My biggest problem (coming from the same route as the gp, with multiple failed attempts) is exactly
"Keep a list of headlines you intend to write about in the future in an ideas.txt file or Google Docs."
I consider myself able to express my thoughts in a manner that is 'good enough'. I actually like writing. But why oh why should I (seeing it as a business is hard at the start for me. It's like I'd imagine bootstrapping a startup is, on the smallest of scales)? And - well - what about?
For all the interesting things on this planet the net has good resources. Talking about my own tiny life seems like a bigger version of twittering 'Just went to the toilet'. Who cares if I tried and failed to solve problem NN of Project Euler in Clojure?
Why would I blog, instead of (if we're taking the benefits of writing as a given) doing a journal for me alone?
No, honestly (and I thought obviously, but the text medium is limiting) I don't. But my interests are limited. My knowledge ('share'!) as well. If I learn Clojure and there are tons of blogs about Clojure, using Clojure, learning Clojure, Clojure in the real world.... why another one?
I work with C#/.Net in my day-time. There's probably _nothing_ tech related to that stuff that isn't covered better by reading a very limited number of blogs and following people like Eric Lippert on SO (yes, this time I'm serious).
I guess this distills down to the feeling of having nothing of global value to contribute, at which point I don't see why it should be published at all (vs. journal). A good part of my thoughts might be related to rules in society for me. In my world, shouting out chit-chat/smalltalk and whatever comes to ones mind is not clever and certainly not well-received. But - that's exactly my feeling towards writing a blog (no offense intended - I'm talking about my own issues starting my own blog. Works for you? Great).
"Keep a list of headlines you intend to write about in the future in an ideas.txt file or Google Docs."
I consider myself able to express my thoughts in a manner that is 'good enough'. I actually like writing. But why oh why should I (seeing it as a business is hard at the start for me. It's like I'd imagine bootstrapping a startup is, on the smallest of scales)? And - well - what about?
For all the interesting things on this planet the net has good resources. Talking about my own tiny life seems like a bigger version of twittering 'Just went to the toilet'. Who cares if I tried and failed to solve problem NN of Project Euler in Clojure?
Why would I blog, instead of (if we're taking the benefits of writing as a given) doing a journal for me alone?