This morning I was reading a post about spring cleaning your website from my friend Kyle Reddoch. He is currently helping me to code the new design of my website and it got me thinking back to when I first started this site. Initially, I started it for 3 main reasons:
- I was frustrated with having to stifle my gorgeousness and creative spirit to design simple marketing campaigns
- I needed an outlet for my writing
- I was hoping that it might lead to freelance work and extra $$
Now that I have been working on it for 9 months, I thought about why I was still doing this blog, and here are those reasons:
- I am happy with the fact that I am helping others find their creative environment
- I have an outlet for my writing and others have a resource for creative ideas
- It has given me a small stream of freelance work (I’m not totally selfless, sorry)
The biggest difference is I am no longer doing this just for me – I am doing it because of my readers and for everyone who needs a little creativity in their day. But it was definitely not an easy task to get to that point. I remember one of my first posts, about creative marketing campaigns, and what it was like to write the post and hear crickets chirping. Honestly, sometimes I still do. What I try to remember is that if I give even one person a better creative idea or a new way to look at something, then I was a success.
Tell me a little about your start and where you are now with what you do (either with your blog, your career or for fun). Are your reasons for starting something the same as they are for continuing it? Is there something you have stopped doing that you would want to do again?
One final note – thank you to all of my current and future readers. You guys are amazing and I really do appreciate all of you, even the ones that just lurk in the background.
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