Blogging with Purpose

  In my job, I don't really get the opportunity to be even a little creative. I am a scientist though, so creativity isn't really in my genetic make up. However, I do like to write and take pictures so I need an outlet for all that. You are reading that outlet right now. I love to share things with people (no matter how few people are actually listening) and I also love the community that blogging brings with it. I could say that I blog for personal enjoyment and would do it regardless if no-one read my posts, but that is absolute crap. It is so much more fun when you have interaction with even one or two people. I have really been enjoying writing and working on my blog in the past few months and I think that is showing because a lot more people are reading.

  I have decided to take the blog in a slightly different direction, there will still be food, travel and book club posts but there will also be a lot more fitness and healthy food now. I am really enjoying Run Club and finding new ways to exercise, like bike riding!

  Along the same vein, I am also looking at ways to improve your experience on the blog. So I have dived head first into a HTML course after seeing a great review on my friend Nellie's blog - Our Wired Lives. I learnt so so much in just 2 weeks! These courses are amazing, you get access to the course materials on the first day and then you have 2 weeks worth of assignments to do and a new one is released Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I know what you are thinking, that is full on. I don't have the time to dedicate that much during the week. Don't worry, you can do the whole thing at your own pace. You can go into the chat centre and have access to all the materials. The courses are designed for people to complete as quickly or as slowly as they like. I actually registered for it a few months ago and completely dropped the ball. I didnt realise I would need to download software and then forgot about it. So I then completed it all in one weekend. Brilliant.

 

Of course, I also really want to start with a more pizazz in my pictures. I have been making an effort to edit the photos before they go on the blog but unfortunately I don't always travel with my camera but I do travel with my iPhone. So some of the photos aren't always the best but we will get there.

Any tips on how I can improve your experience on the blog?