I do would like to think that I have so much joy in my life… but to realize that, I must first get all of the stressful things out of my life. They can ruin a person, I tell you.
You Are Joyful
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You have quite a bit of joy in your life. Sometimes you just stop and realize how beautiful your life is.
You know those moments where everything is peaceful and perfect? Well, you have a few of those – and you could use more of them.
Try to get rid of as much stress and noise as possible in your life. True joy comes from true simplicity.
Also, try to develop an attitude of gratitude in your life. It’s a lot easier to be joyful when you’re thankful.
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Now this is a wake up call…
Your Life is Unsatisfying
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It seems like your life has hit a rough patch, and you’re really not enjoying things the way you should.
There’s a good chance you are depressed, because little is making you happy these days.
Consider seeking counseling or changing things up a bit. You need a new point of view.
You need to connect more deeply with the world around you to feel truly satisfied in life.
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A friend of mine, who is so much into Twitter, argued that Twitter is starting to kill blogs. He gave me these points:
- It is very popular today. There are already millions of users worldwide.
- The 140-character limit forces you to be creative and to make you write down your thoughts more effectively.
- You get faster comments / responses to your Tweets than when you make a blog post.
- Your Tweets instantly reaches as many people as you have followers.
I can understand my friend’s points there but I completely disagree that Twitter is killing blogs. With blogs, you can expound on your thoughts and even write about it in as many words that you want or need.
You may get faster replies on Twitter, but the comments made on your blog is more properly documented. You can always go back to your comments section and ponder upon the interaction that happened there.
A lot of people use Twitter as just a tool to support their blogging. They would usually announce a new post on their blog or engage in communication with other people, trying to get them interested enough to go visit their blogs. If just for that, I believe Twitter is indeed a great tool.
But Twitter is not a replacement for blogs. In its current state, Twitter cannot kill blogs.
People who are into marketing, who are trying to attract people to try out their own services or products should not rely too much on Twitter for those purposes. My point is this: why invest the majority of your marketing efforts on a platform that you have no control?
With a blog, at least a self-hosted blog, the platform is yours for as long as you want it. You own the domain. You own the hosting space. It is all yours from whatever angle you look at it.
I’ll repeat what I’ve said earlier. Twitter is a great tool, but as of today it is not a blog killer. Perhaps more than anything else, Twitter is a blogging tool.
This question is for people who monetize their blog. By monetization it can be from any means such as paid posts, link ads, etc.
My girlfriend and I have a number of blogs, some of these blogs we have monetized and have been earning a decent amount. We put all of our blog earnings into our budget for the house we are currently paying.
Actually we are still paying for the equity of the house and we are very grateful that our blog earnings have so far covered our monthly equity.
So blogging for us has been a very great help in fulfilling our dream of having our own home. What I love most about this hobby is that I get to do what I love (which is writing or blogging) and earn from it.
What more can a blogger ask for?
This blog is relatively new, but I actually started my very first blog in 2004 when a friend of mine introduced me to Motime. I blogged there for about a couple of years until one day, I suddenly got tired.
That was it. I just woke up one day and stopped. I lost steam. You can think of any other cliche out there to describe it, the bottom line is, I lost the zest to keep on blogging.
Now I started blogging again late last year, this time through WordPress.com. Why and how? Well, I missed it. I did miss blogging and the joy that I get out of writing my thoughts.
I am currently maintaining other blogs, this one is just one of them. Lately I have this fear that perhaps I would be bitten with the bug again, that bug that makes me stop blogging.
Is it a disease? Some of my friends have stopped blogging for months now. Others, like me, started anew with a new blog, a new theme, everything. Half of these people who started blogging again are still on it, while the other half stopped. Again.
Right now, while I don’t have the intention of stopping, there is still the fear that I might wake up one morning and don’t have the blogging spirit.
It’s a fear and the only remedy that I know is to face my fear. How? By keep on blogging.
I don’t really use iGoogle that much so this new gadget for Blogger isn’t really that useful for me. But perhaps it would be good news for you. If you blog using Blogger and you always have iGoogle on your desktop, then this Blogger Post Gadget would come very handy.
It looks like this:
Blogging is a form of personal expression where we send out to the world our thoughts and feelings on a topic that is dear to us. If we write something that does not mean anything in our life, we create something that is shabby and lifeless.
That is why blogging is expression and communication.
But the problem with this freedom, as with any other kinds of freedom, is sometimes we run up against people who don’t like what we say and would do something about it.
There have been a number of bloggers who have been fired from their regular jobs as a result of their blogging. Friendster once fired one of their web developers after she blogged about her views of the site’s system.
A Delta Airline flight attendant was also fired when she posted photos of herself wearing her uniform. The company saw it as inappropriate.
While I believe in the freedom of expression, I also believe in the rights of other people for their privacy. When we blog and we name names, we should be responsible enough that what we are writing will not cause any grief or shame to others.
Unless of course that is your purpose.
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