SUMMARY

written by Tina Wang

When I do make time to spend on my blog much of it makes me realize just how much I need to learn in running a blog.

Having discussions with people and developing connections and friendships online is definitely a great value. I love this part of blogging and knowing there are friends who support me and who have similar thoughts and experiences that visit my blog on a regular basis. This is a huge encouragement which makes the time spent feel so much more valuable.

Written content is continually valuable for yourself and others as reference material. I find myself referring to articles and series I wrote quite a while ago now very often and they are always valuable to me to pass along to people asking about those subjects. I’m constantly surprised by how much volume of content that accumulates from blogging and how useful it can be in a variety of situations.

The other great thing to be learned from the content is in writing it itself. I write about subjects I am interested in but I certainly don’t only pick subjects I already know about. I go out and research my topics, I read books and articles to gain some insight and varying perspectives on the subject and then I write my own version and opinions on the subject based on what I’ve learned and experienced about it. Sometimes this is over the course of years or even my whole lifetime and sometimes it’s over the course of a few hours. There is something I learn, reinforce or realize every time I write any new content.