5 Questions About You Tag
Allan from Coffee with Allan Cockerill has tagged me to answer 5 fun blog related questions. I will also be tagging 5 people to do the same. Allan has described himself as an Aussie Dad in a house full of Sheilas and he addresses all kinds of serious issues but has a wonderful sense of humor.
The Questions
- How long have you been blogging?
- What inspired you to start a blog and who are your mentors?
- Are You trying to make money online, or just doing it for fun?
- Tell me 3 things you LOVE about being online.
- Tell me 3 things you STRUGGLE with in the online world.
How long have you been blogging?
I think it’s been about nine months. I started out at Suite101 and eventually became a feature writer for poverty and then switched to environmentalism. I couldn’t keep up with either since I write for four blogs now and my family keeps me hopping. I enjoy making candles so figured I would apply as a candle making editor at Craft Gossip. Now I also write for 451Press here, Globally Green Living and Mental and Emotional Health.
What inspired you to blog and who are your mentors?
- Matt Keegan from the Article Writer inspires me since he is a successful writer and blogger. Although we usually write about different subjects I enjoy reading his stuff.
- Wendy from eMoms at Home is who gave me the idea that I could work from home writing. My husband was on disability and I was having trouble with my shoulders and given the questionable diagnosis of Fibromyalgia. Anyway writing was something I decided I could do decently and blogging looked like a fun way to help support my family. Since I had taken a web design program in college a couple years ago it made me less intimidated about diving in.
- Darren Rowse from ProBlogger continues to provide tons of information on pro blogging and I will probably never read it all but have learned a lot. He’s a personable down to earth guy who genuinely enjoys helping people and that comes across in his writing.
- Steve Pavlina (Personal Development for Smart People) also continues to inspire me and I love how he gets me thinking about things in new ways.
There are many others but I need to move on to the next question.
Are you trying to make money online, or just doing it for fun?
I’m definitely doing it for fun but am beginning to make money as well. I think I would do it anyway but wouldn’t spend so much time on it if I couldn’t make money.
Tell me 3 things you LOVE about being online.
- I love meeting new people from all over the world and although I have never been a social butterfly, the internet has provided a way for me to be more sociable. I’m not a big phone person and am home most of the time so the internet has allowed me to communicate more through writing.
- I find learning about different cultures, countries and people fascinating and wish there was more time to read about it all. Blogs help give a personalized slant to many issues and I enjoy that aspect because you get a different perspective from what’s fed to you on television.
Ok, lets call that three things.
Tell me 3 things you STRUGGLE with in the online world.
- Scheduling my time. I don’t necessarily want to have a rigid set in stone schedule but I find if I don’t designate certain times for working I get easily sidetracked. I always cook supper for our family but sometimes I fall behind. The kids get snarly about that.
- Although I enjoy social networking sites like StumbleUpon and Facebook I don’t understand how people keep up with so many of them. Twitter seems to be big too but I don’t want to join too many more or I will never get anything done.
- As Allan has mentioned, sometimes communication can be challenging online. Not everyone has the same sense of humor or even knows if you’re joking because they can’t see you smiling. Sometimes I don’t expand as much as I should either so that leaves people to read between the lines.
5 other tagged bloggers
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Jean from Parenting and Religion
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am
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February 22nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Phew! I thought for a moment you tagged me. Seriously, I appreciate that I am able to inspire you, especially since (as you mentioned) we write about different topics. You’ve made my day!
February 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Matt, I didn’t have you pegged as the tagging type. ;)It’s new to me so I’m making the rounds. Glad to spread some cheer.
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