I actually think about this blog a lot, in spite of going for months at a time without actually posting. I think the longer I go without posting the more pressure I feel to make the post significant or profound.
To that, I thumb my nose and say ha! This post doesn’t have any substance. Except to say that I’ve challenged myself to update this blog at least once per week for the month of October.
The most successful blogs in my experience–at least, the blogs I like to read the most–have two things in common. 1) They focus on a relatively narrow topic. 2) They get updated on a frequent and/or regular basis.
I don’t know if I have any one passion I’d blog about regularly. I suppose the point of this blog is about my life, but I tend to think my life unremarkable, which is probably one of the reasons why I don’t update very often. If I had a narrow topic to blog about I might actually be motivated to post more. For example, if this blog were all about reviewing books I’ve read, I’d probably read more, and as a result, post more. But that would require time and effort I don’t necessarily have at the moment. Some people are quite good at documenting things without a well-defined focus but I personally need a strong purpose in order to stay interested.
Perhaps I’m too lazy to think of a real purpose for this blog. But I can impose a goal for myself to post more frequently and so I have. Even if it’s just a quick post for the sake of posting, I will do it. Hopefully it well get me into the habit of actually posting on my blog, instead of just thinking about it.
