I’m not sure why I started blogging ten years ago today.
The blogging world has changed a great deal since my first post POST. Back then nobody was making money from blogging. It was way to communicate, connect, and create.
I rarely read old posts. Some make me cringe (and not just because of all the typos), others make me thankful I got the heck out Los Angeles, and then there are the posts with the hilarious comments. The randomness of the posts is bizarre. One post would be about some serious foreign policy debate and the very next day I would write about an annoying Black Eye Peas song.
At first I used a pseudonym and didn’t tell anyone, outside of close friends, in Hollywood that I had a blog. Like many other long-time bloggers, I don’t delete old posts…even the embarrassing ones. These posts are a snapshot of what was going on in the world and/or my life at the time.
There’s much debate about the future of blogs and blogging. Who knows what will happen. I do know that readers are turned off by constant shilling.
I’m glad I started a blog a decade ago. Through it I found my voice again and met some great people (several who are close friends to this day). I wouldn’t have moved to Italy without that blog. My life would be completely different.
Arlene Gibbs Décor 
Congrats Arlene! I stumbled upon your other blog a few years back now (can’t believe it) and was immediately hooked. I was inspired by your candor and courage to move to Rome. Letting go of something old and reaching for something new ain’t always easy, but I have appreciated that you have shared a portion of your life with the blogosphere. Best wishes for the next 10 of writing, interior design and more!
Thank you for the kind words, Tammy and for reading!!
Congratulations on your milestone! I regret that I only started my blog 2 and half years ago (even though I have had success in magazine publishing and writing) as sadly, I believe that it’s harder to find an audience the later one adopted the technology. Today millennial’s want video content, and are less and less interested in simply the written blog post. I will keep mine going anyhow, but will continue to diversify and spread my content out to other platforms! Congrats again!
Thank you!
I agree with you that video content is really important now. I don’t know if I’m up for vlogging. I barely have time to update this blog as is it.
Before Campari and Sofa, I had a personal blog for a couple of years. I toyed with the idea of deleting it from the blogosphere – yes, some of the posts do make me cringe now – but I haven’t done it yet. Sentimental?
Perhaps. There’s nothing wrong with being sentimental.