On my Twitter feed I see my virtual and real life friends hashtagging
their excitement about the Blogging Conference they are attending and I feel a
bit jealous. .
I have blogged for years. I don’t know why.
I see people blogging for profit or to educate others. I see
people blogging their way through grief and post natal depression, through
weight loss and renovation. Not me. I just blog.
I don’t think I would want to commercialise the blog to the
point where I am no longer writing for myself. I don’t know if I would want to
narrow my blogging scope. I wonder at my
audience. I know you are out there even though my Google analytics fell over
because my coding is terrible, I still know there are around 500 views a month
but my comments fields area like a ghost town, complete with tumbleweeds.
This may come across as needy but as a prolific commenter I
wonder at those who look at my blog posts and have a peep into my life and then
wander off without feeling the need to comment. I wonder if I am boring, or
shocking or…I simply don’t know as I have no feedback from the silent audience!
I don’t know why I need to blog, I write about jam and
children, about business and pets, about books and property, I am not a niche
blogger but I am me.
Sometimes I read other people’s posts and I look at the
number of followers they have and the number of comments and I think “I don’t
get it, why are they so beloved, why does this spark so much commentary?”
I know that some is clever, ceaseless self promotion, I know
that some people have talkative wannabe hangers on but it doesn't account for it
all. Sometimes I wonder if I am the only one feeling this way… Perplexed, but
not bitter, I don’t begrudge anyone success in their chosen endeavour.
I don’t like posts on Social media purely designed to get
comments (which are rife at present, is it just me who feels they are a trick
and dislikes them on this basis?) , but I always engage if someone has a
genuine question I can answer or a topic I feel I have something to offer.
I don’t know why I blog, I just know that I need to and I
will continue doing so.
To my silent audience, I am glad you are there for whatever
reason, but I will continue even if you disappear further into the ether.
