In light of our newly virtual semester, instead of using this blog just for fact checks, I will be expanding my blogging experience by exploring my blogging goals and using them to decide on the thread of my posts for the rest of this semester.
In this first post after moving online, I want to list my blogging goals: what I plan to give and get out of blogging this semester.
I want to use this opportunity to get better at creating ideas and content for a blog, as I transition into adding a second concentration onto my major and learning more about editing and publishing.
In the past, I’ve never really understood why people enjoy blogging and I never read a lot of blogs. I blogged for classes, but I was required to write about certain things and my interest in blogging sank even lower. However, with the chance to write about something more tailored to my interests, I may decide to start a blog of my own after this if I can discover a niche.
Another of my goals is to discover how blogging could benefit me. Will it help my resume? Give me a place to express myself? Broaden and strengthen my writing ability?
I am still doing this for a class, so I want to make sure that my experimental blog posts receive good grades, but more importantly I want to find a way to make sure that this benefits me in the long run.
Later this week I will put up two more blog posts discussing my blogging goals in more detail!
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