If you are a regular visitor of my blog, you will by now know that there are a few things I am struggling with, like the Analysis Paralysis I mentioned 2 weeks ago for example and finding it hard to work on some sort of schedule simply to get things done.

If Only Blogging Were Easy…

 

When I first started this blog back in January, I only had an idea. I woke up in the morning with the name of this blog in my mind. Well, actually it was only going to be called Me Myself and I, but that domain was already taken, so I ended up with this domain on nothing but yet another one of my impulsive acts.

I did not have a set goal. I wasn’t even sure what I was going to write about. Basically, I did not have a clue about where I wanted this blog to go, except for the thought in the back of my mind that it really was time to get my life on track.

Throughout my life I have made quite some mistakes and taken some wrong turns but in the end, looking at where I am today, I am glad I have made those mistakes and turns; after all they have brought me where I am at today.

I always tried to do my best for others, helping them wherever I could and offer support and a shoulder to cry on if needed, a helping hand and a patient listening ear. But the morning I woke up with a domain name in my head, I felt time had come to focus on Me first.

A strange thing happened though, as soon as I started writing in this blog. All sorts of underlying and long forgotten problems started to surface and even though I might only touch a very small part of them, the act of writing in a blog, getting out in the blogosphere, having to face up to my actions, connecting with other bloggers and readers of this one is proving to be very therapeutical.

Saying that I fell in love with my own blog might seem bizarre and farfetched, but you could look at it like having a relationship which means more and more each day. There is this need of wanting to write better posts every time. Offer more interesting subjects and not wanting to disappoint readers who visit my little corner in the blogosphere regularly.

So I am starting to research more things which will eventually help me to make a better living through blogging, but it is the part of “having to own my truth and facing up to reality” part that comes along with running a blog focussed on interaction with its readers, that is really helping me a lot.

If you sit and think about it, it is really weird. I will possibly never get to know any of my readers in real life, yet they are really starting to matter to me. Some readers are on the other side of the world, but there is this little line that connects us, whether it be through blogposts, entrecard drops, comments that are left on each others blogs and this little line might just get stronger over time.

Another curious thing is happening since I have started this blog. Even though I spend many hours writing, commenting, building links, researching and reading in order to improve this blog all around, other projects that I am running are starting to show better results as well.

This is a side effect I had not really expected, especially since I am not dedicating as much time to them as I used to do, but the time I do spend is more “concentrated and focussed” and things seem to have become easier because of what I am learning through this personal blog.

So now I am dying to know, what makes your blog tick?

Why do you blog and what has it given you in life?

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