I've been blogging for about 11 months now, and throughout this period I've come across so many other blogs and I've ultimately been comparing myself to them more than I should.
I love blogging, and writing in general. I have a lot of thoughts constantly zipping around and I always feel so good after I can get them all out in a coherent and sometimes pretty way. A lot oft posts are just for me. I have things I need to say so I can stop thinking about them.
But when I see other blogs making money and taking on sponsors and having giveaways and so many followers, it's really intimidating. It makes me feel like my blog doesn't matter or that I'm foolish for trying to run with the big dogs. I makes me want to try harder to promote myself and go viral and get popular. But I'm not blogging to be famous. At this point in my life, I'm blogging as a hobby, to keep myself sane. I like to write about things that are happening in my life because I love going back and re reading and seeing how much I've grown. I need to continue to remind myself that I'm not doing this for anyone but me, and if opportunities arise, that's great but if they don't, that's amazing too.
Because I will always have this little piece of the internet to have my life and sort through my feelings. I wouldn't trade that for all the PR gifts in the world.
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