So its been almost a week since I stopped using my regular Google+ account and decided to stop blogging all together due to a realization that I was not cut out to be a blogger. I didn’t have what it takes to write stuff interesting enough to get readers no matter what I did from trying new styles of writing to changing the look of my blog and the title to even trying different ways to promote my blog such as Twitter, Facebook and now Google+. But to no avail I just can’t get people to comment on my articles. The same issue happens with Google+ where my profile continues to grow as I see an average of 3 followers a day but for that matter it may as well be 1 a week or a month as the number of followers that I have mean nothing when most of them (about 98%) don’t comment or even +1 a post.
But, even though I felt like I had given up on this small passion I have for expressing my thoughts on the Internet because of the lack of attention, I can’t help but admit that I miss it. I like, more or less, writing what’s on my mind and sharing it with others. But I dislike being ignored. Its hard to balance this.
I say more or less because the truth is I don’t like writing much. I would prefer to make a podcast or vlog that would get not only my words to people like a blog would but I can also express feeling behind my words either through my expressions or through my voice. I would also be able to say what I have to say in a faster way since actually saying it can be faster than it being read and thus have less chances of losing my potential audience in the first few sentences. But, my current situation prevents me from making my podcasts or vlogs because my apartment is small and is shared with 3 very active kids. I don’t have a corner of my own to make my videos or podcasts because there will always be background noises and daily situations that will constantly distract me and this prevent me from completing my projects. I have been wanting to make a Youtube channel of my own for years but alas I have not had the opportunity.
Still, I find myself bored, I find myself with a desire to write again, to make a podcast or a vlog, something to let out all the stuff I have inside because my personal, real life is boring as hell and all I have to look forward to besides my family is the Internet. The only place where at least a handful of people will see what I write and if I am lucky will have something to say about it. And if I don’t wrote a post, an article, make a podcast or a vlog then I can at least comment on someone else's and have a conversation that way but in the end, even when I get little interaction online its a whole lot more than I do in real life.
And so now I find myself going back on my last words. I have decided to start using my regular Google+ profile again mostly because I have spent the last 3 years building this profile to the point where I have it connected to everything I use from my Chrome browser to my Chrome apps, websites I comment on and most importantly the few that I know well on Google+. I tried to start a new with my original gmail account, my personal one, but it became a pain to reroute all my apps and websites to this new/old profile that I rarely use except for person things.
While I will be using my regular profile again I have decided to make some changes, changes that I hope will help me improve my online experience, will help me achieve the goals I so persistently want to reach. I am starting by going by my real name which is Charles Cortes as opposed to Chuck Cortes. I al also dropping the use of Chatterbox as my online nickname because on things I have learned is that people don’t really like chatterboxes or at least people who openly call themselves this way. Instead I am gonna try a new branding that I will be using on everything fro now own in the hopes of starting fresh and giving myself a second chance to be more than just ignored. That’s why I started this new blog I call The Chuckster Chat where I will occasionally share my more longer posts so as to not scare away potential Google+ readers but I will be working on finding a way to get my podcast/vlog started and will be posting them on here as well. From here I will share them to Google+.
I will soon be updating my Youtube channel and Twitter account to reflex this name change. It will be interesting to see how it goes. My Google+ stream will also change, I will spend some time reading up on all those awesome Google+ How To’s I have seen in the hopes of finding a better way to share on Google+ to see if I can turn things around for the better.
I definitely need some changes in my life and that includes the way I do things online. I said 2014 would be different, that it would be better. Its time to make it a reality.
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