The 3 Stages Of My Blogging Life

In November, I will reach the four-year anniversary of being a blogger.  I was reflecting on this recently.  I realized that I could divide my blogging life into three neat sections.

I began blogging at the encouragement of my friend Matt Cannon.  I was complaining one day at work about all of the ideas I had and things I wanted to say.  Matt said that I should start blogging them.

My first blog was just about ideas that I would think about throughout the week.  I would focus on a couple all week.  On Saturday mornings I would sit down and crank out a couple of blog posts.  I would try to write no less than 1000 words for each of them.  I would post them and walk away.  If a person or two read them, that was great.  I simply blogged.

This stage lasted through my first two blogs and into this one that you are currently reading.

Sometime over this past year, I became what I call a blogger.  On top of posting my own posts, I began participating in other people’s blogs.  I have become a part of some really great communities and met some great people.  I love the communities I have become a part of.

Recently, with the encouragement of Jeff Goins, I have entered another stage of blogging.  I have declared myself a writer.  I decided to stop waiting to call myself that.  I write daily.  I ship daily.  I am writing an eBook.

I am a writer.

Three stages.  I wonder what is next?

Have you gone through stages in your blogging life?  What stage would you say you are in now?

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