Five Reasons Why I Blog

Jose from Tried It Myself! tagged me to give five reasons why I blog. I’m honored that someone is interested in why I blog. To be honest, it’s kind of hard to think about it. But I’ll give it a shot.

So here we go:

1). I blog to keep myself motivated
As I mentioned before, CosminPTR.com was not a blog from the very beginning. It was a regular web site meant to bring the work at home entrepreneurs articles, tools and resources for running their business. It didn’t have any success. One of the reasons is that I had a hard time at working on it on a regular basis. So I decided to look around for something that would somehow make me stay on the right course on a regular basis. I’ve been aware of the blogosphere for about one and a half, two years and I’ve been following a couple of blogs. Seeing the kind of results they have had in such a short period of time made me analyze the reasons for their success. And I realized something (whether this is the case for those blogs or not): writing for (even just) a couple of people who keep coming back to my blog interested in what else I have to say, is one way of keeping myself motivated to stay on track. Even if sometimes I don’t have the time to post as often as I wish. Even if sometimes I ask myself whether I should quit or not. As I said, knowing that my few readers keep coming back for my opinion on certain matters, makes me continue. I feel obligated towards them to continue. To not let them down. And I already thank you guys for that.

2). I have something to say.
Whether it’s about working from home (this blog) or every day life issues (my other blog).
When it comes to the topic of this blog, I really don’t have anyone to share my ideas with other than the online community. When it comes to the topics of my other blog, well, why not let as many people as possible know about my take on various issues. On the other hand, many times I have a hard time expressing myself verbally. Writing comes much easier for me.
Another issue I would link to the fact that I have something to say is that writing down my own thoughts makes it easier for me to make sense of them. To analize certain topics otherwise I wouldn’t be concerned with and maybe even formulate an opinion. Right or wrong it’s not always the point; having one on which you can start a debate is many times more important. And thanks to such debates you get the chance to analyze your position and see whether you’re wrong or right.
One more thing and I’ll go to the next point. Have you ever felt so frustrated with something that you wish you could scream from the bottom of your lungs? If I did that, I would probably end up in a hospital for the mentally challenged. Blogging, on the other hand, takes away the tension. It meets my need of expressing myself without endangering my freedom.

3). Building friendships
This is not the reason why I started blogging, but rather one that (together with others) keeps me going. I do have friends. Just a few. But those friends are what anyone wished their friends were like. Each of us would go through anything to help the other ones in any given situation. So it’s not like I started blogging to make new friends. Not that there’s anything wrong with such an approach; it’s just not my case. Not needing anymore friends doesn’t mean I keep myself isolated or that I don’t welcome new friendships. It’s just that I’m not chasing them. I let them build the natural way. Which is the best way. Blogging has already brought me a couple of them which I value a lot. And I hope it won’t stop here.

4). I blog to exercise and improve my writing skills.
I’ve always enjoyed writing. However, I’ve never been a pro at it. By writing on my blogs on a regular basis I hope to improve my style, grammar, vocabulary and syntax. I’ve seen pretty decent results so far, so I hope things will only get better in time. Up to the point when, I hope, I could write a book. I’ve thought about it ever since I was in highschool. Because of my poor writing skills, I’ve never given it a real try. Not that I plan on doing something like that anytime soon, but, who knows, as my writing improves I might, out of the blue, decide to seriously think about it.

5). I blog for money.
CosminPTR.com has been intended from the very beginning to bring in at least some money. Making it a blog hasn’t changed my hopes that some day I might earn a nice income out of it. And why not, from my other blog as well. I do believe in doing things for free (somewhat) as a public service. However, since I was raised in a family of economists and my education was in the same field, I’ve always looked at anything in terms of money. Within certain boundaries, of course. For example, I’m not the kind of person who would do anything and everything for money. But if, whatever it is that I do, has the chance of earning me some money, why not? That’s why you see ads on both my blogs. If there’s a chance of monetizing them, why not? I have drastically lowered my expectations of income from blogging and I have imposed myself to consider my blogs much more than some money generating machines (read my “Don’t Let Impatience Drag You Down” post to better understand my reasons). However I still hope I will make some money out of blogging.

Well, that’s about it folks. These are the five main reasons why I blog. What are yours?

I would like to find out why Chris, Allen.H and Darren blog.

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