Holy Testicle Tuesday! I started a blog. I know what you're thinking, "Blogs are lame, everyone does that, who are you, yada yada, something else." That's cool, then just think of it more as my journal, a reflection of the thoughts and ideas in my head. You also don't have to read it, but of course you will. The thrill of wondering what I'll write about next, from something outrageous and hilarious to something absolutely brilliant and inspirational, to possibly a recipe from Alissa that'll take you on a private jet straight to flavor town, it'll have you at the edge of your seat just wondering when this guy will post again.
When I thought of my love of writing I realized that I actually had blogged twice before, both while back in college. First I had to create a blog for a Media Literacy class I took, that's actually why I had to title this Thunder Tom's Thoughts; the simple Tom Spaniol blog was taken by my college self and I didn't spend the time figuring out how to login to that old blog.(For those unaware, Thunder Tom was what a high school teacher nicknamed me, for no apparent reason, but it's pretty solid so we're using it.) After blogging for that class I provided a behind the scenes look via blog of our college baseball squad my junior year. I loved writing all the posts, from the great ones to the ones that fell flat. Over
the past few years leading up to our annual July 3rd party
(#becauseitsthethird) I often write long inspirational (to me) posts in
the Facebook event page, and I simply realized that I absolutely love
doing it. It energizes me. I laugh at myself. Sometimes I even pat
myself on the back for a job well done.
Recently while aimlessly scrolling through Instagram I came across a short video by Gary Vee where a young kid asked him about how to create a successful Youtube channel. Gary said something along the lines of, "Post videos because you love it. Don't worry about how many likes you get, don't worry about the number of subscribers, just keep making content that you love." The day I watched that video I didn't think about creating a blog or anything, I just gave it the ole double tap like and kept on cruising. But last night while going to bed I randomly thought about how much I love making the July 3rd outrageous, inspirational, motivational, breathtaking posts. And I thought to myself, "I can't start July 3rd posts yet, it's too early (obviously never too early for the real ones)" So I got out of bed and decided to just write instead.
I don't have plans for being consistent and posting every week, or bi-weekly, or tri-annually-quarterly; I'm simply going to write stuff when it hits me.
I don't know how long is too long to keep an audience engaged, or what's the best site to use for blogging, or if you should have a hairy chest, a megaphone, and a cold crispy natural light in your main blog picture; but I don't care. I'm just going to write, because I love it. As the bearded lady in The Greatest Showman sings, "THIS IS ME!"
If you came here looking for a lesson because I used to be a teacher, well there it is. When you realize you love something, just do more of it. Act. Go. Run. Fly. Move. Who cares if it's not perfectly setup yet, or if you don't understand the Facebook and Instagram algorithems, or if you don't know how to spell algorithm, just freakin do more of what you love. Doing things you like doing is cool, no matter what anyone tells you.
Be Awesome
-Tom Spaniol
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
-someone in a book I read
Awe yeah!
ReplyDelete