When this blog was just a dream, I fell in love with an idea: blog a difference. Lately I've been wanting to go back to that. You might have noticed my posts about the Strong and Influential Sisterhood. I'd love to to tell you a bit more how this idea came be.
Make Blog a difference
After reading several blogs, I felt troubled and anxious. Then I ended up back to my own blog. This feeling doesn't go away.
Why do I feel this way? What's going on? I love blogging. I love reading blogs. I love meeting new people behind the blogs. But now this whole thing, for some reason, makes me feel uneasy.
I started to reflect. Here's a part from my notes. (Don't mind the spelling errrrrrors)
I realized what has been bothering me.
1. Propaganda
We bloggers write propaganda. We aim to make people think in a certain way. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but what if the thing we try to make people think is not good - or is meaningless.
In the worst scenario, this is what the blogger tries to make the reader think:
- Have yourself a merry littleChristmas life. And you can do that with my tips.
- Think less. Look good.
- You should believe me and think my thoughts are significant, because I am a "big blogger".
2. The time spent blogging
It takes a lot of time if you want to have a "good" blog. We create content and try to make it pretty. But is the content really worth the effort? Is the time well spent?
3. Was I meant for this?
I believe, I was created for a reason. Is that reason to write about _____ (ad your own word) stuff on my blog.
After this reflection I decided, I want to go back to my original idea: blog a difference. That's how the idea of the Strong & Influential Sisterhood started to form in my mind.
After reading several blogs, I felt troubled and anxious. Then I ended up back to my own blog. This feeling doesn't go away.
Why do I feel this way? What's going on? I love blogging. I love reading blogs. I love meeting new people behind the blogs. But now this whole thing, for some reason, makes me feel uneasy.
I started to reflect. Here's a part from my notes. (Don't mind the spelling errrrrrors)
I realized what has been bothering me.
1. Propaganda
We bloggers write propaganda. We aim to make people think in a certain way. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but what if the thing we try to make people think is not good - or is meaningless.
In the worst scenario, this is what the blogger tries to make the reader think:
- Have yourself a merry little
- Think less. Look good.
- You should believe me and think my thoughts are significant, because I am a "big blogger".
2. The time spent blogging
It takes a lot of time if you want to have a "good" blog. We create content and try to make it pretty. But is the content really worth the effort? Is the time well spent?
3. Was I meant for this?
I believe, I was created for a reason. Is that reason to write about _____ (ad your own word) stuff on my blog.
After this reflection I decided, I want to go back to my original idea: blog a difference. That's how the idea of the Strong & Influential Sisterhood started to form in my mind.
My blog mentor:
I love that you're wanting to be so intentional about your blogging! That's really how I feel it should be! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm trying to do my best ;)
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