There are many good reasons to be blogging, among them: sharing what you care about, making friends and building a rapport online.
I can think of one very good reason not to blog: vanity.
By publishing, I am making a pact with you, claiming that this post will be better than whatever is at hand in the real world. That is a lofty claim. It takes effort to produce something that doesn’t have you, the reader, walking away feeling ripped off. It drives me nuts when publishers do not realize this, trying through alchemy to turn “user-generated” content into a quick buck with little to no effort on their end. There are no shortcuts here; I will never do that.
After moving to Denver, starting at a new job with the wonderful Crowd Favorite and enrolling in a new school, blogging was effort I didn’t feel like putting up. Well, now things have settled a bit and I’m ready to put finger to key and share some things I care about in a way that will hopefully be worth your time. Thanks for lending it.