I've had a blog for a long time on LiveJournal (Thank you, Kristin!). I haven't kept up with that blog in about 4 years, even though the whole time I've been kinda "gee, I want to write a blog, I wish I had a blog, etc." I realized that the reason I don't have a blog is because I don't have anything to write about! My life isn't adventurous, it's just life. I wake up, I eat breakfast, I go to work, and so on. I don't have a lot of motivation to do anything at all, either. I've always had this idea in my head that other people live adventurous lives and I just live a nothing life. This comes a lot from reading other blogs about peoples lives and they sound so awesome and fun and eventful and fabulous! And I realized that's because they don't write about mundane things!
Who would sit here and tell you "I washed the laundry, and then dried it. Then I folded the socks, and I sorted the underwear, and I mended a hole..."? It's a blog, you get to be selective about what you write, so of course no one is going to write boring things. Also, a lot of these bloggers have blogging/life to-do lists that they post publicly, so I think that's something I have to do to. SO, here is a list.
April To Do
1. Write a list of potential blogging ideas.
Most of my problem is that I don't know what I'm going to write and thus can't plan. If I want to share a recipe that I've recently tried, I should remember to take pictures so that I can post them. If I'm going on an adventure, I need to make an effort to remember what we do when and things that would be interesting to share.
2. Update my blog twice a week.
Surely I can come up with something to say twice a week. In real life, I talk non stop! I just need to translate it to text.
3. Research a juice fast and raw food diet.
The juice fast is something I saw on another blog and I'm interested in trying it. My parents have begun juicing recently and it's just coming up more and more in my life. I watched a documentary on it about 4-6 months ago (Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead) and my interest is piqued. The Raw Food thing is the result of another documentary I watched with Gary and Sophie called "FoodMatters". (Thank you, Netflix!) It's mostly about vitamins and medicine, but there is a guy who really advocates a Raw Food diet and the three of us are equally interested in it. Since it goes hand in hand with a juice fast, I think we're going to be making a trip to the farmers market soon. Maybe I'll take pictures and share that with you!
4. Do things worthy of blog posts.
Pretty self explanatory. Stop sitting on your butt and live a life.
That is the end of my fabulous to do list. I will be back Saturday to let you know how things are going. I'm setting a reminder on my phone now!
Hi Emily! Kelli here. Thank you for pointing out that my email subscription link for She Learns As She Goes wasn't working... i THINK i've fixed the problem. WIll you let me know whether or not it works for you again?
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely on the right track with your blogging goals! If there's one thing I've learned/am learning, it's that consistency breeds creativity. Obviously there will be posts that are more interesting than others, just like there are days more interesting than others. But the more you do it, the more you'll get a feel for the kinds of things you enjoy blogging about. And you'll automatically be more aware of the blog-worthy things in your life! You'll recognize them as they're happening, which will allow you to take notes or pictures so you can share them here on your blog :)
As for juicing/raw food, that's GREAT! Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead and Food Matters are both awesome documentaries. If you are going to tackle a juice fast though, be sure you go about it healthfully. Either get with a naturalist or do a lot of research and get your parents involved (i'm assuming they're the ones buying the groceries) so you all can help each other out. These things are so difficult to do if you're the only one in your family doing it.
Good luck with your goals! Thanks again for letting me know about the email sub button. Let me know if it's fixed for you :)
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