I've tried blogging since I graduated high school because it seemed to be something that all my peers were doing. In the growing trend of putting your life on display via social-media, there was something both satisfying and validating in the comments and number of hits I received on my overly-emotional young-adult blog posts. Eventually, I tried posting daily outfits in my attempt at a fashion blog (that lasted about three weeks) and then I rebranded my digital space with some catchy name. After getting married, I domesticated my blog space in an attempt at a cooking blog.
That one stuck for a whole 6 months, before I abandoned my blogging efforts all together.
Over the past several months, I've been feeling this urge to journal and document things that are important to me-- not just overly-filtered snap-shots on my instagram (even though I do love the way my cellphone photos look with those film filters). The reason I loved blogging when I was 19 was because I could get out all my emotions. I could type whatever was on my mind, reflect, and wrap-it all up in a way that helped me process important things happening to me at various periods of my life. What stopped me from writing freely was this need for attention and growing followers, when really, I ultimately blogged to write.
I've always loved writing because it's such a wonderful outlet for all the overwhelming thoughts we experience. I'm not an exceptional writer, nor do I proclaim to know all the technicalities and mechanics of writing; in fact, I know that these posts will have countless mechanical errors, but I don't really care.
I'm excited to be writing again.
Because it seems to be all the rage, I recently read an article about monetizing a blog. The suggested best piece of advice was to make a blog focused on one's passions. When I think about my passions, there are too many and frankly, not one specific category that merits an entire blog space. I'm finally finally fine with blogging for attention because my thoughts, ideas and moments of growth are my passion. I'm passionate about my experience in this world and I hope others will read my words to remember the woman I was, am and will be.
Do you keep a blog? If you do, paste your link below. I'm always looking for new reading material.
