Note: This post was originally published in my blog pablojuan.com
OK, so you want to blog. You have something to tell. That's fantastic. But how d...
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I agree wholeheartedly with this post.
Well, awkward...
Turns out, I'm really really really lucky. 😊😊😊
Well you picked the right platform to post on. 😉
Touche.
Now, let's see if I can post my podcast here...😉😉😉
This post really resonates with me; I've been "working on my website" for years now and have nothing to show for it because I've been obsessing about trying to make things perfect for what will probably be an audience of 1 people. Trying to write perfect long form blogs, and design a beautiful personal site with a blog section and a portfolio section and an articles section, etc...
On the plus side, I think I've already embraced the core idea of your post, which is to just put something out there (or stop pretending I'm going to). Hopefully my simple blog will be out there soon, filled with all those imperfect blog posts I've been accumulating in a Google doc for a couple years.
I can iterate on all that perfection I've been fretting about later...
Push it as is. I also wasted months trying to make it perfect. There is no perfect. Just publish and adjust as you go.
Good luck!
PS. Post the url.
I lost the carefree attitude towards blogging many years ago. Instead, I got stuck in technicalities. Manton Reece’s Micro.blog project and your post are strongly encouraging me to just start again. Thank you!
Thank you!
But hey, let's not waste that momentum. Expand that comment into a short post. I'd like to read what technicalities you got stuck in. Start here.
Thanks for the great post, Pablo!
Curious, I usually self-publish my posts on a simple static Jekyll site hosted by Github; do you find there is better interaction with one's blog posts on "community hub" sites like Wordpress, Medium, or Facebook versus on a "FirstnameLastname.tld" site?
Publish them on both. But always have your own domain with website. That way you control your own content, which is very important.
Yes, totally true. Happened to me every time. The important is to continue, to practice, to improve. Don't loose focus and keep going. I started with blogger and WordPress. Then my own site with WordPress cms and I learned a lot.
A post can be usefull and people won't comment but still is a good post and can help millions
Thank you so much for sharing! I just made my first intentionally public post: dev.to/blackmg27/for-me-coding-is-...
Since I literally just started a blog this was the perfect post to stumble on at the perfect time as I'd probably have to pay people to, say, do an RSS feed to it. But it's fun, the tools, such as Ghost, are fun, so no complaints. And I'm realizing I actually learn 10x more thoroughly when I write things down even if never read it again so I can justify on that delusion alone!
Inspired me to write a few paragraphs. Thanks!
This isn't a comment. I'm not reading your post. This wasn't helpful to anyone. (Thank you so much!)
You are in the right place to write something. Go here and get started! :)
Thanks Pablo! I followed your advise and started my own blog! It's over here: dev.to/collenbrecht/my-first-blog-...
Thank you for the encouraging :)
You are welcome!
Why don't you leverage the encouragement and share something with the community? Start here :) :)
Wow thank you for this! Immediately writing my first blog post after reading this. No one cares!!!
This is a test. ☺