Margaret, Mindi and I just returned from BlogHer, an amazing conference that inspired me to feel really guilty about not blogging. I love blogs and I always tell our clients how important it is to blog. I know this. I'm in the industry. Yet when it comes to blogging myself I suffer from this procrastinatory nature that is inexplainable, except for this: I feel like my blogs should be smart, witty, well documented, brilliant, lengthy and deeply educational. In short, I set such high expectations for myself I price myself out of the blogmarket.

What I learned at BlogHer is simple: blog. Blog because it is going to change the world. Blog because you can make wonderful new blogger friends. Blog because people will know who you really are by reading your innermost thoughts, and right now, that's a good thing. Blog because, even if you don't think so, you really do have things to share with others. Blog, because I'm not kidding about this, it really is going to change the world.

We are communicating like never before: we're sharing information that used to be withheld; we're holding politicians accountable in ways unimaginable 10 years ago; we're aggregating important stuff that would have gone unnoticed. It's a seismic communication shift and we all need to participate because we are taking back the media.

I got out of bed to write this because I couldn't sleep with all these blog thoughts rolling around in my head. Taking back the media seems like such a big job, but I figure if I plug away at it a little bit at a time, and stop beating myself up over my writing skills, I can overcome my fear of blogging.

So there. I did it. Wish me luck.