Last 2014, I told myself that I wanted to create my own blog. That's it! No more, no less. I didn't have a plan or whatsoever. All I had was the idea of having a blog, capturing photos, typing whatever comes to my mind and posting it. Though I did have 2 posts from my old blog, but I decided to take it down. I did capture a few photos of what I actually wanted to post in my blog, created a few draft posts, but not actually posting ANY of the photos and drafts that I had.
By the end of 2014, I really felt I wasted that feeling of excitement of creating that blog. Just before 2015 was about to come, like any regular people, I had a list of some 'things' for the upcoming year. It wasn't a new year's resolution, not even a 'bucket list for 2015'. What I had was a GOALS MAP, and in it I wrote 'Blogging'.
I still have it. I still wanted to have a blog.
That was when I actually decided to start a blog - for real (and I will keep on reading this to remind me of that).
I have a separate notebook for my blog, which I can carry whenever I can. I started my research (still doing it) on January 2015. I wrote everything I've learned, mostly about starting a blog. Some of which I wrote were:
- Why do I want to blog
- Interesting blogs (I'll have a list and links for that!)
- Links about starting out
- Blog name ideas
- Useful software and apps
- Blog observations
But I still do have my Evernote for taking notes digitally! ;)
Before I forgot, here's a list of the blogs that have been helpful. This might help you as well:
After 2-3 months, I began reading a lot of blog posts. I even started to create a Bloglovin' account to follow the bloggers that helped me through their posts in starting out. I enjoyed every post no matter how short or long it was. I began thinking of the process behind their every post. I felt that I wanted more than just own a blog! Then I came across this quote,
"Don't focus on having a great blog.
Focus on producing a blog that's great for your readers."
- Brian Clark -
Blogging was more than just being able to post, but for creating posts for the readers.
How about you? Why do you want to blog? How did you start blogging?
Thanks for reading! :)
