7 Reasons Why I Feel I Was Born To Be A Blogger

How have I been blogging for seven years? Like, where has the time gone?! 527 posts later, my blog is still going strong and I'm more in love with my blog now than I've ever been!

Thinking back to when I started my blog, I had my reasons for wanting to create a blog. When I think to the present day, I blog for different reasons now to what I did back then. My blog has helped me grow as a person and has allowed me to grow my creativity too. I literally had zero creativity skills before I started blogging. Nowadays, I still wouldn't say I'm the most creative person in the world, but it's a lot better thanks to blogging.

In some ways, I think I was born to be a blogger. Regretfully, I wish I had started blogging a couple years sooner than I did. I often think about where my blog would be now if I started it a couple years earlier. Would I be blogging full-time? Would I have made my blog a big money earner for myself? Unfortunately, I don't own a crystal ball so I can't predict this, but it doesn't fret me much thinking about what could have been.

But yes, as I said, I think in some ways, I was born to blog and be a blogger! 

Here are the 7 reasons why I feel I was born to be a blogger:

1) I love writing

Seems quite an obvious reason to want to blog. But yes, ever since I was in school and could do joined-up handwriting, I've loved writing. Whether it be about a dragon living in a castle, writing Haiku poems or even trying to be descriptive in my reasoning for why George was the way he was in Of Mice and Men, I've loved writing. Blogging and writing go hand in hand, so it seemed the perfect option for me to start a blog!

2) I like to share my experiences to (hopefully) help others

I'm not saying I like to overshare, but I like to share experiences that I've gone through as a way to help those who have gone through or who are currently going through the same thing. Whether it's something to do with mental and even my own physical health (CF), I think it's good to share and be able to talk and empathise with each other.

3) I love aesthetically pleasing places

When I go out, I'm always looking for a nice place, object or background to photograph, even if it's just for Instagram Stories. I love places that are great on the eye and are great things to photograph, even if it's just a nice flower or a delicious plate of food. Yes, I am one of those who takes photos of their food before eating (not all the time, I promise!)

4) I love being able to express myself

One thing I do love about blogging is the ability and freedom to be able to express myself through writing. I like to share my thoughts and opinions and be able to word dump online. I like to share how certain topics make me feel and my stance on them. The Internet and social media is a great platform to share your thoughts and feelings, as long as it's used in the right way. Unfortunately, there is that small minority who are ignorant, bigoted or just downright rude who use the platform to share opinions that rile up so many. But the easy way to resolve that is to not follow them!

5) I love recommending things to people

Some blogs are full of reviews for different things. Whether it's a book, a moisturiser, a hairspray, a Netflix series or a brand of coffee, there's always a review on someone's blog somewhere. I love being able to recommend items to people who need suggestions. I love having knowledge on something which I am happy to recommend!

6) I love speaking to like-minded people

Blogging has allowed me to speak to some wonderful bloggers online. It's great to speak to people who I have something in common with. It's hard to be able to get people who don't blog to understand the blogging world and what it's like. This is why I love going to blogging events, it's a great network to speak to like-minded people and just talk about a passion you love!

7) I'd love to start my own lifestyle magazine

This has been one of those pie-in-the-sky dreams for a few years now. But yes, since I started blogging, this is something that I've aspired to do. I'd love to publish my own lifestyle magazine and get other bloggers involved to write for it. I remember I used to write for a blogging magazine for a few years. Unfortunately, the blogging magazine closed last year and that kind of made me realise how much I would love to have a magazine for myself. We can all dream, right?!

These are the 7 reasons why I feel I was born to be a blogger! 

I just wanted to say a quick thank you to those who have been there with me from day one of Lucy Mary and to those who have given me encouragement and advice and have been my cheerleader over these seven years. I hope you will still continue to read my blog now as I go into my eighth year!

I'd love to know your thoughts on this. Do you feel you were born to be a blogger?