What to do when you are without electricity for 21 hours.
Almost four years ago, I wrote my first post on the blockchain. I had no idea what I was doing when it came to writing my first post. I only wrote a post to make my son, @Ecoinstant, and friend @Simgirl happy. Little did I know that the first post was the beginning of a journey that changed my life forever.
There have been vital things I have learned over the last four years, which ended up priceless in helping me make better posts. To those new to blogging on the blockchain, I hope some of this information will be helpful.
My new favorite nail polish that doesn't chip even after 11 days.
When writing my first post, I was honest. I stated that I had no idea what I was doing and no idea what I would be writing. I made a point to be open in the fact that I was learning to blog. I wasn't on the blockchain to impress anyone. If I had to be here, I would put all my efforts into learning how to do as much as I could.
Those few that read my posts then knew I was learning and offered brilliant advice I still use today.
Newest sketch I drew. It still needs work but I love where it is headed!
I am a slow learner. I learn by trial and error, also by seeing and doing over and over again. My simple five-minute freewrite posts took me hours to make each day. I did not let it discourage me because each post taught me something I needed to learn to keep getting better.
Knowing that your post is not going to be perfect relieves a lot of stress on yourself. Writing the best post you can at that moment in time is enough. If you wait to publish a perfect blog post in your eyes, you will never publish anything. If you never publish anything, you never learn what you are good at and what you enjoy.
Now that I have the concept, I can work on making the prospective correct.
I tried everything. I tried to write poems. I even won a few poem contests back in the day. I can tell you right now all of my English teachers, if they knew this fact, would start laughing and not believe it. If I had believed those same teachers, I never would have tried to write a poem.
The first rule of blogging is to be open to learn new ideas. The second rule of blogging is to try new concepts. The third rule of blogging is to take those unique ideas you have tried and analyze how they made you feel.
Did you had fun and enjoy learning that new 'thing'? If the answer is Yes, keep practicing, so you become better at what brought you joy. If you hated what you tried, not because you were not good at it but because it did not interest you even after trying your best, then never do it again.
The latest adult coloring book page I finished. It is very sparkly in real life.
The key to blogging is if you are having fun, it shows in your writing. People will pick up on your joy and come back to see what else you have written.
Your blog should bring you happiness if it doesn't change it.
Tomato Pie. Tonight's dinner was very yummy!!
Let's say you want to write a gaming post, but you see @Acidyo's two-thousand-word gaming post and think to yourself, there is no way I can compete with that, so you never write a gaming post. Competing with someone on your blog is never a good idea. You are not that person, and they are not you.
It would help if you always kept in mind people learn in different ways. Some people relish reading a two thousand word post. Others people would look at a post that size and never even click on it. What makes blogging platforms so great is if you look for information in a format in which you learn best, you should find it if everyone is true to themselves.
The recipe that you need to try. Yes, it was that wonderful. The next time I make it I would saute the vegetables first.
Do not be afraid to show the world who you are and what you love. You will be amazed at the response you get from others when you are true to yourself when writing a blog post.
Help someone smile today. It can not hurt you.
Snook
All photos are mine unless otherwise stated.
Me quedo con esto: "No dejé que me desanimara porque cada publicación me enseñó algo que necesitaba aprender para seguir mejorando".
La constancia es necesaria para no decaer , y seguir adelante. Escribo para divertirme, y lo que me guste. Sobre todo a mi manera, y de manera positiva e invitando a ser a los usuarios de #Hive a mejorar cada día.
Me cuesta y a veces necesito esplicaciones con peras y manzanas como dicen por ahi.
Poco a poco me voy adaptando y poniendo de mi parte apra hacerlo mejor.
Un abrazo en la distancia Sra. @snook y es un placer conocerla.
I wish more people could learn to write for fun or what gives them joy.
Thank you for a perfect comment. I wish you so much joy!!
Thank You for making me smile and know there are other people out there that feel the same way I do.
hehehehe so i read your posts out of order... and i was looking for that photo!!! and here it is - on this post!
and I'm glad i read it out of order cuz i know now - that the drawing came out wonderful - I especially loved how the beads on that ribbon around the hat came out hehehe
all the advice that you gave - I was reading and saying them right along with you heeheh and remembering your journey also.
I remember one night - when you and I had our first conversation in DM.
i don't know if you remember it - but we were both up in the middle of the night and I had a bad experience on steemit and just needed someone to talk to you - and it was you!
and as it would turn out - you had a similar experience RIGHT before me - which was wonderful, because you knew exactly what I was going through.
and it just brought me back to our beginning - and how much has changed - and how much has stayed the same. hehehe
I'm so thankful for you in my life - I haven't grabbed you in a few days though! hehehe i need to jump into a dm with you hehehe life has been exciting and anxious with dreemport -but its all good :)
that pie - i was like - seriously?? she needs to do a recipe post on that now - and look... hehehe i scroll 1 more second and there is the recipe heheheheh
i love you. i don't know why - but reading this post makes me a little bit nostalgic and sad and missing you.
not in a super bad way? but in just one of those sad, end of summer days. you know what i mean?
i just miss you.
I DO know what you mean. and THANK YOU for the wonderful DM chat LOLL
Love you too!
I have learned not to get fancy when making a post, as I screw it up then, I apply the KISS method. "Keep It Simple Stupid!" so far it has worked great for me. LOL!
I have to do it this way because if I get frustrated because something in the HTML is not working I will just quit, not a good thing so plain is grand for me.
I take my old layouts and copy them into a new post and just change the words :D
This way I only have to make the layout once and I can just concentrate on the words :D
I will have to work on that. Forgot about doing it that way.
yeah, just write out your post in Grammarly, the free version (https://app.grammarly.com/) and then copy and paste the text into a layout from one of your other posts that you copied.....
Wow that looks like a great pie! I want to make it 👀👀👀
you can!! everything is very easy and your veggies will be so fresh!!
I didn't know Eco was your son... Doh!
I'm betting she was there when Eco was born and knows for sure :)
I might have been.......How did you know?????? :D
just a wild guess
Hehe :D
Yes, he is.
Oh my, this is so on point! Every new user needs to read this. I wish I read something like this when I started blogging in 2020.
I stressed so much about coming up with cool topics to write on, topics that would get me attention. I struggled but soon found my niche - fiction writing.
Well said! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thank You!! It is about the journey and finding what means most to you. I am so happy you found out why you were lead to Hive to blog!!!
Happy Sunday!
Thank you very much for sharing. Nice and great with !LUV. Cheers.
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Thank You!!
Feliz día y muy agradecida con tu publicación, gracias por compartir.
Thank You!
que bien me gusto su sinceridad, asi estoy yo en estos momentos perdido no se que tendencia escribir quien me ve a quien le escribo
Write for yourself. Write what gives YOU joy. It takes time for people to find you.
thank you very much for your kindness good idea articles that bring joy to people
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