This Whole Blogging Thing

Mar 14, 2008

posted by Shelley

I read an article recently that basically said many people BLOG as a form a therapy. I actually believe that to a point — but who is reading what you have to say? If your posts go like this, “Today I got out of bed and went to the store and then…”, it’s most likely you don’t have many that care about what you have to say. I think we, as bloggers, all do that to a point — seriously, what is important to us is what happens to us — and that’s what we tend to blog about.

People want to learn something new (information, reviews or how to do something), want ideas on how to make themselves better (reflections, thoughts and visions), want to laugh (be entertained), want to read something they can relate to (be told stories), or be stimulated visually (interesting photos). I’m sure that there are other things too, but I’ve found those topics pretty much cover the gamut of highly visited BLOGS. However…this morning I received an email from a guy in Texas that found my BLOG and bookmarked it only to see photos of my fat dog. The email (thanks Shane) was asking why I hadn’t featured a Libby photo for the past few days. You’re kidding me?? Those photos are MY therapy, or at least that’s what I thought.

So this morning, I am going to provide those reading the NOTHING MATTERS blog with everything they could ask for in this one post…

1. Learn something new:
Check out this link for secret Starbucks recipes>>
2. Improve on you:
This link goes to one of my favorite (go figure) blogs, and this particular post is insightful>>
3. Laugh out loud:
I read this post and actually laughed out loud. I think you will too. Check it out>>
4. Story you can relate to:
I dunno about you, but I can certainly relate to this post>>
5. Inspiring photos:
2 people, 3191 miles apart, no text. They post a photo side-by-side each day. I don’t know who I can find that lives 3191 miles away from me, but I want to do this one too. Since I haven’t started yet, check out their site instead>>

And finally — here’s Miss Libby…
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