So push came to shove, and here is a blog I can finally call my own!
I’ve always wanted a blog, but the idea of it was daunting. Is it not? To expose your thoughts and feelings to the [virtual, albeit very much real] world, to let strangers into your life so easily, to leave a virtual footprint that is likely permanent. But since I don’t have much of a choice now… howdy!
Now that we’ve established my fears of these virtual monologues, let’s move on to more pressing issues, such as this blog’s purpose and function.
There are a gazillion blogs out there. Good ones, bad ones. I, of course, want to own a “good” blog, but what exactly makes a blog “good”? Firstly, I’d have to be interested in the content. For example, I would be far from interested in a blog on electrical engineering or geothermal energy. Here are some of my favourite blogs. They are mostly personal, or semi-professional. But they all have two things in common: genuineness and consistency. These bloggers – as far as I can tell (which I am assuming is rather far… and accurate) – seem to be keeping it real, being who they are. They come across as genuine, sincere, “real”. Then, there is consistency. Who doesn’t like a regularly updated blog? It upsets me whenever a blog I’ve grown so fond of suddenly takes off for a couple of months without notice. So, genuineness and consistency: this blog’s new mantra.
Mantra aside, I haven’t picked a niche for this blog. I’m going to mull it over tomorrow with this handy infographic I found on visual.ly. Sharing it as I thought it might be useful for my fellow blogging virgins. If you need more help, my classmate Esther wrote a nifty post on Blogging 101, so be a smart person and check that out!
