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I didn't know what to write about for my blog, even though I decided to make one. So I googled "how to blog". On problogger.net I found 23 questions that asked me whether a blog was right for me. Only 4 indicated that I should make a blog. Clearly this meant problogger.net was not a reliable source. I looked at other sources and they all indicated I should not be blogging since I have no topic to write about, I am not very organized, etc. I realized that they were giving instructions for making blogs that people want to read. I don't care if people read this blog or not. I decided it was time to make my own instructions on how to blog:
1. You should want to blog. This is pretty clear. If you don't want to blog, but still do blog, then you are blogging against your own will. This means you are being forced to blog by someone or something, or you have serious problems and should talk to someone.
2. Don't ask yourself why you are blogging. Think about yellow elephants jumping on limping pink kangaroos playing musical chairs instead. There must be a reason why you want to blog. The idea of choice blindness suggests that people make choices subconsiously and then later rationalize them. So if you try to think about why you are blogging you will rationalize your decision to blog, but it will not be the true reason you want to blog.
3. Start writing about something!
It feels like I am missing many crucial elements, but if you don't care whether people look at your blogs or not, there is really not much more to say. Yay, first blog post!
I didn't know what to write about for my blog, even though I decided to make one. So I googled "how to blog". On problogger.net I found 23 questions that asked me whether a blog was right for me. Only 4 indicated that I should make a blog. Clearly this meant problogger.net was not a reliable source. I looked at other sources and they all indicated I should not be blogging since I have no topic to write about, I am not very organized, etc. I realized that they were giving instructions for making blogs that people want to read. I don't care if people read this blog or not. I decided it was time to make my own instructions on how to blog:
1. You should want to blog. This is pretty clear. If you don't want to blog, but still do blog, then you are blogging against your own will. This means you are being forced to blog by someone or something, or you have serious problems and should talk to someone.
2. Don't ask yourself why you are blogging. Think about yellow elephants jumping on limping pink kangaroos playing musical chairs instead. There must be a reason why you want to blog. The idea of choice blindness suggests that people make choices subconsiously and then later rationalize them. So if you try to think about why you are blogging you will rationalize your decision to blog, but it will not be the true reason you want to blog.
3. Start writing about something!
It feels like I am missing many crucial elements, but if you don't care whether people look at your blogs or not, there is really not much more to say. Yay, first blog post!
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