5/4/25-Is There Anybody Out There?

Over the years I have started many blogs.  Some have been for tracking my workouts or races (boy, that seems like a different life).  And when ever I did I would think to myself, What can I do to get more readers?  

Things like changing the look of the blog or the blog platform always came up.  I would think about changing to a photo blog where the posts would just be a daily picture with a quick caption.  I tried that one for a time.  One time I thought about doing a video blog where I would take a camera with me and comment while I worked out on my runs.  I never did that, thank goodness.

But in all my blogs I eventually got frustrated because I didn't have any followers.  Granted, I wasn't publicizing my blog at all, because I didn't know how to do so and didn't want to take the effort to do so.  My friend group was (and is) so small that I really didn't have an easy way to let people know I was even around.  And my best friends couldn't even read, since they are dogs. 

So, eventually, every blog just died.  I would lose interest in just talking to myself and stop writing.

I was thinking yesterday about this blog.  I know how many readers I have.  Is my time worth it to write my feelings down for 10-15 people?

It my not seem like I spend much time on these posts, because I'm sure they are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors, but I do.  I probably spend at least an hour thinking about, composing and editing each of these.  So I ask again, is this even worth my time?

To be honest, I would like more people to be reading these posts.  While I do believe myself to be a pretty humble person (we can debate that separately), I do have some vanity deep in me and would love to think I have people who look forward to reading my little blog.  And over the life of this blog I have seen the number go from small at the beginning to basically insignificant today.

So, what is my point here?  Is this blog going to fade into nothingness like all my past attempts at blogs?  No, I don't think so.  In some ways this blog is cathartic for me in dealing with my mortality.  But I would love some feedback from those few of you out there on the blog itself.  What can I do to make these posts better?  Are they too long?  Is the organization on blogspot to hard?  Is mixing the religious posts turning you off?  Are the posts too frequent?  Are they not frequent enough?  Basically, what can I do to make you want to come back and read my thoughts?

I don't want this blog to disappear like all my other attempts at blogging have.  I need this blog for my well being.  And I am afraid, based on the past blogs, if I don't get some feedback, I might just naturally let it fade out.  So, please, let me know you are out there.