Now that the holidays are over a week passed, it’s time for me to get serious about this “JohnChow” experiment that I started on Christmas. It’s not a new year resolution, it’s a challenge to myself to see if I can make a successful blog the way John Chow, and many other bloggers are doing. When I first came up with this idea, I thought it was “BRILLIANT!” If they can do it, I can do it!
Well, now that I have everything set up and ready to go, suddenly, I don’t feel so “brilliant”. My original idea was to blog about interesting sites and info I come across everyday on the internet. Wow, what a breakthrough idea! Breakthrough, not because it’s a topic that I would care to write about nor people would care to read about, BUT because it’s made me suddenly aware that my daily internet travels are just full of distractions! I hardly found any substance interesting enough to share with anyone. So then, I checked out Google Trends, just to see what substance the rest of the world find on the internet, wow, are those top 10 hot searches random! Makes me a little happy, and also a little disturbed, to find that the world is so much more distracted than I am! No wonder there’re so much unsolved dilemmas in the world because majority of the people are trying to figure out what bible passage will Tim Tebow be painting on his face next. It’s fine, I’m not trying to solve any world dilemma here, the only unsolved mystery I’m pursuing right now is “What will I blog about?”
John Chow was right that bloggers should be blogging about what they’re passionate about, or else writing a blog feels like walking toes-in-sand on the beach, pushing a shopping cart full of bargained items, while trying to eat succulent pulled pork empanada. All those things are awesome to do, individually, but to talk about it, with passion, and roll them all into a blog…well, it just doesn’t go anywhere. So I’m left with just sitting down on the beach, next to my cart, eating my yummi empanada, and not a word on my blog. After a bit of relaxation, the warm sun, ocean breeze, and chitchatting with passersby completely distracted me from trying to figure out what to blog about, a truly brilliant idea sparked during my intriguing chat with a complete stranger. I’m passionate about people! Talking to them, learning about who they are, finding out their interests, and figuring out what makes them tick. So this is it, I will be experimenting with this idea to blog about complete strangers, their ideas, and thoughts that I come across on a daily basis on my daily walks, or through twitter, or random grocery store trips. Let me know what you think, I’m REALLY interested, and I hope you will be too!
