Why Start A Blog

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Have you ever seen someone become very successful at something? So successful that you cannot help but wish some of it for yourself? Well, I have. I was a two hundred level university undergraduate when the blog craze hit my campus. Everyone suddenly had a blog; at least everyone I know.

There was this guy in particular, Lukman Fassasi (lukmanfassasiblog.com). His blog was very popular. I browsed through the blog and thought to myself, “Gray, you can do this!” But nah, I decided to pass.

Next thing I knew, my friend opened a blog too. He was into entertainment news/music/fashion/lifestyle. I watched in amazement as he gradually became popular too. Well, he wasn’t as popular as Lukman but that didn’t matter. That was when I decided to take the plunge

I began blogging because I wanted to be popular

If I remember correctly, I had about 30 hits on my first blog post. It was something I copied off a news website. I felt awesome. If only I knew that many people had clicked on it out of ‘sympathy’. you see, I actually shared the link with my whatsapp contacts. Well, I believed I was well on my way to fame.

My next blog post wasn’t so popular. I can’t remember exactly what it was but I am sure it wasn’t something related to entertainment. Long story short,by the fourth post, I was tired of it all. I was practically begging people to click my links. At that point, I needed another reason to continue blogging.

I continued blogging to showcase my works

Soon, I began to do flash fiction and poems. I used to share them on social media. It then occurred to me that I could be posting my works on my blog. Of course, I had to send the links to people individually but there was no rush. It wasn’t like news. It was exhibiting my art.

Soon, I began to have quite the patronage. Nothing grand, of course. But some people began to enjoy what I write. For a long time, I would have between 30 to 100 views on a post. On trending posts, I could have up to 130.

At this time, I had given up on trying to be popular. I simply needed a platform to express myself.

I blog these days for the sake of it

I no longer blog, at least not everyday. Why? I have a blog on Steemit. You know, it feels like extra work to post on Steemit and then post on my blog. I rather post on Steemit and share the link. Some people complain that they aren’t able to comment (as they aren’t Steemit users). I don’t know what to do about that.

And that’s why I started blogging (and still blog)

Thanks for reading.

first published on my blog http://thegrayarchive.blogspot.com/2018/09/why-start-blog.html