Hey there. I’m not going to include much of an intro to this entry because this is more in the category of “things that make me grin” than anything that most of you would consider productive.

The email below came in after I mentioned in my Sept 7th entry that I didn’t think people came to this blog to hear stories about me anymore. When the reader sent his email, he probably didn’t think much of it, but reading it truly left me with a smile on my face. After receiving so many emails where people are looking for me to give them the sun, mon, and stars (often without as much as a thank-you in response), I often forget that there might still be some readers who are interested in ME like during the first few years of this blog when I just wrote about my life as a knucklehead in B-school.

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SR wrote:

“Hi Marquis,

I am ‘SR’ from Bangalore, India. Your blog is a great source of information and inspiration for me just as it is for many others. I do not have a question for you (although I am applying to business schools this year). All I wanted to tell you was, please feel free to write more of your personal stories on your blog! I would love to hear more about your reflections on life, MBA, job, relationships, and i’m sure many others would love to hear them too. This is your blog, and you should not shy away from writing anything you feel like, you always keep posting about MBA and consulting to keep the others happy anyways . In fact, some of your most popular entries are the ones that had you sharing your personal stories (such as the very entertaining post on your take on relationships in MBA programs ).

Hope this finds you in great health, physically, mentally, emotionally. Thanks for maintaining your blog.

Cheers,
SR”
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My reponse:

SR,

Thanks for checking out my blog and taking the time to send me this email. When I first started writing my blog, it was a way for me to share my stories in hopes of helping people through my experiences. Then, at some point, it somehow became more about other folks than me, which I thought was fine because I was still helping people.

Emails like yours remind me that there are people out there who are interested in what’s going on with me, so I’ll likely start writing more about my own experiences again going forward. I just need to figure out what’s suitable to write about because the Internet is forever and I’m much more conscious about that now that I’ve been out of business school for a few years.

Thanks again for the email and be on the lookout for some more personal blog posts in the future…unfortunately, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to write one as good as that entry about dating in business schools though. That joint was CLASSIC!

Marquis