I have a story to tell. It might take some time but you know what - it is what it is. I simply don't know how to write in the modern short sound bites or those elevator pitches that people talk about. Can you imagine telling your entire business plan or even an important recipe to a person in the time that it takes to ride up to the floor you are trying to on the elevator?
People don’t seem to have much time anymore. I don’t seem to have much time anymore. I don’t know about you – but it’s not because I’m doing more – it’s because I’m more distracted than ever.
Insane. I tell ya. Absolutely insane.
I used to blog 10 or 12 years ago. Not a successful blog. Not a blog with thousands of followers. But I thought it was successful because I had a few 100 followers, and they weren’t all my family and friends. Many were strangers (I call that a win). Many would comment regularly. Good comments. Bad ones too.
And I used to post often. I was happy. Whoever read the posts were mostly happy, some were not and they made sure they told me about it.
There was engagement and I had my little online community.
Fast forward to a few years ago when blogging has changed so much. People are making money or wanting to make money. There are tools for SEO (search engine optimization), and formulas on how to and when to post on social media – what time and how many times. What you should write about. How to put keywords in your posts so you get the most clicks.
Since that happened I am absolutely frozen. I overthink so much that I haven’t been able to post anything. I question how nice my photos are – I mean I think they are beautiful but they are obviously not done by a professional photographer. I don’t know about props and lights and filters. You know why? Because I am not a photographer.
I have decided that I don’t have the discipline to have a blog that makes money or gets a million or even half a million views. But I think of blogging constantly. Because I like to share what I am cooking, eating, reading.
So in this space, I am going to blog about whatever I want (food related mostly). If you happen to find me and read a post, and like it, I would love it if you comment. Share it with a friend. Post it on social media. If you can’t because you are too busy… that’s fine too.
This is an attempt for me to unparalyze myself. Any of you go through similar stuff? Where when things become too sleek, when the fun is sucked out of something – you don’t want to do it anymore? Well, blogging is not my job that I have to do even if it is tedious or boring. So I will blog to make myself happy. If it ends up giving you a bit of joy I will be thrilled.