Why I Blog: Two Great Resources
When this blog was restarted last month I didn’t remember my reason for allowing three years to pass without a post. The reason hit me today.
In the beginning, I talked about whatever was on my mind. The content was not tailored for an audience. In fact, my writing was for an audience of three: me, myself and I. This resulted in burn out.
Why did I suffer from burn out? I did not take the time to learn the art of blogging. Now flash forward to the present. Several blogs cross my path on a daily basis. What I noticed were bloggers telling people to stop reading about doing and just do.
Penelope Trunk says that blogging is essential for a good career. Wonderful resource if you have not read it. This is one of the big reasons why I decided to restart my blogging habit.
Let’s be honest, many bloggers want to make massive amounts of money. This is a reason not to start blogging. I almost fell into this trap. Several times…
I’m not doing this for the money. While I may decide to place a few ads on this site, this is not my motivation. However, I’m not going to hide the fact that I am using my blog as a tool to pursue a new career path.
The other source of my “why” comes from the short video below featuring Seth Godin and Tom Peters. While I may never be as big as these two gentlemen, they both agree that blogging is a big deal.
Forcing myself to become transparent and accountable will help me to become a better person, both personally and professionally. The humility of writing will make me vulnerable.
There are lots of great blogs out there. Too many to mention here. It’s hard not to immediately want what these bloggers have. However, I’m not kidding myself. I know these people worked very hard to get to where they are today.
One thing to remember: Nobody comes out of the womb as a master blogger.
While I am no problogger, my focus will be to write good content while learning to write better content.
The ultimate benefit is to become part of great conversations. This in turn will keep me humble and force me to write better content. Isn’t that why all bloggers write?
— Ray Bradbury
Photo by: Annie Mole
