Things I've Noticed Two Years On

You would never know it, but I used to hate to write.  (I blame it on English teachers who didn’t appreciate my writing style).  As you can tell, I now really like to write, (thanks to English teachers who taught me how to write better and who appreciated my writing style).  And as I get older, I feel the need to express my opinion more often.  I think I’m becoming more opinionated with age.  Thank God for blogs.  I have actually been able to share my ideas with people other than the individuals I know.  Some of them I believe are important as I think they can help change people’s attitudes about things from my small-time virtual pulpet.  People often don’t get why I blog.  Part of it is to write for fun, but part of it is to make a difference by conveying what I want to tell the world on the web.  If I come up high in search results, then I can be more influential than the next girl or guy.  And I get to entertain people with some hardly useful thoughts I come up with.  I find that satisfying too.  But blogs aren’t just about me.  I came to the blogging world very late compared to others.

An important point that my friend and long time reader of TIN, Dave, brought up: blogging is a great media equalizer.  It’s like democracy for news.  We don’t have to rely on corporate-tainted media telling us “the facts”.  Now, any one of us with internet access and a few bucks can spout off.  And that’s great.  Plus it gives a search user easy access to the pulse of the world.  It does create a new predicament though.  No credentials or credibility, (besides a basic command of language), are needed to do this.  Dumb people of the world can spread their misinformation and hatred. 

My next objective is to actually make some money off of this blog.  You may have noticed the Google AdSense advertising at the top.  I would love to make a living off of blogging, so if any of you would like to advertise on here, drop me a line.  According to this website, an ad on my site should cost $9 per month.  I do get close to 50 visitors a day, have had more than 27,000 visitors in the two years since “Things I’ve Noticed” launched. I don’t foresee myself shutting down anytime soon.  That’s because I don’t stop thinking and I can’t stop noticing things.

+ Atul

Comments

[Official Debate]

Atul,

This is a hell of a blog. Keep up the good work buddy. Soon enough you'll be bringing in a couple of dollars. Hopefully www.OfficialDebate.com will do the same for me. I really have faith that we will do well and the reason is that we love doing what we are doing any way. OfficialDebate is more to me than just a forum to make money. It is a place to share ideas, discuss complex matters, etc. I feel the same is true for Things I've Noticed. To be honest, you're kind of motivating me to start my own blog. Everything will fall in place in time - and so will this blog.

[Dave P]

Thanks for the props and keep us coming back for more wisdom.

[Atul]

Guys,

Thanks for the motivational inspiration and continued support. "Wisdom". That's quite a compliment.

[andy o]

I have just started to learn about blogs and what they are all about. After reading some posts from your blog I have learned that they can be useful for many different things. It sounds like your blog is doing very well, and I hope you are able to make some money off your blog site in the future.

[Anita Evangelist]

Yes i agree with you english has not been one of my favorite subjects. i find myself making it harder then what it really is. like for instance writing a research paper. it has many styles to them but, sometimes the instructor can make it a little confusing when they try and describe how they want it to be written. or being introduced to a new program like Office Orifessional 2007.

[Sarah Bannon]

I absolutely agree that English teachers have a lot to do with whether or not a person will enjoy writing. I for one, used to hate writing. My teacher would always tell me the stories I write are to unreal and that I should stick to "true" stories. I listened to her and lost all interest in writing. My other teachers in high school then taught me that I will not enjoy writing unless I actually like and am interested in what I'm writing.

[Sarah Bannon]

I absolutely agree that English teachers have a lot to do with whether or not a person will enjoy writing. I for one, used to hate writing. My teacher would always tell me the stories I write are to unreal and that I should stick to "true" stories. I listened to her and lost all interest in writing. My other teachers in high school then taught me that I will not enjoy writing unless I actually like and am interested in what I'm writing.

[Jane Louisse]

Atul

I have enjoyed reading your postings in your blog. Hopefully you will continue blogging for many years to come.

Jane

[Atul]

Anita,

Sometimes teachers can make things harder than they have to, but learning new software is never a bad thing.

Sarah,

It's good that you learned to write whatever you feel like. If we all wrote the same, many of the great books would never have been written. I write this blog because I want to and I don't care what people say. There will always be some people interested in what I have to write.

Jane,

Thank you very much. I'm glad you like reading my posts. How did you find my blog?

Atul