My Opinion On Opinions

I was looking through my old blog Thoughts on Life: A Teen's Perspective (which, if you haven't heard, was an absolute failure), and I realized something oddly peculiar (oddly odd, ha!). All my posts were unopinionated. For a personal blog, I think it's only right to have it be one's own opinions, not just what's going on. I mean if you're doing a business-related blog and need to relay honest news, I would probably go with writing a non-biased post, but for personal blogs? It's annoying to go back and read my old posts;  I would talk about something being for a long time, and then say, "On the other hand, this thing could also be good because of this and this." I would contradict myself and everything I believe.

I've recently came to terms with the idea that writing and expressing yourself on a blog cannot be to try and please everyone. So what if someone doesn't agree with what you're saying! I think a few years ago I didn't want people to know what my take was on a certain topic. I didn't want to say how I felt about something in fear that someone would disagree with me. I'm happy to say now I've come to a conclusion; it's better to say your opinion and express your feelings, rather than to try and make everyone happy and make a post that equally defends both arguments. Isn't a blog a place for your own pool of thoughts?

I think that unopinionated posts are just a sad attempt at trying to make everyone happy. Blogging isn't about what people think, it's about what you think; your feelings. If someone doesn't like what you write, they can help themselves to the exit button.

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Exciting news: I decided to take blogging more seriously and finally bought a domain for my site! Instead of the typical .blogspot insert, my site is now www.eternalmusing.com. If you log in to the original one (aimless-reverie), it'll redirect you to this domain.


Anyways, with new priorities comes a need for more information. I needed to consult the experts in the field of blogging and came across one particular one that inspired me to go through this: Blogging Bookshelf. This site has everything you need to know about blogging and anything you might like to change in your blog to increase traffic, have people commenting on your posts, and become well-known in the blogosphere. Now I don't typically blog about blogging because it's out of my niche and I'm fairly new to it myself, but I felt the need to credit Tristan, the creator of the site, for his insights and aspirations that gave me that push to take blogging to the next level.

In the next few weeks, I'll be tweaking up my blog a bit here and there like changing formats and making it more individual (instead of a blogger template) to my style. If you regularly follow my posts, thank you so much for your support, I wouldn't have gotten to this point without you.

Comment below and tell me what you think!

• Any comments on this new endeavor?
• Any suggestions on posts you want to see in the future?
• What niche do you consider my blog to be in?