I've been thinking of (re)starting my blogging again for the last 2 months.
It's time to finally and actually do it. I wrote my first articles back in 2006 and I remember how much I enjoyed sharing my knowledge (on devcha.com) and saving people time when troubleshooting programming issues.
For some reason I stopped working on my devcha (Developer Challenges) blog and I started working on a different (personal) blog on my domain. The next challenge was that I didn't know which area to focus on. I wasn't sure if I should make it a personal blog or a business one ... I didn't also want to name the company after myself. I made the mistake of taking too much time to think and lost my momentum.
There are many benefits of blogging.
- You communicate better
- You better and better at blogging / teaching
- You put yourself in a position where you need to read regularly in order to blog smartly.
- You create a nice reputation for yourself at a much more scalable way compared to talking to people 1 on 1.
- Your site gets more traffic due to the fresh content
- You get can known faster in the your area of expertise especially if you add audio or videos to deliver or enhance your message
I wrote this post to challenge myself to write at least one article per week and to keep doing this for as long as possible.
It's really interesting how our environment can influence our behaviour. I am at a soccer field sitting on a bench and listening to the birds. This makes me write and write. I had to (re)move myself from my home office so I can try to see if that will get me unstuck from my blogging.
What is stopping you from blogging or other things you've been procrastinating on?
fear (of success, failure, being criticized, noisy place)?
I'd like finish with a quote form Jim Rohn
If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.
