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Question
What got you started as a blogger? Everyone has a story/reason, what’s yours?
Answer
I’d love to say that I started my blog as a way to engage with the bookish community, but the truth is that in December 2009 I had just graduated from college, was unemployed, and alone all the time because Best Friend was at his job all day.
I could feel my brain atrophying, and I knew I needed to have some kind of project and goals or risk going (genuinely) insane. So blogging it was.
When I finally got a job interview several months later, my potential employer seemed unreasonably excited and impressed by my blog, so I knew I had to keep it up — anything to give me a better chance of getting a job.
I started out blogging as a means of survival, a way to distract myself from the frustrations that come from applying for dozens of jobs and not getting any calls. But it soon became a way to connect with the community I mentioned in the first paragraph, a way to continue having fun despite being An Adult.
And now it’s several years in, and I can’t imagine doing anything else.
So what’s your Origin Story?
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Agreed: once I started my first blog, I knew it was a perfect match! Now– ten years and a zillion blogs later– I still couldn’t imagine not having blogging in my life, and I think I’m getting ready to settle down at a (hopefully) permanent online-address.
Besides, bloggers tend to be the best sorts of people, don’t you think? We’re all kinds of awesome. 🙂
I’ve benefited so much from blogging, I don’t know quite what I’d do if I ever had to give it up. It’s been exciting to see the changes happening over at your blog — I know you’ll find your “mojo” soon!
Bloggers are indeed pretty awesome. A little weird, of course, but that’s part of our charm. 🙂