Blogosphere Essay

My intent of the design of my blog was to offer a piece of my life for others to see. It was supposed to convey my personality, the important people in my life, and some of the things that I like to do. In my blog I chose to write about my feelings and thoughts, from my dislike of snow to the fact that I go through phases with foods and have “who knows more” competitions with my little sister. My blog’s concept was to let people into my life and get a sense of who I am. I tried to offer personal photos to each blog post to make it more visually appealing.

My favorite blog post was from January 28th. It was untitled, much like the majority of my other blog posts. This individual post expressed my love/hate relationship with snow. While snow is pretty, after it has been around for a week, I’m just ready for it to melt and for the air to be warm again. Ever since moving to Muncie, I’ve learned to appreciate the warmth of my fireplace at home. With the text, I posted a picture of ice covered branches that I took during the previous winter at home.

I think that it takes a lot of time and effort to maintain a blog. Plus, it begins to feel a little pointless to keep posting when you get very little feedback. I think that the main purpose of a blog is to express yourself and have your voice be heard, but unless you have the patience and devotion to put your blog out there, eventually, it will sink. I’ve had a few blogs in the past, and much like I said in my very first blog post, I never kept up with them. I became too tired to write or I just flat out forgot. I also find it difficult to find topics to talk about because I hesitate to put anything too personal in each post. More power to the people that are able to maintain successful blogs. I envy those.