Blog Crush – Susan Pogorzelski
Every week I’ll be updating The Webb with a little ditty about my most recent blogcrush – a blog that I follow frequently and find inspiration, laughter and deep thoughts from. You know who they are, those bloggers that you’ve never even met but you feel a strange connection…you almost have a little crush on them? These are most definitely folks on my blog roll, and if you are reading and subscribing to The Webb they should be on yours, too.
I first learned about this week’s #BlogCrush when I asked a few Twitter friends for some women to follow in my Reader. A former #BlogCrush gave me a few suggestions, including Susan Pogorzelski (who blogs and Tweets under 20(or)something.) And then I started following Susan on Twitter. And subscribing to her blog. And emailing with her. And Skyping with her. And Susan became one of the greatest friends I’ve made online.
Which is why I’ve had this draft sitting in my queue for over a month. I’ve always been very careful to be as objective as possible, writing about most #BlogCrushes before I’ve really become friends with them. But that’s one of the most appealing things about Susan, both as a person and in her blog. She’s just such an amazing person that I’m gonna throw all my #BlogCrush and blogging rules aside and write up a little ditty about her blog, 20(or)something.
Susan is a blogger that you don’t run across on a regular basis. Rather than only writing about the buzzword topics of social media and career paths she also writes about the things that most impact the life of a 20-something. She writes about love and perspective and home and dreams. While most people are writing their posts with brand and judgment in mind, Susan just lays herself out there. You feel like she is giving you the opportunity to glimpse in to see the real her, something you frequently have to wonder about online. Plus, she loves Neil Patrick Harris as much as me, which is just amazing (Doogie, why did you have to instill in me a love for gay men?!)
She writes from a place of experience in trying new things. Of never giving up or settling, but instead seeing realities and adjusting her plans. Whether it is traveling across the world to live in France or returning to her full-time job upon realizing that freelancing is not going to work for her (right now) she is constantly growing and discovering herself in a raw and candid manner for the world to see. Perhaps my favorite part of her whole blog is when she has hard and in depth conversations with the Universe (yep, you read that right) which are somehow humorous and poignant all rolled up in one.
So if you are looking for a great blog about the struggles and questions of a 20-something person trying to navigate their place in life while attempting to bribe the Universe with Tootsie Rolls, then check out 20(or)something.
Who is your #BlogCrush in the blogosphere? Make sure to update it on your blog on Tuesdays! Wanna learn how #BlogCrush works? Check out the guide.
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