Blog or Not?
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Hi everyone! Sorry for disappearing for a few weeks (like someone is waiting for me here...ha!) In fact, I was doubting whether I should keep writing this blog or not for the past few weeks. I like writing a lot actually. When I was little, I even thought it would be great if I could be a writer hehe. However, I'm not really sure if it's worth the time writing blog posts every week.
First of all, to be honest, it's quite time-consuming to write blogs, especially because I'm doing bilingual blogs, both in English and Chinese. My first language is Chinese, but English is more useful when it comes to communicating with people from all over the world, so I don't think I want to give up either of them. But do I have that much time to do this? Or should I use the time to practice more piano pieces? Besides, I need to translate my posts either from English to Chinese, or from Chinese to English between my two blogs. I've figured it out that it can be easier if I write the English version first, and then translate it into Chinese. If I start from the Chinese version, then there will be some words that are hard for me to translate into English because my Chinese is better than my English (obviously). So now I always write the English post first, and then translate it into Chinese.
Secondly, I'm someone who always go deep into my thoughts when I start thinking, and then it just takes me a lot of time to search for the right words in order to express my feelings. It's really not easy to play around with words because I'm a pianist, not a poet haha... Words don't just come out of nowhere. I need to spend time trying to catch them. And for a non-native English speaker like me, I'm not even sure if I'm catching the right words -.-
Thirdly, I think most of the (popular) blogs are trying to teach people something and give people helpful, valuable, practical tips, but mine is just me sharing my thoughts, ideas, which is like my own diary, so I wonder if I should just keep a diary instead of keeping a blog. However, I'm guessing I might be unmotivated to keep a diary... In life, there are so many things that we would encounter, experience, and go through. Is it really necessary to keep track of all the details? And is it necessary to put all these in my blogs? Am I able to produce great contents that can help people? Do I know how to give advice or provide useful suggestions? If not, does it mean I should stop writing blogs? Is there anyone out there who would be interested in reading my blogs?
Last but not the least, is there really anyone still reading blogs? I remember it's a quite popular activity to do when I was in high school, but now, with all different forms of social media, do people still have time to read blogs? Do people love reading words? I'm not sure. There is something called mini blog now. It seems when your blogs are shorter, people are more likely to read to the end. People don't have the attention to read a lengthy post. I think it's because there is simply too much information out there online. We just don't have enough time to stay at the same place. There is too much to see. Too many things are waiting for us.
Oh well~ I guess I'll be persistent and keep going!! It's too early to give up now!! I don't like to give up, unless things have reached to the point where it's beyond my control. From today, I'll try to make things under my control again :) Besides, it just feels so good when I finish another blog post. You must know how it feels like if you ever wrote a blog! It's really awesome to hit that "publish" button, isn't it?
Do you run bilingual blogs as well? How do you manage to do that? Do you have any suggestions for me? Do you think I should just write an English blog instead of bilingual blogs? Do you think my posts are too long? Should I try to make it into a mini blog? What contents do you think people would want to read in a blog? Please leave comments for me, and share your thoughts! I appreciate it ♥️
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First of all, to be honest, it's quite time-consuming to write blogs, especially because I'm doing bilingual blogs, both in English and Chinese. My first language is Chinese, but English is more useful when it comes to communicating with people from all over the world, so I don't think I want to give up either of them. But do I have that much time to do this? Or should I use the time to practice more piano pieces? Besides, I need to translate my posts either from English to Chinese, or from Chinese to English between my two blogs. I've figured it out that it can be easier if I write the English version first, and then translate it into Chinese. If I start from the Chinese version, then there will be some words that are hard for me to translate into English because my Chinese is better than my English (obviously). So now I always write the English post first, and then translate it into Chinese.
Secondly, I'm someone who always go deep into my thoughts when I start thinking, and then it just takes me a lot of time to search for the right words in order to express my feelings. It's really not easy to play around with words because I'm a pianist, not a poet haha... Words don't just come out of nowhere. I need to spend time trying to catch them. And for a non-native English speaker like me, I'm not even sure if I'm catching the right words -.-
Thirdly, I think most of the (popular) blogs are trying to teach people something and give people helpful, valuable, practical tips, but mine is just me sharing my thoughts, ideas, which is like my own diary, so I wonder if I should just keep a diary instead of keeping a blog. However, I'm guessing I might be unmotivated to keep a diary... In life, there are so many things that we would encounter, experience, and go through. Is it really necessary to keep track of all the details? And is it necessary to put all these in my blogs? Am I able to produce great contents that can help people? Do I know how to give advice or provide useful suggestions? If not, does it mean I should stop writing blogs? Is there anyone out there who would be interested in reading my blogs?
Last but not the least, is there really anyone still reading blogs? I remember it's a quite popular activity to do when I was in high school, but now, with all different forms of social media, do people still have time to read blogs? Do people love reading words? I'm not sure. There is something called mini blog now. It seems when your blogs are shorter, people are more likely to read to the end. People don't have the attention to read a lengthy post. I think it's because there is simply too much information out there online. We just don't have enough time to stay at the same place. There is too much to see. Too many things are waiting for us.
Oh well~ I guess I'll be persistent and keep going!! It's too early to give up now!! I don't like to give up, unless things have reached to the point where it's beyond my control. From today, I'll try to make things under my control again :) Besides, it just feels so good when I finish another blog post. You must know how it feels like if you ever wrote a blog! It's really awesome to hit that "publish" button, isn't it?
Do you run bilingual blogs as well? How do you manage to do that? Do you have any suggestions for me? Do you think I should just write an English blog instead of bilingual blogs? Do you think my posts are too long? Should I try to make it into a mini blog? What contents do you think people would want to read in a blog? Please leave comments for me, and share your thoughts! I appreciate it ♥️
💙 Read Another Post: Presenting My YouTube Channel: 淋 Wisteria _ Pianist
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