I am happy today. πWhy? Because it has been a year since I officially started blogging.
I started blogging in July of last year, but I changed my status to invisible in August and September. I had no idea what I was doing. Hahaπ€£Β I was able to ask someone for help, but I didn’t. I wanted to manage my blog alone.
I have learned from reading articles and *blogging…
β How to add external links (e.g., articles and YouTube)
β How to read other blogs and subscribe
β How to design my website
β How to be consistent and patient.
* My plan is not free.
The first day, I created a logo using Paint 3D (by Microsoft) and posted my first blog. I think it took 3 hours. I really needed practice time. So, after I finished my work, I wrote and saved 100 Japanese (my first language) blogs in 2 months and posted them one by one.
My original idea was to build a travel website. However, my daughters (English native speakers) said to me, βMama, all blogs are Japanese. I can’t read them!β
Oh, yes… I forgot about that. My kids can’t read and speak Japanese. So, in December, I started blogging in English as well and changed topics from travel to culture. I thought my kids would enjoy reading if the topics were educational.
For me, the first 6 months were not easy. Approximately over 80% of bloggers quit blogging within the first 6 months. That means I’m one of 20% who hasn’t quit. Somehow, this number motivated me. I know I am crazy. π Well, I want to continue blogging until 2033 (my goal is 2035).
I still have a lot of things to do to improve my website. Probably starting next year, I will add new educational content (page).
Last, my hardest personal goal and favorite quote is βDon’t look back. I live nowβ.
Enjoy your day! π
27 responses to “My First Year π”
Mazel tov! π
Arigato!ππβ€οΈ
congratulations Lili-san! may you have more happy blogging years ahead π Mike
Thank you for reading my blog and giving me good advice as always.ππ
I am curious : are they interested in learning Japanese?
Maybe not…haha. π€£ My eldest daughter said a little. They are learning karate, so…
Very Nice! Maybe someday they will be interested to learn more. My brother is taking Japanese as mandatory language course in college. Even though he watches anime pretty much all of his free time, language learning is obviously a difficult journey.
I am glad to know that. π
Japanese is one of the most difficult languages (category 4, super hard. The other languages are Arabic, Chinese and Korean) for English speakers.
For me, English is still a difficult language. But learning foreign languages is fun.π
Wow! I wasnβt aware of that. We are native Bengali. And as a Muslim, I have beginner level Arabic knowledge such as reading. But not as a language itself. I am trying to learn Arabic but yeah it’s just a lengthy journey and sometimes it is easy to give up.
Bengali is a category 3 language. I read articles about Bengali. The grammar structure is Subject-Object- Verb(English is SVO), which is the same order as Japanese, but the alphabets are very different. π
“Dhonnobad (thank you)”, I learned now.ππ
Keep it up Lili and enjoy your blogging. Well done ππ
Thank you.π
You’re welcome Lili.
Congratulations Liliβ¦happy blogging π€β¨
Thank you.ππ
Congratulations! You are doing GREAT! π
Thank you.π I read your blog and subscribed. I often visit Kura Sushi in Florida. π£π₯’π
Thank you for subscribing! I followed you too. Thatβs great you go to Kura in FL! π
Well done π―
Thank you as always.ππ₯°
Congrats on being one of the 20%! Keep it up! π
Thank you.ππ A few days ago, I subscribed to your blog.π
Congratulations..You are doing well..
Thank you so much.ππ
Congrats on reaching your first year! Wish you good luck throughout your other years!
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You’re welcome! :3