Why Am I Writing A Blog?

This is another post About Me.

Why am I writing a blog?
A lot of bloggers today have quit their job and have pursued blogging as a full time career choice. Other bloggers are weekend bloggers, working when they can to provide their readers and subscribers with new, fresh content. Most bloggers are doing it because they love to write and it is their passion. Their particular topic may not always be their dream style, but they are writing and daily coming closer to their goals. 

Writing because I have always wanted to and love to is not my number one goal. Why then did I choose to pursue this avenue? Was it the money? No, not in the sense that I think this blog will one day replace my primary source of income. I like being an engineer right now. Money would only be a bonus for me and not a primary motivator.

My motivation for writing a blog is primarily to improve my ability to communicate. I enjoy giving presentations and teaching. They are forms of communicating a point or a topic to people. The opportunities to give presentations to large groups of people are limited so I have been looking to other avenues in which I might grow as a communicator. I am hoping that by writing a blog to convey ideas and principles of personal finance that I will grow and learn more about how to communicate better. I also hope to gain and find more opportunities to give presentations and teach from this blogging endeavor.

Why presentations? Why public speaking? Most people are deathly afraid of public speaking. Toastmasters is a club or organization that exists solely to help give people opportunities to become better public speakers and to reduce their fear of standing in front of large groups of people. I feel confident in my ability as a public speaker although I have only attended a couple of Toastmasters meetings. I gained my confidence and my ability through raw experience and feedback. 

I had the opportunity while in college to give a large number of presentations based on class work, senior projects, and my Master's Thesis. I attended every student and professional conference that came my way. The student conferences were the most beneficial to me because the judges always provided helpful feedback. And when there was not formal feedback I would seek it via a more informal method or from a friend or even a fellow competitor.

I hope that this helps to explain why I am endeavoring to write this blog and I hope that you will leave some feedback either by way of the comments or by dropping me an email. Thanks.