Many of us are still getting quickly caught up in the exciting and profitable genre of blogging. I’m no different. Ever since I started Wordful two months ago, I too have enjoyed the low barrier of entry that blogging offers, not to mention being part of multiple conversations and most of all — the limitless freedom of expression.
But I’ve got a dirty confession to make: it took over three months from the time I decided to start blogging to the time I actually did it. Any why is this? Very simple: I was thinking too much. I was thinking about everything I needed to do to get going, who I wanted to become and how much money I wanted to make. All the time I spent just thinking led to a blog with nothing on it.
There’s nothing wrong with thinking — or dreaming for that matter — but it must be balanced with action. Thought and action are the two true fundamentals of blogging, which can be further refined to creativity and writing. One cannot co-exsit without the other, otherwise you’d end up with thoughtless action or actionless thought (think about that for a quick minute). Neither scenario is productive to us blog writers and our hopes of success.
[Read more...] The Two True Fundamentals of Blogging
December 3, 2008 By 4 Comments
Many of us are still getting quickly caught up in the exciting and profitable genre of blogging. I’m no different. Ever since I started Wordful two months ago, I too have enjoyed the low barrier of entry that blogging offers, not to mention being part of multiple conversations and most of all — the limitless freedom of expression.
But I’ve got a dirty confession to make: it took over three months from the time I decided to start blogging to the time I actually did it. Any why is this? Very simple: I was thinking too much. I was thinking about everything I needed to do to get going, who I wanted to become and how much money I wanted to make. All the time I spent just thinking led to a blog with nothing on it.
There’s nothing wrong with thinking — or dreaming for that matter — but it must be balanced with action. Thought and action are the two true fundamentals of blogging, which can be further refined to creativity and writing. One cannot co-exsit without the other, otherwise you’d end up with thoughtless action or actionless thought (think about that for a quick minute). Neither scenario is productive to us blog writers and our hopes of success.
[Read more...] Why Following Your Passion is a Must
October 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Today I spent a three very agonizing hours in front of a blank screen trying to write sales copy for a website. I would start a sentence, read it three times, delete it and start over again. This went on for quite some time and I ended wasting my morning. Talk about counterproductive.
This incident reminds me that nobody benefits from dispassionate work. I’m no copywriter and I’m no salesman, either. What I love to do is think big ideas and at least write about them on this blog. I feel like I’m working on a grand vision that will take years to realize. Once disparate ideas will fuse together to form “the great idea” that I’ve worked so hard to make a reality.
That’s why it’s so important to focus our limited time on activities that produce personal vitality and value for others. In my case, just because I write and I’m known as “Wordful” doesn’t mean I write sales copy. This all-can-do attitude, even within the writing niche, has costed me tons of time and energy. I should’ve started this blog years ago but I didn’t because I had to try everything else first!
In a nutshell: If you simply do what you love to do, others soon will love it too.