Why I love blogging

People blog for many reasons. I originally started my blog in late 2013 as an author platform.

But as time went on, I realized that my blog provided much more than just an authoring platform and it wasn't just about numbers. Blogs had a different and deeper purpose. I would even say that it has changed the way I see and live my life.

Therefore, if you are thinking of starting a blog, I highly recommend it. That is, if you are blogging for the right reasons.

If you're starting a blog to get rich or even to earn a living, well, don't count on it. Monetizing a blog is very difficult these days. In fact, after three years, I still don't make money from my blog. By the way, don't believe all the hype from people selling online courses trying to convince you that blogging is a great way to generate passive income. Make no mistake, writing and promoting a blog is a lot of work. There is nothing passive about it.

In fact, it is very easy to get frustrated when you first start a blog. As a person with technical difficulties, I had to learn WordPress. Then I spent a lot of time promoting my blog and trying to find an audience. Something more than I knew little. As with most bloggers, I quickly became obsessed and depressed with the numbers and the number of Facebook visitors, subscribers, and followers I had on any given day. Turns out, getting blog readers takes A LOT of time, effort, and patience.

So why blog?

Some people may disagree with me, but I think blogging shouldn't just be about making money, boosting business, building a huge following, chasing fame, or trying to sell books.

Blogs can serve as a creative channel to express ideas, thoughts, opinions, beliefs, and feelings. On top of that, blogging provides a wonderful opportunity to inspire and touch other people's lives in a positive way. w88

How blogging changed my life

My blog has certainly helped me overcome many ups and downs in recent years. I've written about happy times like a trip to Chicago with my husband to celebrate our anniversary, a day spent playing in the snow with my grandchildren, watching Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones on Desert Trip, and a quick weekend trip with my children. to San Francisco.W88

I have also poured my heart out while caring for my mom who suffered from Lewy body dementia and wrote about her eventual death. I shared my heartbreak when my mother-in-law died of ovarian cancer and my son went through a painful divorce and custody battle that same year. (Ironically, shortly after I started blogging about happiness, I had the worst year of my life.)

Yes, I love to read which gives me respite from my troubles, but writing is my true escape, escape and passion. When I write, I focus so much that my problems fade away for a while, giving me much-needed rest. In fact, if you are really a writer, believe me, it is an addiction for life!

The process of putting my thoughts and feelings in writing has comforted me and helped me relive happy moments.

As I wrote about my life, my blog helped me think about what is important to me and determine if my life is going in the right direction.

Since I can't write about every event, idea, thought and feeling, blogging provides a sort of filter that clears my life. My blogs have helped me understand what is most meaningful to me. I discovered along the way that sometimes it is the simplest moments that make me the happiest.

Embracing creativity

As a professional writer, my blog gives me wonderful creative freedom to express myself. Not to pop anyone's balloon, but writing sounds more glamorous than it actually is. For most of the last 25 years, I have written articles on topics that magazines, newspapers, publishers, and clients choose for me.

It is true that I have written two young adult books, travel articles, humorous pieces, and stories about fascinating people that were fun. On the other hand, for a living, I have also written articles that bore me to tears. I've tackled technical articles, and a technical book, that gave me an Excedrin headache and drove me crazy. I've written on demand, meeting other people's deadlines, writing late into the night as my brain desperately tries to stop.

Do not misunderstand. I may sound whiny, but I realize that I'm very lucky to have made a living off something I love. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

The fact is that my blog is my baby. I write about topics that interest me and

Why You Should Start a Blog Today 

The blogosphere, made up of countless blogs from around the world, is one of the most popular faces on the internet. It's not just for teens anymore. Several years ago, most of the blogs were run by kids who just wanted to keep in touch with their friends or people who just wanted to talk about their daily life.

These days, almost everyone online has a blog.

You most likely have one, and if you don't, you should.

Stay-at-home moms like to blog about their daily lives and parenting. CEOs of major corporations blog about the latest developments in their company. Many celebrities blog and write blogs about their upcoming events, movies, and roles (not to mention scandals).

And marketers blog about every niche imaginable!

I'm sure I can say that I myself am a part of the blogging culture.

Blogs are a great way to reach people on the Internet. They can touch millions of lives and spread their message like no other medium. You can say almost anything you want, and there will be an audience for almost every niche!

You can run a blog just for fun. If you want to talk about the parties you attend, the restaurants you eat at, the places you shop, or the places you go on vacation, someone might want to read about it.

Even if the only audience you have is your close friends and family, you will have fun and be able to say whatever is on your mind.

More and more people are turning to blog as a way to earn money. Some people just want to make a few extra bucks to spend money, but others actually make a full-time income from their blogs.

Some prominent bloggers even boast of making hundreds of thousands of dollars from their blogs (in the style of Perez Hilton, who put his fun blogging on thousands of dollars in ad money each month, earning him his own TV show, podcast, and clothing line.)!

There are many ways to make money blogging. Whether you're a college student who just wants to earn a little extra cash for pizza and clothes, or you're a serious salesperson who wants to make a small fortune, blogging is entirely possible.