10 reasons why bloggers blog
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This is a guest post written by Erin from Thirty Something Blog. In this post, Erin shares 10 reasons why she started blogging. (The image is not one of the reasons!)
1. I thought it would be fun, rewarding, and challenging. I thought it would be a nice hobby I could get some enjoyment out of. I wanted to see if I could do it and be successful.
2. To improve my writing skills. I am always seeking to improve myself and learn new things. Blogging would allow me to do both. I figured the more I wrote the better at it I would become. I made a point to look up grammar rules I knew I could never remember and commit them to memory. I even wrote a couple of posts on them.
3. Community. I was reading lots of other blogs and wanted to be part of the community. I felt very connected to a lot of the bloggers I read frequently.
4. To record this chapter of my life. I wanted a place to record my journey through my third decade of life. I wanted to be able to go back to this point in time to see who I was, where I've gone, and how I've changed.
5. To share my poetry and photography. I really enjoy writing poetry and taking pictures. I am not great at either one, but had intended on using my blog as a place to share these amateur creations. I haven't done much of it thus far, but it was definitely one of my original intentions.
6. For an additional support system. I also thought it might give me a place to talk with more people in my age group and situation and get advice and different perspectives on certain issues.
7. To help find my voice. I wanted an outlet to share my thoughts and opinions, and get feedback. My blog would be a place where I could be my true self, whoever that was. I was hopeful my posts would eventually bring that to light naturally.
8. Money. I wanted to see if I could make some extra money doing it. Who doesn't want a little extra cash in this current economic situation? I wondered if I could make money doing something I really enjoyed and did as a hobby. If it didn't work, no big deal, but why not try.
9. It's cheaper than therapy. I also planned to occasionally use it as an outlet to get things out of my system and relieve some stress. Get things written down and out of my head before lying down for bed at night type of thing. I find writing things down can be very enlightening and therapeutic.
10. To help others. I was optimistic that if I posted some of the stuff I experienced and learned along the way, I could provide those lessons the easy way to others.
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I think you hit all the points for me, Erin! But I have to admit, that image above might have hit a little too close to home for me. ;)
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@Lyndi Thanks so much. It is honestly a bit hard to believe English is not your first language. We could never tell if you did not tell us. Your writing is better than many I know that speak English as a first language.
@MoJo Haha. I am sure we are all a bit guilty of being passive-aggressive attention seekers at times.
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I LOVE the image you chose for this. I'm pretty sure MoJo is right that we're all that to a certain extent ;P I too started blogging for a multitude of reasons but the most important reason that I continue to do it now... is for my sanity. I feel like writing out things that I'm thinking about keeps me grounded (and sane, did I mention sane?)
Thanks for letting Erin write on the top ten blog tips blog Ben (now there's a tongue twister).
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Hi Erin,
This is a wonderful article. I first began blogging as a political blogger in protest of the Bush Administration's policie's and our invasion of Iraq.
After my son-in-law was deployed there I found myself eaten up with anger and that blog was becoming a very negative experience for me and everyone that read it.
So I did a 360% turn around and started the blog I have now. I try my best to keep it positive. I am also a new photographer and gradually over the past few months it has turned into a blog for me to share my photos.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. I enjoyed your article very much.
Jackie
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somewhat taken over! I never thought I would enjoy it this much. It has its challenges (given I’m not a writer), but it’s a fun journey
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@fragileheart I am under the impression that we are not alone in blogging for our sanity!
@Shinade Thanks so much for your lovely comment. I am glad to hear you are now having a much more positive blogging experience. I checked out your blog and particularly enjoyed the photo of the ducks. My parents have a house on the lake and I love watching the ducks dive like that during the summer!
@Carla It has definitely been challenging and fun for me as well, just as I predicted.
Happy blogging!
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All of the reasons apply to me at the moment except for the money one.
Additionally, I have interests that few people I know in real life share, so finding a niche crowd online, sharing interests and getting feedback from them, has become part of my social life.
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Very nice article Erin. I particularly agree with your point on improving your writing skills. English is not my first language and in all honesty my English was pretty bad to start off with. Blogging got me reading a lot of English articles and obviously got me writing English more than what I would normally do. I still have a long way to go but I am already a lot more confident in English. The more confident I become with the language the more I enjoy blogging.