Does your blog make you feel good?
If your answer is yes, chances are it is extending that wonderful feeling to your readers as well. Feeling good is a bit like yawning, you can’t do it without affecting others. Its contagious. So is being miserable in your writing. Writing a constructive rant is one thing but nobody wants to read stuff that brings everyone down, all the time.
What kind of blogger would you rather be? Positive and inspiring others, or a whiny one. Nobody likes whingers, at least that’s what I notice around me. And that’s what I teach my kids too.
I am a huge fan of those bloggers who can put a positive spin on just about anything. It is my utmost pleasure to read what they have to say. You read these people and you feel like you can do anything. They give you that extra something you need from your reading – something to tell you it’s all going to work out in the end.
You can write like that too.
You don’t have to be the world’s most optimistic person. You just have to be human.
Be HAPPY
Have a cheerful disposition in real life? When people see you, does it put a smile on their faces or do they think ..uh oh.
Being a joyful person that you are, let your blog posts reflect that. I am not suggesting that we all need to only write about the good things, after all what’s the purpose of having a blog where you can’t let loose and do an occasional rant. But really, there is a lot of misery in real life, much gloom and doom. Talk about that if you must, but it pays if people leave your blog feeling much better.
Be HELPFUL
Your blog has to do either one of two things, either it entertains or it helps.
Make your writing useful. Provide some value to your readers. When you provide genuine help to your readers, they see it’s not all about you. Yes, it’s all about your writing but for what? Feel better about yourself or some other higher purpose.
I write to help myself and .. others.
Educate yourself by helping others. In helping others lies your sense of achievement and pride. Do your part.
Be HUMOROUS
There is nothing sadder than not being able to laugh at oneself or to not see the lighter side of things. It’s truly amazing what laughter can do to brighten up a room, how it lifts everybody’s spirits.
Laughter is generosity. It means you are interacting in a way that is neither judgemental, nor serious. People love it when there is unexpected humour amongst all the serious stuff. It’s like the icing on the cake for me.
When you write lightly, it means you encourage others to look at things in a new perspective. All of a sudden, things seem better and it keeps everything in perspective.
Be HOPEFUL
It keeps everyone going.
I am sure everyone has those days when everything seems to take a turn for the worst. Nothing goes according to plan and after few such days, it’s quite easy to start questioning the purpose of it all. It’s a state of depression and it strikes us all. I too suffer from it and in those days you don’t even know what hope looks like. On that day I long to find something that offers hope, something that reminds me why I am doing it all. Could your blog do this for your readers?
Share your successes with your readers. People love a happy ending.
Share your hard lessons you learnt. People love you when you refuse to stay down and show them how to come out smiling.
Do you have any stories to tell? You will find many listeners. Be positive. Be that blogger.
Be HUMAN
Show your human side. Make people relate to you. They like hearing a human voice, something that is real, honest and well… just human.
Be human, be yourself and all will be well.
On a day when I am following my H religion, nobody is more successful on the planet than me. There is nothing that I cannot achieve. On a day like this, I want to write a post like this and share it with everybody.
Not everyday is like that, and sometimes I don’t get to meet all things H for many days. One those days it’s impossible to write a cheerful post. On those days, I look forward to reading all other bloggers who are humorous and help out others by reminding us that there is always hope. They remind us that this is all part of being human. And we are happy.
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