Far away from the market-place and from fame have always dwelt the creators of new values.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lately I’ve been trying to block out the noise of the Internet. I’m doing my best to stay away from social media, news, popular blogs and big brands.
Instead I’ve been seeking out what I call “small blogs”.
Small blogs are blogs written by people who aren’t trying to be famous or build a brand. They have no agenda. There is no posting schedule and no niche.
Most of the small blogs I’ve tuned in to lean toward music, mental health, tech and minimalism. But a lot of them just share their personal thoughts on any topic they want to whenever they feel like it.
A few days ago I read this from Pete:
Write about what you love, what inspires you, and what you want to share with the world. Perhaps a niche of content matter will come to the forefront in the process, or perhaps as Gaby mentions it will remain whatever your heart desires. This is part of the reason why my trial of Plausible on my site was short lived. I didn’t want to be subconsciously lured into writing about what gets the most views, rather to write without borders and restrictions. I quickly discovered the stats don’t matter to me whatsoever… …what really matters are the words.
Pete, responding to a post by Gaby
I agree.
I like blogging but I feel like something got lost when I started obsessively watching the number of visits, statistics and analytics. I was comparing myself to blogs that get millions of visits per month and have hundreds of thousands of subscribers on their email list.
The posts started to become less “me” and more “them”. And I can never be “them” as well as they can. But I can be “me” better than anyone.
So I’ve stopped looking at my site’s statistics and analytics and no longer let those metrics guide the things I write about. If I have something to say about marketing I’ll share it. If I have something to say about music, mental health, minimalism or just a weird idea I have I’ll share that too.
If my audience grows that’s great. If my audience shrinks that’s fine too. I’ve lost interest in big crowds anyway.
These days I’d much rather hang out in a quiet corner bar, coffee shop or living room and talk with a few good friends. That sounds like a good time to me.
Know what I mean?
I’ve just bookmarked Pete’s blog, cool. I found sivers.org through your blog too which I read often., so thank you. I hope you’re doing well brother – syitf ✌️☕
doing okay here Mark. good to see ya – M
Hey May, I totally get it. It’s not the quantity it’s the quality and your vlogs were quality to me. There’s a saying, somewhere… Oh, maybe it’s Star Trek (lol). Something about, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few”. And for this reference, I disagree. Your posts, blogs, and vlogs. I think if you can make “one person” happy. Change “one person’s” life. Then you did well. The Vlogs made me happy. Gave me something to look forward to each day, week, or month. You speak about “Good Friends”. I don’t have many ‘good friends’. I’m pretty singular and a loner really. I’m rambling, so I’ll go now. Have a good one. Laters, Liz
Hi Malan, how do you go about finding small blogs that interest you?
There is no process really. It’s totally organic and pretty random. Also depends on what you’re interested in. Most times someone I follow on twitter will link to a blog. If I like the post I’ll see who they link to. A lot of them regularly link to other bloggers. I linked two of them in this post. You can check those out.
Malan, I also wanted to say that I absolutely do know what you mean. I’ve even had to sift through a few ‘friends’ who were basically sucking the life out of me. No drama allowed. Small gatherings and campfires. Moonlight feels right. Peace.
I say, as they say; “You do you”. I’m just glad to hear you are doing well and doing what feels right. I was, admittedly getting concerned that we hadn’t heard from you, and am so happy to know you are well. I’m still listening to the music you added to my life. It’s officially part of our road trips for me and my sis. Take good care! Tammie~SYITF
All is well here Tammie. Just haven’t been able to do a YouTube video in a while. Thanks for checking in. 🙂