Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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All About Me
I’m Brandon Arveseth, I am an 9th grader at Centennial Jr. High School. I grew up in Kaysville, UT. My family has five people in it including me, and I am the youngest of three kids. I have two older sisters named Sydney and Amanda. I have a Golden Retriever dog named Max. I enjoy spending time with my family. I especially enjoy going boating at Lake Powell with them.
Some of my favorite things to do are boating, lacrosse, football, and hanging out with my friends. My favorite college is the University of Utah. My favorite professional sports team is the Denver Broncos. My favorite color is red. My favorite food is sushi at my favorite restaurant Tepanyaki. My favorite place to travel to is Lake Powell. I also really like to travel to places I haven’t been before.
I really like to travel. One of my favorite places to travel is Lake Powell, because I love boating. I really like to explore the lake and go cliff jumping. Another one of my favorite places to travel is Kauai. Kauai is one of the Hawaiian islands. I like it because there is a lot of beaches and there is so much to do there.
My favorite sport is football. I have been playing football for 8 years, and I am playing for Farmington High School. I also really enjoy playing lacrosse which I’ve played for 4 years. I also like to play basketball with my friends. I really like to watch NBA basketball.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
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