Why did I create a blog?
So, you might ask again, why did I create a blog or also known as a personal website?
I created a blog for first and foremost, me.
Period.
Not anybody else (well at least for now, depending if anyone reads this or not…).
Ideas have been whizzing around my mind for quite some time throughout the end of last year, and even more significantly this year (2019).
After reading numerous books from a range of non-fiction topics and authors, I became attracted to different ways of expressing myself, particularly realising a different perspective altogether.
Throughout my short life on this planet, I felt as though I had gone through a significant amount of experiences, both in my personal life and my career.
I felt a need to contribute and share this to aid somebody else who may be going through or has gone through something similar. Of course both positive and negative.
So what did I do?
In the 21st century these expressive ways are more well-known through the use of social media of course, however, after countless thoughts, I decided on assembling my own website.
Specifically, an author, an inspirational character, captured my every thought. He really allowed me to make the ultimate decision to create something.
After recently moving to the Gold Coast (something I had wanted to do/achieve throughout my entire life, more to that later), I sat on the beach reading and evaluating profusely.
Little did I know, that following an extensive morning of surfing on a Thursday, during my rest and recover week off work, I had spent the entire day engulfed in a book (something that has become very natural to me over the course of the last 12 months).
From 10 am, to finally reading the last page at 5 pm, I had spent 7 hours hooked.
That book was:
Side Hustle by Chris Guillebeau.
Quick note that my partner bought this book for me for valentines day, so, significant amount of credit to her.
Chris is an American nonfiction author, blogger and speaker who has never worked a conventional 9-5 job. Through multiple attempts of trial and error, he has established himself as a significant individual in the world of generating income outside of the normal, standard “job” we are all so familiar with.
After reading the book from start to finish, I learned that we can challenge the way society wants us to go about our lives through exchanging our finite amount of time, for of course:
Money.
Although society wants us to believe that money is the driving factor behind nearly everything we do, I hold true to myself that what I want to create, displays my life through my own intrinsic ideals and beliefs.
The key word there is intrinsic, which can be defined simply by dictionary.com and the oxford dictionary respectively, as:
“as belonging to a thing by its very nature” and “inherent, essential”
Therefore, this project reflects my character and me as a person, naturally and transparently.
So I investigated.
Talking to countless people, asking a multitude of questions, I wanted to create something that formed together numerous ideas that I had swirling around my mind day in and day out. Speaking these through in conversations but never actioning any on paper.
Enter the search engine:
At first I thought a website was a crazy, chaotic clutter of code that was somehow organised enough to create “web pages” and I had to be an absolute nerd, almost a god like creature at writing complex script.
Fortunately, I was wrong.
Following a couple of google searches, YouTube videos, Instagram tags, Facebook group stalks and BOOM. I spent an honest full day working, and had produced a basic though, fully functional website.
This leads us all the way back to the very first sentence of this, my first blog post.
Why did I start a blog? Why, why, why?
Rather than writing this out in annoying paragraphs and fragmented sentences (give me a break, I am working on my literature skills), I think I am going to list these items out in dot point format (because guess what, I think that is much easier to read and understand).
In no particular order, I started a blog because:
- Simply, I want to help people
- I want to provide value to people who are or have already been through similar things in life as I have
- I want to reinforce the skills and attributes that I have learnt throughout my short life
- I want the ideas buzzing around in my head to be out on paper (or in virtual pixel dots on your screen ha, ha…)
- I want to give back in ways that other people have given to me (yes as corny as it is, what goes around comes around)
- I want to provide the world with beautiful content of the places that make me so happy
- I want to display visually, what it’s like to see the world through my eyes
- I feel like I do have value to provide others
- It will help my confidence
- It will give me significant purpose outside of my job/career
- It will improve my literature skills
- I wanted to learn another skills and I quickly realised that it involves many, many skills
- I can answer questions that I have always asked but never got quality answers
- I want provide the world with fresh and insightful advice and tips to improving themselves everyday
- I have hundreds of conversations daily that just aren’t being captured. Unfortunately, many of these discussions are said and listened to but are disappearing into the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives. These concepts dissipate into thin air and are almost immediately forgotten. I would like to capture them through the lens of my listening.
- I want become more grateful of my life and encourage myself to truly reflect on what we have on this planet. Furthermore, become aware of our true happiness
- This is going to push me outside of my comfort zone, as this is something that I have never embarked upon. Challenge, is the word to describe this adventure.
- It will hopefully help me think more clearly
I could continue to go on and write forever about the specific ideas of why I am creating this, but the gist is there and listed in the above dot points.
If the content and material I provide here in this resource – through my website – can help or provide support to only one person, I am completely proud with the investment of my time.
That for me is extremely humbling.
So if you want to receive such aid, please ride this journey along with me!
Please don’t hesitate to send me an email with any questions you have here.
Thanks for your time.