While I ran websites and newsletters before, I've only been blogging for almost 2 years. By coincidence I found Bear, and I immediately got drawn to it. Not only did it look like a good platform, it also hosted a great community. So while I got started, I got to know other bloggers and learned from them.
I enjoyed my blogging experience. And my blog grew. I added snapshots, app reviews, ... And the more I published, the more visibility I gained. People started to reach out to me. People linked to my articles. I felt seen.
However, this visibility also came with a dark side. All of a sudden, my content had to be meaningful. Snapshots had to be good looking. Articles had to be long and serve a purpose. I stopped publishing notes not to overwhelm my RSS subscribers.
I told myself this.
I had put myself in a box, and it got more difficult to get out.
I stopped publishing regularly.
While in my box, I discovered Pagecord, a blogging platform, like many others. Its simplicity lured me in, and I gave it a try.
The benefit of this new blog was that no one knew about it. I started to experiment. My initial try of daily updates failed; however, in January I gave it another go with the crazy idea of doing a 365 photo project. No rules, just 1 photo published daily.
I liked it. And as I had no followers, I published more. Status updates. Longer posts.
I felt liberated.Â
5 months have past since my rebirth, and while Pagecord has been growing, so has this blog. Whatever I want to add, I do. My readers are clever enough to filter out what they want. They always have been.
I'm no longer constraining myself. And neither should you.