Why Blog?

So why would I choose to blog? For the longest time I have heard the term come up but have never really been that interested in it myself until I started to think through my dreams or my goals. I am part of the I'm but generation. I'm a retail manager but, i really want to be ______. I don't think when we grow up we say I can't wait to work at Loews or Starbucks. We start to tell ourselves the ship has sailed on our dreams.

Anyhow, I have been uncovering the things I have loved doing in the past. One of which is to someday be an author. Another would be able to travel. Well blogging allows me to do several things all at once. It lets me...

1. Get practice writing.
2. Share ideas with others and hopefully inspire them.
3. Build a "platform" A platform is people who are interested in you and your ideas. If you want your message to be heard or if you want to be able to see farther you need a platform on which to do so. 
4. To make money. Yes, not very altruistic of me but true all the same. You see several of my dreams involve by necessity the need for money. For example I hope to travel. Money. I want to open my own business one day. Money. I want to maybe go to flight school of possibly self publish a book. All of those things cost money. 

So that's why blogging. I want to further my dreams while helping others. I hope to add informative information and opinions that make your day a little brighter. That makes people say "I never really thought of it like that." 

I hope you enjoy and I look forward to sharing how to start a blog, what I've learned from the experience and so forth. Enjoy!