrics. And believe me when I say that I do it for the joy it brings. I do it because I'm a joyful girl.
because i'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
and we owe each other the world
i do it because it's the least i can do
i do it because i learned it from you
and i do it just because i want to
because i want to
everything i do is judged
and they mostly get it wrong
but oh well
'cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged
and the woman who lives there can tell
the truth from the stuff that they say
and she looks me in the eye
and says would you prefer the easy way
no, well o.k. then
don't cry
i wonder if everything i do
i do instead
of something i want to do more
the question fills my head
i know there's no grand plan here
this is just the way it goes
when everything else seems unclear
i guess at least i know
i do it for the joy it brings
because i'm a joyful girl
because the world owes me nothing
and we owe each other the world
i do it because it's the least i can do
i do it because i learned it from you
and i do it just because i want to
because i want to
© 1996 ani difranco / righteous babe music
Joyful Girl from Canon
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