When I first started this blog (not a very long time ago:) I wasn’t completely sure if I would be able to write posts on a daily basis. And for the first few weeks I didn’t. But after a while, when the comments started coming in and I realized that someone actually reads what I write, my writing started to pick up.
I feel some kind of a responsibility for my readers. Now I have made a pledge to myself that I will write at least one new post every weekday. That’s about 300 a year. When I sit down to write, I don’t always know what I’m going to blog about. But when I’m finished I always have a result in front of me. The quality will not always be great. But for me that’s a big part of being a blogger. Sometimes I’m satisfied with my writing, and sometimes not. But most of the time I choose to publish the post anyway. By doing that it is much easier for both the readers and myself to notice the progression of the blog. If you write a lot, the quality of your writing will improve. That’s just the way it is.
When I write posts for this blog, I often have to do some kind of research. Not only the kind of research where I read articles and blog posts. I also have to do research on me. I am learning something new about myself every day. And that is what personal development is all about. If you get to know yourself on a deeper level, you’ll become more sure of yourself.
Right now this blog is my most important tool for my own personal development.
If you are serious about your self development you too should start writing. I doesn’t have to be a blog. You can keep a personal journal that is for your eyes only. If you don’t know what to write about, you can always just sum up your day. When you have developed the habit of writing every day, it will become much easier. Write down what you like and what you don’t like. If you write down your opinions on different topics, it will also become easier to express them out loud.
If you are thinking about starting your own blog, but aren’t quite there yet, you should read Just one post by Seth Godin.
Darren Rowse at Problogger make some very good points on how to be a better writer in his post “How to Write Home Run Posts”.
