This is my 5th and final challenge post in the SITS Girls Back to Blogging Event where bloggers are assigned one blogging challenge to complete each day over the next 5 days.
My first Back to Blogging Event Challenge was to upload the first post I ever wrote and if I want, rewrite it to make it better.
My Back to Blogging Event Challenge for day two was to upload a post that I wish more people had read.
My Back to Blogging Event Challenge for day three was to upload a post with a title that I am proud of.
My Back to Blogging Event Challenge for day four was to write a post about a woman who inspires me.
Today's Back to Blogging Event Challenge is to write about why I blog. Back a few years ago, a coworker of mine and his wife adopted a little girl from China. After they returned home, I would ask my coworker from time to time about seeing photos of his daughter. He would answer that I needed to go and check out the blog he and his wife had started about the adoption. I did not know what a blog was so it took me a while to finally go to the URL and check it out. I was amazed at what I found. The blog contained information and photos on their entire trip to China and stories on everything that had happened since they returned. I started thinking that blogging is really a great vehicle for getting out information on all types of topics.
Detroit has been suffering with major unemployment for years. People are really hurting and money is tight. I thought that blogging would be a great way to share freebies and deals that I had found with as many people as possible. I brainstormed some names and Free Is My Life just seemed to sum up my goal for the website. I started posting my finds and and when I started marketing my posts on Twitter, my blog really took off from there.
Some days, I don't feel like blogging. I get tired and irritated when things go wrong. But right when I am fed up, I get a letter or a tweet from a reader that makes my day. I've gotten notes from people who are unemployed and follow my blog everyday. I have been told by some readers that my blog is the first thing that they read in the morning when they get up. I get emails from people asking my opinion before they buy something. I have come to realize that folks are really benefiting from the information that I post. Through blogging, I really get to make a difference and that is why I blog.
Thanks to Standards of Excellence, Westar, and Florida Builder Appliances for sponsoring this SITS Girls Back to Blogging Challenge.
