The Five Reasons YOU Should Invest More Time Into Your Blog

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The Five Reasons You Should
Invest More Time in Your Blog
by Kendall F. Person

forestI was a late bloomer when it came to blogging, not entering the scene until August 2012, and only at the suggestion of a close friend and fan of my work. When I posted U.S. Open: the drama in sports, it was not because I had suddenly seen the light and wanted to join the blogging community, which as it turns out, was the best decision I could have made, but it was because,  after a 12 year self-imposed exile, I wanted to discover if I were still able to write. I was not working at the time, having only recently returned from a 30-day project in Philadelphia, so time, as far as hours in a day, was on my side. Locating an apt subject was simple, for as a huge tennis enthusiast, the approaching United States Open afforded the perfect topic. Blogger, Google’s easy to use blogging platform, gave me the tool and my good friend had given me the motivation.

I had spent 15 years in the marketing arena, five of those years marketing my own work, so I knew about promotions and the need to promote my first post if I expected anyone to read it. My confidence was not low, it was non-existent, so I chose an inventive way to promote my work, while protecting my fragile ego in the process. I derived a pen-name, hence, thepublicblogger.

Knowing the importance of statistics, after conducting a generous amount of promotional work, I sat back and stared at the counter, which is a built-in part of the blogging platform. While tennis is a niche sport in my home nation, it is a major attraction in most other parts of the world, and to my surprise, U.S. Open: the drama in sports took off (on a relative scale). I would gain a 1000 views in the first week of that first post, and even some infighting in the comments section. And then, something remarkable happened….Kendall F. Person the writer was given a second life.

gardenI began searching for permanent employment, but continued to write and soon after published my second post, Rudyard and Michelle: A Literary Union forms a Century Apart. While the numbers were not nearly as impressive, the comments reaffirmed that the literary world was where I belonged. I continued to blog, even confirming – via the series BREATHE – rumors among close friends that thepublicblogger and Kendall F. Person were one in the same. Nearly one year, 30 posts, and 12 promotional videos later, I realized that investing more time into my blog, can only make me mentally stronger, more visible as an author, more determined as a writer

and more knowledgeable about the

world around me.

So without further ado, I give you The 5 Reasons why YOU should invest more time into your blog.

If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run  – from If, by Rudyard Kipling

 

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Time
For those who enjoy a comfortable and refreshing night’s sleep, consider it a one of life’s guilty pleasures. Those who suffer with insomnia, either on occasions or as a way of life, perceive a peaceful, uninterrupted night of slumber a gift straight from the heavens. Lack of sleep does not simply leave you tapped for energy, it actually becomes painful as one tosses and turns, slugging pillows, throwing the blanket on and off of your tired body, begging for the sandman to take you, which he never does. But why suffer in silence, or disturb your loved one, if there is one sleeping beautifully next to you, or drain more brain cells watching television shows you would not normally watch, when you can invest that time, not being used by anything else, into your blog.

Rather it is a rant about not being able to sleep, or a piece of work worthy of a Nobel Prize for literature, producing new posts, adds depth to your site, material for readers and yes, writing a full post at two in the morning, even acts as a natural tranquilizer, allowing you to get some much needed rest.

In vain have you acquired knowledge if you have not imparted it to others. – from Deuteronomy Rabbah

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Share the Wealth
There is nary a challenge, problem, question or quandary that is unique to any individual person. And while I completely understand that just reading about another person’s struggles, that are similar to ones own, will not solve your problem, it sure can make you feel a whole lot better. I use my own posts as examples, simply because I know them, I do not pertain to be an expert in all fields that I write about, so read the comments under your own posts or others’ you follow, and you will note the truth of what I state. When I posted about operating under the confines of bipolar disorder (Elevators: Using Mind Games to Cope with Depression), readers who battle depression, anxiety or other mental blings, joined in the conversation. Some were grateful of my personal anecdotes, while others left messages of their own successes and challenges. BULLY opened the doors wide to a societal discussion on worldwide crime, and my music reviews introduce artists to new listeners. Whatever direction your blog has taken or the platform you have chosen, there are others who can be assisted by your strengths or, in turn, even offer meaningful suggestions to the one that made the posts.

Omwana ni wa bhone  (It takes a village to raise a child) – Kijita (African) proverb

threeThe Blogging Community Depends On It. 
In the small, working-class neighborhood of Strawberry Manors in the city of Sacramento, California, it is not uncommon for police helicopters to hover overhead or gunshots to be heard through the silent air of a warm summer night. The local elementary school, at one point, ranked dead last in academic performance in the state of California. The neighborhood and its residence were thought so little of, when the great floods of 1986 threatened to inundate expansive land geared for development, even though it was vacant, developers purposely diverted flood waters that  drowned nearly ever single house. But Strawberry Manors proved that the strength of its community would be measured by its residence and fought back against every challenge that threatened their pursuit of living a normal, happy life. They embraced wayward youth rather than shooing them away. They demanded a strong academic program for their children and they waged a winning class-action battle against those same developers, being awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair their washed out homes. But if not for the active participation of most of the home and property owners alike, Strawberry Manors could have easily fallen into despair.

In writing post and maintaining our blogs, we are making a contribution to an institution with a world wide influence, allowing everyone to voice their opinion and deliver sound, experience-driven advice. Each contribution deepens the level of the well. Rather your contribution is entertainment, how-to or a rant about your bad day, it allows the blogging platform to earn the mantle of being an expansive, online community that brings the world closer together.

Just make me feel good. – Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball

 

twoReleases Negative Energy in a Positive Way. 
Leticia Musgrove, Halle Berry’s character in the brilliant, but depressing Monster’s Ball, had lost her husband through capital punishment, her only child was hit by a car, she was evicted from her home, and literally thrown out into the streets. Alone with Hank Grotowski, (immortalized by Billy Bob Thornton) who had problems of his own, he asked but one question “What can I do for you?” Her reply, “Just make me feel good.”

Venting frustrations, even at an unchangeable situation, or presenting your self-produced podcast, video or book, blogging has a way of making each of us feel good. There is a sense of accomplishment whenever we complete and publish a post. Rather it is a photograph of the sunrise, taken from a mountaintop somewhere in paradise or the final episode of a 5-part serial post, we exhale at the small wonder we achieved, and revel in victory when readers find solace or passion within our art. We feel good because we have taken a step toward reaching our goal, or simply because we find joy in being ‘Liked’ by someone that we may never know.

Say it forget it, Write it regret it. – Unknown Origin

 

oneOur Contribution to the World
‘Say it, your words will be forgotten. Write it, your words will transcend time’ should be the bloggers motto. Following the Columbus High School track team debacle, I joined the discussion via telephone and in person. But I found the incident extraordinary, for whatever reasons, which incited to me to write the post A Lonely World. My life is still a work in process. I am humbled by both my readership and the incredible comments that readers leave. While I am a confident writer and do comprehend its craft, there is still much for me to learn and room for me to grow. So when I say, A Lonely World is a special post, please accept my words in the spirit in which they are given, and by no means a braggart or conceited boast. And that spirit is to prove my final point. Had I not written the post and only stated verbally the exact same words, what has turned out to be my most read, most liked and most heartfelt piece of work, would have found no further listeners then those few people that I spoke with, who have no doubt forgotten, the words that transpired about such a meaningful topic.

Everyone has a story or a song or an experience that once immortalized through blogging, will produce comfort or force thought or a reaction, somewhere around the world. Investing more time recording those experiences, assures that our imaginative creations, valued opinions and wealth of knowledge will find audiences to enjoy and learn from them, long after we are gone.

– an opinion from thepublicblogger (Kendall F. Person)
music, ‘My Motivation Inspiration Everything’ courtesy of P-Shaw Productions

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576 Comments on “The Five Reasons YOU Should Invest More Time Into Your Blog”

  1. What can I say? This blog is magic and this post has cast a spell upon me. Kendall, thank you so much for following, but more importantly, thank you for sharing with the world that it is possible to bounce back even after hitting rock bottom, that it is possible to soar even after we’re smashed down to ground zero, and that it is not foolish to dream for the skies after being caught in the bowels of hell for so long – a message that I identify with every day of my life, and I’m sure must have inspired so many more before me. You are indeed a Person who has become so much more; I do hope and believe that your words will continue to feed generations of bloggers and non-bloggers alike in the many years to come. Thank you, so incredibly much for your inspiring testimony once again.

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    • You, my friend, have not just reared me speechless, which has happened before, but the emotions you have triggered have caused me to take a time out to gain my composure. Welcome to my world, where even when you have nothing left, not even the will, but just the words HOLD ON, we will all make it through. You are a beautiful person. Welcome to the neighborhood. It has just been upgraded now that you are here.

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  3. Thank you for following me and appreciate it. I would love to get some advice from you, Appreciate it.

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  4. Hi Kendall,
    Thank you for following me. I don’t know how you were able to find my blog but I appreciate that you followed me. Although this is my first blog, I have other several piece that I wrote. Just read your “Five Reasons…” and for sure I will learn a lot from your blogs. I would love to get some advice anything about writing. Again, Thank you.

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    • It is my pleasure to have become a follower of your site and I am grateful that you found this post beneficial. Please, help me announce to the world that I am here, tell your friends about this neighborhood and a special thanks to you for adding your voice. You are appreciated.

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  6. Hi Kendall,
    Thank you for following my blog, Abstract Reception Fine Art Blog. You are an excellent writer. I will definitely visit this blog again.

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  7. Thank you for following me Kendall 🙂 and also for all great post here & the tips are great kind heart *hug

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  8. Thanks for following my blog. Blogging started out on two other blogs 2 years ago as a way to make my facilitating services more visible, then issues struck me as important, so I started another one…then I noticed that it was amazing to write but as Whispering Insights, I can just let it flow. It is therapeutic, cathartic, a great learning experience and bloggers here are an amazing community…supportive and respectful. So whispering Insights writes more out of sheer pleasure and I am learning in the process…win win win. WI

    P.S. as for one religion…I try to follow the Golden Rule which IS ONE religion, right? 🙂

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  10. Hello (smiling). Excuse me my ignorance but I do not know who are you and what did you do before your blogging, and you are new figure for me (once again, excuse me if I offended you). So, thank you following me as well. I am a new immigrant and writing about everything what I feel, see and hear. My passion is my thoughts that I can write by connecting letters into words and make sense on the piece of paper. Thanks that you found me. 🙂
    ps. my blog is http://immigrantsnotes.wordpress.com

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    • Impossible that any of your kind words could have offended me. Quite the opposite. I am appreciate of your leaving such a sincere comment in this platform. 12 years ago I was a promising author armed with 3 original and well-received books. But as we sometimes do, I made wrong choices sending my life into a tailspin, taking more than a decade to pick myself back up. But I am here now and it has been the kindness of strangers like you that have allowed me to make good use of my 2nd chance. Welcome to the neighborhood.

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      • Thank you 🙂 for your warm words. Let’s be an inspiration to each other 🙂

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  11. Thank you for this. And thank you for visiting my page and following. I’m so very new at this, I’m trying to make sure I know to how to follow as well! This was very motivating to someone just beginning to get her feet wet in Blogging. I look most forward to future posts from you. Namaste.
    ZenGirl
    (p.s. Yes! I found the button to Follow! You’re my first.)

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  13. Hi Kendall, Thanks for following my blog. It gave me an opportunity to see what you blog about as well & I like what I read!! You are very insightful & have good suggestions. Thanks again.

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  15. Thanks so much for the follow Kendall, I too am grateful to read your very inspiring blog! I’m so new to this and blogs like yours really offer great support and insight, thanks! Keep it up 🙂

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  16. Thank you for following me Kendall 🙂
    and to read a post like this one on the second day of your blogging “career” is a blast.
    I consider myself officially lucky.

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  17. Thank you for stopping by my blog, Kendall! I hope you will enjoy my travel inspirations around the world. Loved this post of yours – I too have been motivated to blog more and there are always more good reasons not to stop!

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    • It is a pleasure for me to have stopped by your blog. I try to read as many of my neighbors post as I can, but as we all know, time is not always our friend. But it is always nice to engage and meet a new friend. Welcome to the neighborhood.

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  18. Kendall,
    Great post. I especially like ‘the blogging community depends on it.
    Thanks for following Atridim News Journal.
    Captain Rick

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    • It is my pleasure to be a part of your online community as I welcome you to mine. The blogging community depends on a wide variety of post from all over the world to make it the fascinating, interesting, entertaining, learning experience that it is. Very nice to make your acquaintance Captain Rick.

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  19. A great blog and wise words Kendall. Thank you for following my Life Coaching blog, I hope some of my posts resonate with you as yours has with me 🙂
    Go well
    Sandra 🙂

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  20. Thanks so much for following me at “Montreal and Beyond”, thereby leading me to this magnificent post!

    I’m also new to blogging and am always astounded each time someone tells me they enjoyed my inane musings about backpacking in India, or gallivanting in Mexico, or exploring Canada’s wine country. I don’t really know why I do it, but I know I look forward to posting… I take that as a sign that I should probably keep doing it.

    Cheers!

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  21. Thank you for following me. Impressive blogging here and seemingly a great meeting place for bloggers. Thanks and I look forward to following your work.

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    • Thank you for those last words especially. My vision is to create a neighborhood where all are welcome and it appears that is being achieved. Welcome to the neighborhood and I am glad to be a part of yours too.

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  22. Beautiful writing… Powerful and profound. Thank you for reading my work.

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  23. Thank you for following my blog. I love this post as it makes a lot of valid points! I agree, we all do have different pieces of information to share, as well as to help others.

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  24. Thank you for following my blog. I am very new to the blogging community and hope to touch many with my unique outlook and approach at personal release and sanity through the written word. I hope you will continue to enjoy my content as I am sure to find great pleasure in reading your wide array of posts.

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  25. I found your blog because you followed me. For that, I thank you. I felt like I was talking to an old friend as I read this – especially the first and last part. Your parentheses – insomnia and eternity. For those words, I am truly grateful. Nothing like a chat with an old friend. So, thank you for the follow even if you never get a moment to read another post. This was great. Following!

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  27. I post on my blog twice a week with last Wednesday being the first time I completely skipped a posting day. I do not spend more time on my blog because I have other projects that I do and want to do and I think once a week to talk, briefly, about my life and once to talk about some subject I have been pondering is enough. When I move my own site, which I had wanted to do at the start of this year but for various reasons didn’t, and I have made the decision to have my blog pay (which I have not yet made) then I will post more often, perhaps even multiple times a day as that would draw more interest. Until then, I am satisfied with my twice a week.

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    • I have a question for you….how do you prevent all the bloggers who are promoting blogging marketing schemes from contacting you? I want my writing to reach people…people who may really be interested in reading. So far, I keep getting followers of those who want my business.It doesnt seem genuine.
      Any input?

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      • I have read your blog and it does not lend itself to marketing schemers or scammers. I suggest you simply trash those or be sure your scam guard is set properly and keep posting. The old saying ‘ If you build it they will come’ will eventually prevail.

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        • Thx. I will check the spam guards. I am getting followers mostly who are blogging thru the Empower Network. Hoping that I choose to sign up to make endless amts of money.

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  28. As a BRAND NEW BLOGGER, I am honored to be followed by a writer such as you. I am on a personal self discovery mission and just have a feeling that in this forum I will find a direction for myself. Having been a creative who chose to suppress said creativity in order to finish college, marry, begin a family, and start a career. Now in my 40’s, I’ve realized that I require connection with my creative self for survival. The feedback of this community, I am hoping, will drive me to keep looking deeper.
    Thanks for following and supporting me.

    ~jen

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    • Jen – And now the world is your canvass. You have become a part of an international community that helps each other grow in ways big and small and all of the steps you have taken in getting here will become a part of your creations. Glad you are here.

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  31. I enjoyed reading this so you accomplished getting me to identify with you… I started blogging because I was suddenly without a class to teach, a prayer meeting to hold, a drama to produce, a choir to teach and direct… basically told I “didn’t fit the new vision”… and I found my voice on social media and then another web site now WordPress… if I am able to help one person by speaking in this way then I feel I have accomplished something! Thank you for your insight I look forward to reading more from you!

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  32. Ha ha! I am glad to know that I am not the only one who feels the need to blog at 2 am! Thanks for your insights!

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  33. Thanks for following me. I am rushing to catch a ferry so haven’t read this fully, but hints, tips and instructions on how to set out such a great looking page would be fantastic to non-geeks like me. Look forward to reading more when I return. 🙂

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  34. I simply love, Love, LOVE your neighbourhood motto! Thank you for following BoS, and thank you for this blog. Your narrative is quite engaging.

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  35. I am truly Honored and Humbled with your following my writing. I took time to peruse your writing and was sincerely blessed. I will likewise follow your writings.

    My writing is to teach and inspire. I simply want to “Add Value” to other people.

    Keep up the good work you are doing!

    http://www.JimKilgoreMinistries.com

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    • It is the circle of life, for it is comments like these from readers like you that inspire me. Thank you for stopping and and for doing what you do. Welcome to the Neighborhood. I am proud to be a neighbor of yours too.

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  36. Thank you for the follow firstly. Secondly and more importantly, thank you for this beautiful post. I’m typing this reply at midnight but it was the first thing that I read this morning when I woke up and that was truly a remarkable, moving and inspiring way to start my morning.

    I will most definitely try to take all of the advice in this post to heart.

    Thanks again.

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    • It is my pleasure to be a part of your community and I welcome you to mine. I cannot state enough how fortunate we are to have discovered and taken an active role in the blogging platform. Am even trade of information only can be beneficial to us as individuals and as part of humanity. As you have found inspiration from my post, I have found inspiration from your thoughts. You are appreciated.

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  38. Thank you for following my blog, and for supporting all members of the blogging community. Well-written post, thank you for the insight 🙂 I hope that my blog will offer you something as well, along with many others

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    • You are very welcome. I have discovered that sharing with others, learning from others and being a good neighbor makes for a fulfilling blogging experience. I am grateful that you have joined the discussion and I welcome you to the neighborhood.

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  39. This is a great post, I’ve been blogging for 6 months now and one of my best accomplishments was when I reached 100 posts. I was so proud of my dedication and work. It doesn’t matter what you have to say as a blogger, just say it, someone is listening 🙂

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  40. Loved your post. With all of us out here writing what we believe in hoping it will move and shake some people; this piece was inspiring. It inspires me to write and write and keep writing regardless of how many views or likes I get… although I would like 1000 🙂 I think believing in yourself is half the battle.

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    • All it takes is one to believe in what you are doing. If that one person is you, then keep going and if writing or becoming a professional athlete or a doctor is your calling, then eventually all will see. Even if writing remains a hobby or a way to get away, that is alright too, because there is always something inside of you that someone else is going through too. Welcome to the neighborhood.

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  41. Thanks for the follow. Enjoyed this post, I am new to blogging myself and this post resonated with me as I began my blog to both get my thoughts in order (therapy) and to hopefully help at least one person who finds themselves going through a similar journey. Feel even more inspired now!

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  42. Great post. Written expression has always had a pull for me…but this blogging adventure has been a tentative step into the great unknown. Not sure WHY I blog, but find it’s cathartic to simply capture what rattles around in my brain without having to verbalize it to anyone in particular. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and be a listener going forward. Always amazed to see the site stats…who ARE all these folks that click on my posts?! So few comments… it’s easy to assume their reaction is just ‘meh..’. Gaining a new follower is like earning a stamp of approval. Thanks so much, Kendall.

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    • If blogging relaxes you, then perhaps it is the reason. But ultimately, if the act of sharing your thoughts, provides only comfort, no displeasure, than no need to overthink it. In time, perhaps your blog will take a specific direction or gain a noted purpose, but if you didn’t blog in the first place, you would not get to where you were meant to be. So, just go with it. And enjoy the dynamics of meeting new people, sampling new art, taking vicarious trips around the world and becoming a part of the neighborhood. You help make it complete.

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  43. Heh. You blog one year and have 327 ‘likes’ on your latest post. I blog seven years plus, and have four ‘likes’. Am I disgruntled? Well, maybe a little, but then (I fool myself) I’m not writing to be ‘liked’ (whatever that may mean to you, or me for that matter).

    PS Typo alert:
    “So without further adieuado,” <- I've just learnt that some refer to this as an ‘eggcorn’. I learn something nieu every day! 🙂

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    • lol…lol…I love funny. You are a welcome addition to the neighborhood on bringing laughter alone. But to be so kind as to inform me of a typo, demonstrates a good neighbor and some I am glad that I know. Thank you on all accounts. You are appreciated.

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  45. Thanks for the follow, Kendall. Nice blog you have. Always good to see a blog that honors civil discourse. *Click on “follow”*

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    • All opinions, beliefs and thoughts are welcomed here, but each neighbor is entrusted to support their position on its own merit. We can enter into a debate on a polarizing topic and be at opposite ends of the pole, but win or lose or if it ends in a stalemate, if we have engaged in a discussion and not a fight, then we all win. The posts here, combine, for nearly 2000 comments and only 2 attempted to create chaos for the sake of. Could not be a coincidence. I think we, commenters and my response included, have created a platform of such civility and those who don’t want that, may feel outnumbered and simply move on without adding their voice. Just a theory, but I am proud of the neighborhood we are building.

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  46. Thank you for following my blog. I have been writing blog for four months and start to slow down until I read your post. It is a good motivation post for me to continue writing.

    Hope to read more posts from you.

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  47. Love this post, especially the ‘bloggers motto! Thanks for stopping by my little blog and following! You have a beautiful blog here…..and now I’m on my way to read ‘A Lonely World’ – Cheers!

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  49. Awesome post. Thanks for following me; it made it easy for me to find your incredible post. I love the reason that by writing we can help others. Love that.

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  50. Hey thanks for following me. I find your advice helpful as I’ve just returned from a hiatus of not blogging since 2010. WordPress has changed its interface quite a bit so I’m just slowly being accustomed to the new environment.

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    • hi there! Thanks for following my blog, I just started last few days lol. You have some good stuff. Keep it up 😉

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