I was reading someone’s elses blog and they talk about why people blog and came up with simple questions and was looking for answers from other bloggers. I noticed this and thought I might write a little bit about why I blog and who I blog for.
Some people blog for fame and to get in a niche market for one particular subject and I’m okay with that. But I write for myself from the perspective of a friend that has those crazy stories. A few friends enjoyed the stories I spoke about and my take on them. So I decided to write a few down and expose that to the people. My blog is for my friends and anyone who wants to read it. It’s just something to read.
I would blog the old way in a journal. I have done it before but it’s so much easier for me to blog on the internet. But there is a difference in blogging on the internet and writing in my journal. My journal is my own personal thoughts that I refuse to let anyone else. My blog is just my stories out floating around for everyone to read but my journal is my own personal stories with my feelings that I couldn’t let anyone read. So I would blog old school style in a journal but wouldn’t let anyone read it.
A blog goal that I wish is just to have people read my blog and have them comment. I just want some kind of reassurance that people read my blog and can have a say in things. This may sound a little selfish but I’d like to get some kind of traffic. I get a little happiness when I look on my analytics and I see pageviews. I feel like jumping for joy when I saw that I am getting traffic.
Something that I do enjoy in my blog and that I guess is a more subconcious goal is that I am not judged on my writing and I can let my mind be free. I am free from academia and the rules set by papers and such but I can just write and let the world see what I can do. Plus my writing makes sense to me and that works.
Another reason I set up this blog is just to prove that I can do it and make it work. I did not think I could make a blog. It just seemed really far fetched but I did it. I made it work and now I’m using it so I guess that was my biggest goal for this blog.
5 goals I wanted for my blog :
- For my friends to read my thoughts as well as anyone else
- Too have an open place to put my thoughts, I like wiriting in journals but it’s too personal for me to share
- Selfish: Get traffic, but i feel better when i look at my analytics and see traffic
- Just the ability to free write whatever I wanted
- Wanted to prove to myself that I could make a blog
Those are my five reasons behind this blog. I could go more in depth and find more but I think this is okay for now.
