Blogging at Starbucks

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It’s December and I’m in a Starbucks listening to Fiona Apple’s version of “Across the Universe” drinking a caramel brulee latte.  Life is good, but not great…

This is an odd move on a Friday night, there is only two other people in Starbucks and the traffic coming in is very light.  I think traffic is light because of the drive-thru and obviously because it’s Friday and there are better opportunities out there to do!  But it makes me unique on a Friday night and with a blog post to write, so on I type…

Usually by now, the snow is falling, especially by now!  But today it’s about 50 degrees (Fahrenheit) and quite honestly it’s a bit depressing.  I also long for other bloggers like myself to visit.  It’s hard being in a blogger in the Midwestern states.  I occasionally watch the traffic that visits my site and while I see a lot of visitors from New York and California, there are some states that I don’t see any traffic from.  While my state does have a few hits, they pale in comparison to the larger states.  I can honestly say I don’t know another financial blogger within 100 miles of where I live.

Now it might seem like I’m whining, but some time blogging is a lonely process while trying to write in the middle of nowhere…  In many ways I feel like like the proverbial lonely tree in the middle of a corn field.

Tree in Field

As much as I whine, it much better than is was 10 years ago!  With the social media that exists today, it’s easy to reach out and talk to people online and in the blogging community.  Now I just need to use those social sites more (like twitter, Facebook and whatever the latest medium is…).

Another nothing to do Friday in the sticks,

Have a great weekend,

Don

 

 

8 thoughts on “Blogging at Starbucks”

  1. Off the top of my head I can name PF bloggers from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kentucky… Definitely not the biggest traffic but there are some people. It feels more lonely to me to have a site with little visitors than to know they are visiting from far away.

    • Great points.

      I think I’m trying to convince myself to create some local bloggers in my area. Not necessarily pf bloggers, but bloggers all the same.

      That the advantage of being in a small populated area, I can be the first at something that is already in swing elsewhere.

  2. What state are you in? No wonder FINCON is so fun eh? Keep your head up there. Like you said, with all this social media stuff, everyone is just a click away!

    • Hi Buck,

      Fincon was awesome, but I wasn’t as productive with blogging as I hoped.

      I think I’m having blogging slumps and I’m just blogging about the obvious. I wish I were more active with the social media… Someday I’ll get the hang of that 🙂

    • Crystal, you will always be an enigma to me. I have no idea how you do all that you do in a day’s timeframe!

      Actually we put up our tree beforehand and I was taking a little break. This post is really how it feels weird being the only pf blogger in my little city. But then again, perhaps it’s like that out in your city too? I guess if there were too many of us blogging, the topic would be saturated.

      Hope all is great 🙂

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