I'm proud of myself!

[DeletedUser394]

It's been a long time since I've experienced a feeling like this.

I had a concept for a blog (I want to build my credibility for other endeavors that I have planned.)

I committed it to paper.

And I built it!

It's a small victory, and I hope to have many more.

I overcame some obstacles, (which I used to label as excuses)

1) I have no credit card (to pay for the domain/hosting)
2) I had no technical knowledge (even for something relatively simple)
3) Self doubt. (what if nobody wants to read it? What if I run out of topics to write about? what if.. what if... what if...)

I'm figuring it out more and more as I go along.

The important part is to just take that first step, no matter what doubts or reservations you think you have. Just do it anyway! :smxB:

Oh yeah, and I almost forgot, here's the blog: beastlife.com

I'll be adding a favicon, a link to facebook/twitter/other social medias, pictures to my blog posts, etc.

What do you guys think of the readability of the theme?

Any other suggestions?

Time to use this first small victory, to branch out, gain confidence, and accomplish bigger goals!

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

It's been a long time since I've experienced a feeling like this.

The feeling of achievement is awesome and I am glad you are experiencing it. And notice, it doesn't involve money. Imagine the feeling of achievement PLUS someone is giving you money because of your achievement. The feeling is doubled ... feeling x 2! Way to go.

 

[John C.]

Ryan,

Congratulations ... you have accomplished the most important step. Getting in the game. Find some way to celebrate your accomplishment.

I do a blog called Lessons in Life. There are probably some commonalities between our blogs. You can check out mine at Weekly Lessons | Teach the Soul | Lessons in Life

John

 

[Carson Yim]

Just dropping by to complement your first effort on getting out of your own way Keep going!

 

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[Aspire4More]

Congrats, I'm in a similar boat. Started a blog recently targeting a specific niche with zero experience. Just recently aquired a nice aged domain that I'm trying to figure out how best to use.

 

[DeletedUser394]

Thanks everyone!

I just learned a pretty sweet lesson.

'Listen to the market'.

So I had created my blog, which I liked the design of.. but then I started getting what I viewed as criticisms. A few people said it was hard to read, it wasn't fluid, there was no colour, no pictures, etc.

Rather than get upset, I made the decision to look at this as feedback, and not criticism. I swallowed my pride, and realized that it's the CONSUMERS WHO DETERMINE WHAT THEY LIKE, and not you.

I took the feedback, and turned it into a much cleaner/user friendly website. I still have more to do to get it to where it has to be, but by changing my attitude from 'what do they know! They don't know what they're talking about!' to 'they know exactly what they want, and I'm going to do my best to give it to them' has done wonders so far.

And the funny thing is... I like the design a lot more now then I did before!

 

[Jon123456]

Tagline suggestion: Live Your Potential, Release The Beast!

 

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[DeletedUser394]

I LOVE that, thank you!

I just bumped you out of parked

 

[Jon123456]

Pleased I could help. Thanks for bump!