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Blogging & Authenticity
Last week I went a little meta by writing a blog post about me blogging. Today I’m gonna double-down on that and write a blog post about a blog post about me blogging.
Don’t worry, I promise it makes sense. I won’t keep doing this ad infinitum. It’s just that after reviewing my last post, it occurred to me that I might have raised a few questions worth answering.
I’m pretty happy with the piece itself. I didn’t realize until after it was finished how much I needed to write it. The whole thing felt like coming up for air after being submerged underwater for a long time. The words came quickly, everything felt natural, and by the end I didn’t feel in the least bit tired. It felt like my first real blog post in ages.
In the post I discussed how I’d grown somewhat dissatisfied with the state of my blog. In short, I wasn’t enjoying it, I wasn’t happy with the content itself, I didn’t feel connected to my readers, and the process of writing was slow, exhausting, and depressing. I hadn’t asked myself the question “Why do I write this blog?” in a long time. I just blogged out of habit. Now I realize the importance of asking myself that question with regularity going forward. And not just with blogging. If you repeat any activity long enough, it becomes a routine. And when something becomes a routine, it’s easy to lose sight of why you started doing it in the…
