Why Do You Blog?

My good friend and blogging confidante recently posed me the “So, why do you blog?” question, and in a moment of indignant irritation I tossed off a facetious, “because I want to make money and eventually never have to work again,” type answer - only to find it was an epiphany moment!

Something about my answer rankled me, it gnawed at me. “Because I want to make money and eventually never have to work again,” wasn’t really it. There was a grain of truth in it, but it wasn’t the real reason. And then it dawned on me: I am worried about money. I am worried about making ends meet, forever chasing bills, drowning in the deep end of the overdraft. I don’t mind splashing around the zero mark, it’s the constantly pulling back from the brink that gets tiring - especially when there’s this overwhelming feeling that things don’t need to be this way.

That was it, I’m not afraid to say. Whoosh! Up went the old jalopy. Clean Cut Blog proceeds directly to Stage 5 on the Kent Newsome Blogging Scale.

Eh? What About Hamelife?

For a moment I thought the same would apply to Hamelife, but I’m happy to say that I took another look at it and felt a genuine affection for the site. I’m pleased with the way it is laid out - I like the look of it. I like the ease with which I will be able change the header image and alter the two-colour combination. I like the sidebar. But most of all I love the content, and I believe in it whole-heartedly.

I know that I won’t be updating Hamelife regularly any more, but I’ll certainly keep adding to it and maintaining it as a much-needed online resource for parents (and non-parents) who want to be different.

So, when it comes to blogging and why we do it, I believe it’s the reason behind the reason that you honestly want to nail. It might not put a match to your blogging - though that’s always a possibility - but it will almost certainly put it into perspective, and finally stop it from being the most important thing in your life.