bear blog question challenge
Why did you make the blog in the first place?
Social media isn't really my thing. I like to talk to my friends and have a digital scrapbook of sorts on my Instagram. And while I'm making videos now I wanted something I could do when that felt taxing or a little too personal. Blogging has become my little escape where I can relax after being a mom all day. It's like living a double life, nobody would ever guess that I run a blog or really anything else I'm interested in because it doesn't fit a stereotype. I kind of like that!
Why did you choose Bearblog?
I was watching a YouTube video about the old web. Anyone who knows me really well knows that I spent most of my teen years on forums (yes millennials you heard that correctly). I really missed how life felt back then- well the good parts about it at least. I've recently found a new forum to call home not long after making this blog.
I think the big draw for bear is that it's not JUST a blog I am making completely alone. There is community in the discovery system so I don't feel as lonely but it still feels isolated enough for me to feel safe.
Have you blogged on other platforms before?
I have! when I was about 13-14 I had a WordPress blog. It was kind of a bucket-list tracker type of blog and I liked having a blog but just didn't know how to get it to look the way I wanted back then.
Do you write your posts directly in the editor or in another software?
It depends, I do have my notion where I have blog post ideas and drafts but sometimes I just write straight from bearblog.
When do you feel most inspired to write?
When I'm working on my goals. Weather I'm achieving them or not, I like to write about it because I like to look back at my past struggles and see how far I've come.
Do you publish immediately after writing or do you let it simmer a bit as a draft?
I use my notion as my drafts page, when I'm ready to post I do so right away.
Your favorite post on your blog?
Probably my most recent one, It took me a hot minute to write because it was hard to articulate my thoughts and still be somewhat coherent. (at least my friends said it was readable LOL)
Any future plans for your blog? Maybe a redesign, changing the tag system, etc.?
I'm going to come up with a tag system for sure the nature of my blog is expected to be all over the place in subject matter. I'd love to have a background (but it's coming off blurry at the moment which is why you can't see it). I do plan on changing my banner soon as well as I get some artwork done for it and my youtube channel. And I'd also like to get some social features up and running I think a qna bit on my blog would be really fun!