My Blog About Nothing
While going through my RSS reader, I ran across a link on a blog I’m subscribed to that directed me to an article by Jennifer Lynn, author of Broke-AssStudent.com, that talks about why she blogs. In the article, Jennifer explains that she was “tagged” to discuss this topic by another blogger and has also tagged several other bloggers to do the same. There are also links to the bloggers that Jennifer tagged.
As I read through each tagged blogger’s posts about why they blog, including Broke-Ass Student, I noticed that everyone mentioned one reason that they blog is because they are interested in sharing what they learn with others. It seems that having an open platform to communicate thoughts and ideas to the masses at any give time is enough to make some people spend countless hours writing articles about those exact thoughts and ideas. I’m not sure I’m willing to make that investment.
In a comment left on my post declaring that the daily food intake log is dead, Eric from Risingspiral.com pointed out that I need to figure out who I’m blogging for, which is an interesting twist to the question, “why do I blog.” I totally agree with Eric, but I think I can say that I don’t want to spend time blogging for myself only. I’m already getting excited about my RSS feed subscriber count that just reached double digits.
I have been publishing content on the web for several years, but all of that content was focused in one area that I’m not really excited about much anymore. Since removing myself from that environment, this is my first attempt to create content that can be about whatever I want. I find that intriguing, but is that really the best way to spend my time?
My number one goal in my life right now is to make as much money as I possibly can. Some may not agree with that, but whatever floats your boat. Will blogging play a part in achieving that goal? Possibly, but it would take a lot of work. Reading some articles on Stevepavlina.com, such as How to Build a High-Traffic Web Site (or Blog) and How to Make Money From Your Blog sure do give me hope that it can. So does this article by ConversionRater.com.
Regardless if this blog plays a part in my financial goals or not, I have a lot of work ahead of me. And if I want this blog to play a part in those goals, I need to plan for it. Once that happens, this blog may finally have a purpose. Until then, I hope I don’t get tagged because I really don’t know why I currently blog. And on that note, my blog is still about nothing.
