Interesting trivia. It was exactly one year ago today that I embarked on this blogging journey. An entire year. I have posted over 200 times with 120 of those posts being actual written blog posts. It’s not easy coming up with topics sometimes. But I committed to writing at least once a week and I’ve managed over two. Upward and onward.
Unfortunately my WordPress blog isn’t exactly user friendly and many of my close friends and family aren’t even following or reading what I write. It’s sad, for me. I have exactly 21 email followers (meaning they will get an email every time I post something new). They may be regretting that now. I hope not.
I’ve been planning on getting to the bottom of why my blog isn’t user friendly. A couple of friends said they tried to sign up but they couldn’t come up with an acceptable password and so finally they gave up. My blog is linked to Facebook so if one happens to be on Facebook and is my friend then they might see my most recent post and be able to access the link there. Anyway, this is all, pretty boring, I know. My plan, all along, has been to fix this problem.
I still have a lot of work to do. To refine my blog. To energize it. To grow it. To make it look the way I want it to. I want it to be a place of inspiration. A place of creativity. A place of comfort and a sense of home (or that ‘me too’ connection.) I want to use it to pass along great ideas. Solutions. Humour. Fun. Encouragement. I want my blog to be edifying and useful. And sometimes just a little bit of silly. Or even an escape.
I know along with greater readership…say, 30 of you… lol, comes responsibility. The more folks that follow and read my blog, the more I’ll be open to criticism so maybe it’s been good that my growth has been limited to a select few this past year while I’ve gotten my feet wet. Comments have been few and far between. Often I have asked myself, am I wasting my time? But I know the answer to that question, a resounding no! This blog has got me writing and thinking and writing and doing, and writing and praying, writing and living. It’s been a place for me to get it out there and share life, even if only with 21 people.
Did you know that I can see how many people view my posts and from what countries they are viewing them from? That is always interesting as I wonder, who, in China, is reading my blog?
All this to say, please join me on another years journey. I’m going to make a lot of changes AND have an idea for a different focus. Stay tuned. Because I am definitely sharing this plan with you. AND I can’t wait to get started.
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