Who still blogs?
I was talking to someone earlier this week about how I miss the “blogging” days. I loved seeing how different bloggers would curate and design their website. I would spend hours scrolling through their content, but I know I’m also at fault for not checking my old favorite blogger’s websites today.
Social media has made it so easy to access information and be constantly overwhelmed with content. Why visit a blog when I can visit someone’s Instagram, Youtube, or podcast? They recycle the same content throughout the different platform anyway… right? Not necessarily.
When you’re putting content up on Instagram or Youtube, it’s all about the visuals. For podcast, it’s all about the narrative. When you blog, you get to sit down and thoughtfully think through your thoughts and dive deep. It’s a place you can be more vulnerable.
Blogging can be terrifying. You’re putting your writing out there for the world to read. If you’re like me and a bit self conscious about your writing skills, then publishing a post can feel a bit intimidating. Blogging helps me practice my writing skills and I enjoy reading old posts to see how cringeworthy or reminisce where I was in my life when I wrote a specific post.
It takes a bit more effort to write out a blog than post a photo on IG, but no matter how much I try to run away from this website of mine, I always seem to come back.
I come back to refresh the design, populate content, and think through what I want to timestamp. For me, I enjoy blogging because I get to sit with my thoughts and reflect. I find it therapeutic printing my thoughts into writing. I’ve been trying to be more vulnerable here and talk about my faith. Whenever I re-read those pots, I think about taking them down, but I don’t because if someone judges me for it, then that’s on them. I’m trying to be more vulnerable and brave in standing for what I believe and who I am.
And so, here’s to blogging, being more vulnerable to challenge myself, and one of the latest selfies I have on my phone because, why not.
