Topic: Blogging

I love blogging. I think in my lifetime of knowing how to run the Internet, I've created eight or nine blogs. Recently I made this one, The Married Student Life and it's by far been my favorite. But I think in the future, I will eventually want to blog about something different. Does that make me a bad blogger because my mind skips around like a fat kid at a dessert buffet? I don't believe it does. It just means I have a lot to say and think and express about life and one URL can't contain all of me. 

So then why do I blog? 

At first, blogging was a struggle for me because I felt like I didn't have anything to share with the world that hadn't been shared before. And I'm sure a lot of people start out thinking they have to create something monumental. But in this post from  Becoming Minimalist, he gives 15 reasons why we should blog, and not once does it say that we have to reinvent the wheel. It's more of a personal journey and discovery. 

However, one of the things he mentions is the opportunity to earn money, and I don't agree with that. 

We have all seen the articles or Pins or stories about mommy-bloggers making it big in the world, but I don't think that to be a good blogger, your writing should pay your rent. That might be a great thing to have and money will never be turned down, but if you do anything JUST for money, then you're doing it wrong. You have to enjoy what you're doing and be passionate about the subject. Passion is what takes a person from sitting, to standing, to changing the world. 

I love this quote from Huffington Post: (original article here) 

According to “the 1 percent rule,” only 1 percent of Internet users actively create new content, while the other 99 percent of the participants simply view it. By blogging, you separate yourself from the 99 percent of people that don’t blog. 

If you struggle in knowing why you should blog, then you're on the right path. Part of the fun of blogging is finding out who you are and where you fit in in this crazy world. Don't focus on the money. Don't focus on the fame. Focus on being you, and the Internet will thank you for it.

So why do I blog?

For an outlet. For a creative space. For a place to just word vomit everything that I think. If people read it, wonderful. If only my mother-in-law and occasionally some Internet junkie from Asia happen across my thoughts, sweet!

 I blog for me.

What do you blog for?