What is the purpose of a blog? I know what I want to accomplish. But why do people read them? Why do I think anyone would care enough to read what I think? A blog is a risky venture from the point of view that maybe no one will read it. It is also risky when I think perhaps someone will read it.
I have done newsletter articles for years. It seems to me that blogging is similar to a newsletter, but a notch above. Like a newsletter I can express my thoughts in a way that I hope will be of some benefit to others. The notch above is the opportunity for feedback. With feedback I can, hopefully, improve on some of the ideas I publish and make them available to help more people.
A newsletter is a soapbox. A blog is a sounding board. From a soapbox one might expect to get heckled, which could also happen here. But from a sounding board one expects to get useful feedback to improve yourself, your ideas, or your plans.
We'll see.
Dr. Robin
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