Looking back, I miss those days of blogging. It was simply for me to express myself. There was no constant feeling of needing to push my posts for traffic, focus on keywords or SEO (some of you are like WTF is she talking about?!) but the modern day of blogging consists of all this marketing nonsense just to gain exposure on your site.
There are so many millions of blogs and bloggers out there now, which is great! But at the same time, it sucks! It sucks for small time bloggers like myself that aspire to follow the footsteps of full-time bloggers and make a career out of this. But to be honest, I can't rely on that or use that as the purpose of this blog.
I initially created this particular blog as an outlet. Somewhere to express my thoughts and continue my writing, because that's what I love to do. The stress of becoming a social media mastermind and successful blogger puts me off from posting regularly because of the agonizing checklist that comes with this new blogging era:
- Is my topic relevant?
- Is the headline catchy?
- Did I source the images?
- Did I use h2 properly?
- Do I have a focus keyword?
- Did I push traffic by advertising on my social medias?
- How come my website traffic is stagnant?
- etc etc etc
A lot of you just read that list and thought "WTF is she talking about?" But these are just some of the 'blogging rules' you have to abide by if you want to see activity on your blog.
With social media and the constant search for validation via likes and followers, even the blogging world has become a popularity contest. This is not to say that all bloggers and just out there for self-exposure and internet fame. Of course not! To be honest, some of my favorite bloggers are part of why I got the boost to start my own blog. It's just great to connect with someone else through their writing and life tips/advice.
I say this all to go back to 2009 me. Eighteen-year-old "cheesechima" as I would screenname everything back then. I genuinely used my blog as an escape, and outlet to express myself and a vision board to manifest my dreams. I'm going to go back to that.
I'm not going to give a middle finger to the modern blogging world just yet because it has indeed taught me a lot of useful info about content marketing and building my brand. But for the sake of my own happiness and self-respect, I'm going to draw inspiration from my first blog and model my style from that. I hope whoever reads my blog enjoys the transitions and sticks around.
Happy writing makes for happy reading.
xoxo
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| A throwback to 2009. being careless as could be lol |
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