Direction
The internet is filled with articles claiming that the personal blog is dead. Personal blog being defined as one that shares the happenings of your day, your life, your job etc. It's what blogs were and why they became so popular. The experts claim that blogs now have to provide information, resources and/or products. The blog needs to help people when they search for advice on relationships, help with style, fashion and makeup, recipes or tutorials for DIY and craft projects. No one wants to read about a day in your life unless you're a celebrity.
But most of the super successful bloggers started out writing personal blogs. The one that pops into my mind first is The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, who shared her life on the ranch. She talked about daily life, shared recipes and even shared the photography actions she created for her images. She still writes about life on the ranch. She also writes about her TV show, the multitude of businesses she and her family have opened in their hometown and the books she's written.
The internet is a way to reach out and connect with others who share things in common. The majority of people that surf the internet don't live the lives that celebrity bloggers and social media influencers live. This is not to say that the bloggers and Instagrammers don't work hard. Let's keep this real. They spend a lot of time in perfect make-up after setting up perfect lighting to get the "perfect life" photos they share.
Life isn't perfect.
Which is why I stand at a crossroads with this blog. It's all paid up for a year. The price was a less than $40 with the domain included. I enjoy baking, smoking and grilling, papercraft, painting, drawing, gaming, reading, binging TV series, talking about movies and watching football. Do I continue to write about all those things making this a rather eclectic blog or do I try to write about one topic? That will fail of course because I like a lot of things.
Perhaps I'm hopping to rekindle the feeling I had when I was part of a blogging community in the early 2000s.
Perhaps it's time to let go.
Direction to take? Not sure.
Time and trends will tell.
