Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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“Why do we fall, sir?”
Every day, every one of us go through paths of hell and heaven to achieve or overcome what we desire the most, whether that be looking for a job, mourning over the passing of a loved one or getting over a heartbreak.
But the most important thing is, in all of these scenarios, we fall, we fall right on our face and that’s when we think everything is falling apart. We seem to slowly lose that tiny bit of resemblance of hope that we had in our hearts, that hey, everything is gonna be alright, but then suddenly we feel everything is falling apart.
That’s when a little voice inside us talks to us, asks us, that, why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up.
Now this quote is actually from the movie ‘The Dark Knight’. But the message behind this is that no matter how hard we fall, may that be right on our face, in the end we will always learn to pick ourselves up and move on. We have to pick ourselves up, because no one else is going to that, no one will be there for us, except us.
Because that is what life is all about, to move on. We will face hardships, barriers that will block our path to success, but what is success without any struggles? What is the fun in that? How will we be an inspiration to others if our success involves no struggles at all? 🙂
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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