MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD BLOG... BUT WHAT MAKES BLOGGING WORTH IT? IS IT NOT JUST A DIARY THAT EVERYONE ON THE PLANET HAS ACCESS TO? AND WHO READS THEM?
These questions have plagued me since I began blogging. Seriously, out of the billions of people on this planet, what makes my blog worth reading? To be sincere, I doubt anyone would read my blog, my family doesn't even read it, so why would anyone else? My family is cognizant of my tonal inflections and crazy personality that they can comprehend from my typed word... but what about people who don't know me? The truth is that it is a barrier that one must overcome. Fear of rejection when your most intimate thoughts are placed on a platter that the planetary inhabitants have access to. Out of smorgasbord of data available on the internet, the presentation of a blog has to be appealing. Now do not confuse this point. You are not trying to sell yourself. You do not have to out shine anyone. You simply have to do your thing and let the population take what they will from it. You do this for your self. A data-print of your existence on this planet and the life that you live. Success is achieved not by the measure of popularity with the cyber-human population, but in tangible identification with your self and your one life. Do you think people get a real feel for you and your life? Does your blog honestly convey your personality? What will a reader walk away from your blog with? What purpose does your blog serve? Does it give you a release of personal demons? Does it instruct or teach people how to do (or not do) something that you have experienced? People inherently need to feel a connection with something before they will commit their time and interest in something. Is that selfish? No, not at all. The human existence, in all it's glory and splendor, is a very short span of time in which we only have a set amount of time to dedicate to any one thing. We compartmentalize our time by priority and make decisions based on what we value our time is worth. So, this blog is going to take a turn into the personal life of the author and while there are things that may run the gambit of the human psyche and our grand range of emotions, I rededicate myself to making it an honest portrait of my life. Successes and failures, highs and lows, happiness and grief.
Welcome to the Illustrated Thought. A blog of the life and times of Karl J. Kabelis.
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