-I love to write blogs, and I still love to read them! It brings life into focus for me. I still peruse the internet looking for blogs that interest me on numerous topics. I enjoy it. I started writing my own blogs, because I needed a voice to record my thoughts as they were happening to me. Events of the day. Things people would say to me that made me want to scream or rejoice. Feelings. Relationships. Emotions. Basically in a word: Therapy. Or in another: Health. I found that writing down my feelings and thoughts, much like a journal, help me process. Lets me move on. Forces me to think, deal with my cauldron of demons, and exhale or heal or make sense of a world I sometimes can't. And maybe it helps someone else. I never thought to publish them here, like I have been regularly. Who cares? Who would read them? Most of the time, they're stream of conscious type rambles that I think will be about one thing and morph into another. It was friend of mine who said: "Publish these. And not just on your website." I'm still debating that. Probably not. But as I learned of a new feature here on my website, Categories, I started to update my posts into topics for people to find easier, and I realized, I've written about a lot of topics (see right-hand column), some more meaningful than others. From poetry and philosophy... ...to goals, religion, and sexuality... I've got shit to say! But who's reading them? Am I wasting my time sharing them with you, maybe a handful of people who might click over and see what I have to say? Again, I ask myself, "Who cares? Do people even read blogs anymore? Is blogging a silly thing of the past? Is blogging dead?" A co-writer recently said: No one reads blogs anymore. Stop spending your time of this crap. It's not like it's driving sales... No. It's probably not. But I guess it doesn't matter. I write these for me just as I do my poetry. I write them because I'm an emotional person. I write them, because if I don't, I might carry things with me far too long, and that's not who I am. I write them to forgive. I write them to love. I write them to discover who I am. Plainly, I write them, because I'm human, and if I didn't, I might implode. Does it matter if people read them or praise me or any other reason? I would love it if they did. But I've realized that's not IT for me like it might be for other people. It will NEVER be the reason I write ANYTHING. Fuck that.
I've written them because I don't have a choice. I've written them to improve. As a writer. As a person. And as a thinker. There are too many days I want to give up because of something someone else tells me. I didn't think I'd write a blog today, "too busy," I said to myself...and then, I found myself writing, without even a conscious decision to do so! And here I am, finding a way to process things on my mind. It's helped me work out my demons. And what I really discovered is that being a writer is happening all day long for me. It's a part of who I am. I can't shut it off even if I wanted to. I have a voice. We all do. And this is what I do. I write. So even if blogging is dead. This little ol' blogger is alive...the tree really does still make the noise, even if no one is there to hear it.
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1/24/2019 15:45:54
I agree. Even if no one reads it, it probably does you a power of good to say these things, just I do in my journal. So you keep writing them, and I will keep reading them. <3
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For all the reasons you've listed, you should definitely continue your blog. I would only advise someone against it if they are expecting a massive boost to their sales or marketing. I think there are just too many out there -- option paralysis, sort of. When I asked Madeleine Morris (Remittance Girl) if she'd mind if I borrowed the layout of her site for mine, she said, no, of course not -- but no one reads these anymore. My site is a niche one and I have few followers and it can be discouraging. But then one reader or author I've written about will say they really appreciate it, and that connection, small in number but deep, gives me such a nice boost. I'll keep doing what I do because I love it and I learn from it and it helps me figure myself out. You should, too!
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1/25/2019 11:48:31
That co-writer was wrong! There are loads of bloggers out there and thousands more start up every day. Yes of course it’s great when people read what you have to say and like it (or loathe it!) enough to comment. I’m on WordPress, which has a 'like' button. On average I get around 20+ likes per post but what really keeps me going is the interaction I get from comments. As Rachel said, it can be cathartic to put your thoughts together and share them in a blog post, so there’s nothing wrong in doing it. If it gives you pleasure and you feel it to be beneficial to you, keep going and do what you like with it!
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Patrick
1/31/2019 12:20:17
I have always enjoyed your words and even your voice from occasion when you would send a voice message. I find you very smart, funny and very sexy always please keep up the excellent work you always make me smile in so many ways. I wish you the world and a man that deserves you for who you are!
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Joe Peponis
2/6/2019 19:43:42
I may miss a day or two or three that does not stop me from returning to read your very interesrptung thoughts. Blogging may be old school in a twitter attention span world, for readers myself personally I do enjoy the time shared with your thought provoking ideas. Like the others if for no one other than yourself or some future archive please continue what you so enjoy doing. ✍️ 👍 ☺️
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