I just finished reading “The Islanders” by Meg Mitchell Moore. It has convinced me I will never be a successful blogger.
That isn’t really the focus of the book. It follows three people, alternating between their points of view, as they grapple with secrets and life choices with attendant problems. However, one of the three, Lu, is a successful food blogger or becoming a very successful food blogger.
Lu’s first decision was the type of blog she would write. It had to be different, something people would want to read.
That is my first misstep. I write about things going on out here in the hinterland. My lifestyle is from years ago, simple and down-to-earth. It is alien to people today in their artificial, manmade world.
This alone makes sure I will never be a successful blogger unless it is as a curiosity.
Lu next makes sure she posts close to everyday. As she is writing a food blog, she is also cooking and testing the recipes she is using in her posts.
Out here in rural Missouri internet is challenging. My house has a hill on each side and behind it. Cell service is across the creek bottom and up on the hill across from the house. Both the phoneline and satellite service is slow and unreliable.
I go to town to use the service there. Except town is a half hour’s drive from the house so I only go in three days a week for the summer, two in the winter. That also makes sure I will never be a successful blogger.
Lu ends up going to conferences and other engagements because of her blogging. The farthest I go is town normally. I milk twice a day and must be home to do it. My day begins at the end of morning chores and ends at the beginning of evening chores.
I will never be a successful blogger. But then, I don’t mind. I like my simple life and don’t want to trade it in for the manmade world.
