Why I Blog

This weekend a friend texted me a screenshot of a Pinterest link his wife sent to him.

It was a link to my climbing wall post. She wants him to build one for their son. He recognized Charlie and my blog right away. Someone had pinned it and it gets a decent amount of traffic.

In a nutshell, that is why I blog. It warms my heart that people are building swing sets and climbing walls for their kids after reading one of my posts. I know of at least eight swing sets built from my post, and I assume there are more based on how many views the post series gets.

I share things on this blog in an attempt to inspire others to share things on their blogs, too. I often get ideas from the blogging community for things to read, projects to make, dishes to cook, and places to go. Sometimes this sparks conversations in person, too!

I also blog things for future me. I am probably the single most frequent consumer of my old posts. I could keep it all buried away in Obsidian or Evernote, but I like sharing it.

I’d love if you shared the things you make, read, and do, too. Preferably on your own blog instead of locked inside a walled garden (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) When you do, send me a link. I’d love to read it.

I also blogged about blogging a couple years ago in Why Blog?.