I have agreed to share the knowledge I have gained over six years blogging with some fellow community members through our local group of the University of the Third Age (U3A). It is not a paid position but a sharing with like-minded people. It doesn’t commence until May so I have some time to fine tune the content.
I started thinking about the many reasons to start a blog and thought I would share a few of mine here. Please feel free to comment and add other reasons I may have missed.
- Learning about using WordPress (and keeping up with the changes) keeps my brain active.
- I have met so many amazing people from all parts of the world and been able to enjoy their photos, weather reports, local happenings, different cultures/styles of architecture and more. It really adds to my knowledge of the world and reminds me of how much we all have in common.
- The joy of getting a “like” or even better a “comment”. It always brightens my day.
- The opportunity to put some positive words out into cyberspace and hope that I am able to add a little joy to someone else’s day.
- I sometimes have ideas that I want to share and it provides me an avenue to do so and get feedback from others.
- My interest in photography has grown since I started blogging. I have discovered it is one of those things I can lose myself in it – time flies by!
- The diversity of blogs provide such a vast resource of valuable information- I take down recipes from other parts of the world and try them out at home – great fun. There is also lots of wisdom out there!
- When I got my current part-time job I was able to provide my blog address to the editor so she could see that I can put a few sentences together.
- It is MY voice I am putting out there. I know at times that some people may not like what I post but I reserve the right to have my say.Being an introvert I find it harder to express myself in person than I do in writing.
- I feel a real connection with a number of bloggers that I have followed for some time. I know that if I was in their neighbourhood I would love to drop in for a coffee and a good long chat. 🙂
There are probably a lot more reasons to blog and I would love to hear from you what you think.
Welcome to allaboutwordswa! 
All very good reasons 👏👏😀
Thank you for stopping by 🙂
I think I started the blog to whinge about things, then when I started I found I didn’t have to whinge.
It is nice to know that you can whinge if you want to though, isn’t it? :). Your comment made me smile!
Next time I’ll try for a laugh. 🙂
I agree with these and especially # 9 on finding my voice … this has become SO important to me.
Thanks for your blogging friendship too.
Thanks Elizabeth. I hope 2017 brings you good health and happiness 🙂
All good reasons for blogging. I started SLTW as a repository for all the “post it notes” littering my office ~ so that I would have a searchable data base for ideas, thoughts, quotes, etc. The blogging community is why I’m still blogging.
Like you, blogging has expanded my horizons. For example, I no longer think of July as “summer” and December as “winter” since many blogging buddies experience the opposite extremes of weather during those same months.
I was at the beauty therapist this morning and a man from the UK came in with his daughters and complained about the heat. I ended up telling him about a blog I follow (David Oakes Images. It turns out he lives in Cumbria near where David lives – I was able to say how much I enjoyed the scenery in his County. Small world !
Sounds about right to me…….But above all else it has to be FUN.
PS…Thanks for the mention 🙂
You are welcome David. You just never know that someone in the world might be talking about you – even in a beauty therapist shop in Australia :). I agree with the fun aspect of blogging.
All good reasons Rainee. Definitely being part of a wonderful community and meeting people that we’ve never get to meet otherwise.
Hi Rainee. Love seeing your workspace. I certainly enjoy being connected to you through blogging.
Happy New Year xxoo
Best, Ruth in Pittsburgh
Thanks Ruth 🙂 Hope you have a happy and healthy year ahead – and lots more of those interesting photos please!
Thanks Rainee. Will do my best to not bore anyone. You never know what the subject of the day will be!
You know, long before I got to number ten a thought dawned.
One day, I’d like to surprise call you from a beach side cafe in your local… then we can meet and share a large pot of coffee… and many tales!!
All ten your points are valid and true. For me, if I can add a few smiles I’m happy!
Keep up your great work, in your community and on the net!! 😉
What a lovely idea. Wouldn’t it be great to do a world blogging tour and meet many of the people we follow!
#1, 7, 8, 9 10 speaks to me! good read overall. Thanks!
Glad some points resonated with you. Thanks for visiting and signing up – much appreciated!
I also like connecting with people from all over. The comments are nice because it’s like someone having a conversation with you about what you wrote about.
Thanks Aixa. Nice to hear from you 🙂
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