A favourite thing to do on a Sunday morning is to make a coffee and then sit catching up on the part of my rss feed containing personal blogs. I love how you all take the time to share.

I love the personal touch not seen when a writer is aiming for the wider audience and has output to maintain. Some of you are prolific and I’m in awe of how you find the time while others write occasionally, your piece appearing in my feed like the glint of a hidden stone appearing in the bottom of the sieve when you’re fossicking for gold.

Personal blogs show the passion you have for your topic, how it gives them joy and wanting to share it with others. If it sparks joy in you it’s likely to spark joy in me simply because you shared it.

Some posts will be you working through a problem or wanting to tell everyone about your eureka moment. I can silently applaud you because you took the time to write about it and I’m grateful for it.

I’ll read some of the most thoughtful considered writing on your blog. When you give your own raw thinking on a topic I can almost see how you were processing your thoughts as you were writing. I deeply appreciate the way you share like this. 

Some of you share your views on software or technology you use, how it’s been useful to you, and why you chose it over something else. Often the examples given are much more useful and closer to my own use cases than anything a review from a mass market website can give. 

I like the way you’ll write about your recent holiday or the planning you’re doing for an upcoming one. I get to share your excitement and might even be adding the location to my very long bucket list of places to go.

You write about the highs and lows of life, you tell me about the important things happening with your family and friends. I can see how proud you are in their achievements. Sometimes there is sad news to share. If it helps to process your sadness or grief by writing about it the least I can do is read your words.

Don’t ever think writing about your pets is not interesting. I love hearing about the latest crazy stunt or how you’re working patiently with the rescue dog or cat you’re fostering to acclimatise them to a good life and ready to find a new home.

Your blogs also give me perspectives I need in my life. I’m a mid 50s white man. I call myself progressive, I lean left, somewhere between Labor and The Greens here in Australia. However, the very fact I’m a mid 50s white male means I don’t have the experiences many of you do, which you write about and share. For me, this is probably the most valuable thing from reading your blogs. 

It’s important to me, and everyone else reading your blog, to hear about things from different perspectives to our own and you should absolutely keep doing it. 

I really do love your personal blog.