Reasons for blog creation & blog managing

[GLC1968]

I still blog for the same reasons I mentioned last year. I do have (or had) quite a large following on my blog about our homesteading of both people I knew in real life, and those I didn't...but I've just not had time to keep up with it lately and I'm sure many of my readers have moved on. I even have lots of good stuff to post about, too. I imagine that once we begin our next big project, I'll start blogging again to document it. If my readers come back, fine...but if not, I'll still keep using it to document our progress.

Honestly, while I know that others read it, I do it for me. I can't tell you how much joy and entertainment I get when I read old posts. It's like living those days all over again and I love it. It's really no different than a journal except that it's electronic.

I also started another blog about my fitness journey and tri training, but I have that one 100% private. No one sees it but me.

The advantage to blogging over writing in a journal is that I can access my blog from any computer. I don't have to have an actual journal with me and it's not possible to lose it (something I did once with a paper journal!!).

Blogging is about keeping track of my life's differing journeys...for me. I really don't care if anyone else follows along - so blogging is not necessarily about broadcasting one's life for the world to see (contrary to many opinions about it).

[shootingstar]

The advantage to blogging over writing in a journal is that I can access my blog from any computer. I don't have to have an actual journal with me and it's not possible to lose it (something I did once with a paper journal!!).

Blogging is about keeping track of my life's differing journeys...for me. I really don't care if anyone else follows along - so blogging is not necessarily about broadcasting one's life for the world to see (contrary to many opinions about it).

Or losing a paper journal in a fire/flood..but there's the other problem of someone's server. Haven't taken time yet to figure out how to export a copy of one's own blog for safety's sake.

But if a travel blog was written well with photos..it might be good thing to share with younger generation family members later on. Especially those of us who have illegible handwriting like moi, (vs. calligraphy ) , good selection of photos but don't want to bore loved ones with way too many shots of same geographic area.

I am helping out with my partner's biz with our company blog. Occasionally have brainstorm ideas for posting topics, but I have to remind myself that it is a biz-related blog even if it is cycling-related. However the thought of having my own personal blog related to cycling or areas of my life, hasn't yet ignited a passionate fire that is hot enough to get me tending yet another blog garden. But admittedly, from a cycling/snowshoeing trips perspective, have seen and experienced a range of neat stuff that it would be nice to have a blog to look back at those memories in an organized manner with some commentary instead of just hundreds of digital pics.

[spazzdog]

I setup a blog space early in the year, but as of yet have done nothing with it. I'm just not in a space to create. I haven't even written in my journal for months.

I must admit, however, I watched "Julie & Julia" over the weekend and that blog-bug begin to nibble, though I KNOW mine won't be about cooking (burning things maybe)

spazz