Blogs Are Dead

Back in August when I told my wife that I was going to re-start my blog she laughed and said, "Blogs are dead." I tried to fight her about it, but I had to concede. She was right. Blogs are dead.

I mean, when was the last time you even check your friend's blog or commented on a post? When I look at my blogger dashboard I see that my blog has been visited one or two times in the last three months. I don't honestly know anyone who still has and maintains a personal blog. It seems like blogs have gone the way of MySpace, still available but never used. 

Even after all that I still decided to update my blog, but I was too ashamed to post a link to my update anywhere. I kept looking for other ways to share my thoughts, but couldn't find anything that fit my personality. Tumblr is too quirky, Pinterest is just sharing other people's ideas, a personal website costs too much, and Twitter is just too short. After trying all these things, a solution came to me: just keep doing a blog. 

I know it is outdated and maybe nobody will read it, but I am keeping my blog for me. This is a way for me to clear out my thoughts and ideas. This is a way for me to improve my writing skills and step out of my comfort zone. 

So this is going to be my project. For the next little while. I am going to write about books I read, the LDS church, accounting, my "amazing" ideas, Oregon stuff, and really anything else that pops into my mind. If nobody ever reads it, oh well. I'm doing this for me.