A New Blog Beginning in 2020: Circa 2004ish
January 12, 2020
I like coffee. This will be a theme. |
Then blogs became a place for the "mom blogger", "boss babe" or "tech guru" where information was shared in an effort to get pins, likes or followers. We no longer shared anything about our lives, but more about what we wanted our readers to care about or remember...like affiliate links that we just know will make us money so we can quit our day jobs and spend our time being full-time influencers and living glamorous lives.
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Me...coming up with "blog content" DIYing a faux marble countertop. It was actually really cool, but I didn't really want to write about it. |
My blog endeavor in 2019 was the last straw. I got a Wordpress site (that I never fully learned how to use) and went self-hosted. It cost me a little money upfront, but I thought, "Hey...maybe this will make me rich and I'll earn it all back." I didn't. My motivation waned because I wasn't really interested in writing the next "How To". Then 2020 rolled around and so did the cost to renew all of my subscriptions. After $180 price tag to keep my domain, I thought, "What am I doing?"
The truth is, I want to blog because I love to write. I also like looking back on these things and seeing how much I've grown and experienced. While having people connect with something I say is a bonus, I'm no longer chasing down followers or trying to be the next viral sensation. Nope...I'm just here with my words and ideas getting them all out there into the black hole we call the internet. I'm doing this for fun now.
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I married this guy. My 20-year-old blogger self would be high-fiving me right now. |
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