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Yeah, keep writing, and remain mindful, maybe revisiting what you wrote and how you approach things every dozen.
As for ads, I doubt you'll make much, given that you're just starting out. For me it wouldn't be worth it to include. But whether it's there is secondary to content and layout.
Even without an audience or growth writing has upsides. Can be for yourself, but also support mindful or critical thinking, and being able to express and write in general.
Thank you for the advice
I have made a whole bunch of ideas and I sit with for a bit and if I cannot find something I am happy with I shelve it and try something else to write about. I can apply that advice to that as well and of course revise once I feel I can improve on what I have written.
That is a fair assessment and I will continue along the current way that I am doing now in regards to ads ( leaving it off)
I do agree with the upside of writing, it is something that is helping me mentally and I guess with experience I can develop my own style and way of expression and improve it over time
Consider creating a space to write without the worry of it being correct or finished so you can pull from that source for the things you want to revise or recognize or recreate into something "publishable". This could be a blog on something like mataroa.blog or bear.blog or it could be a folder on your computer or a git repo or a physical notebook. Whatever works for you.
Thank you
I had a quick look on the links provided, it has good samples on both the links and I am assuming less bloat as well.
It also seems to have better usability and available features but I think I would need to be more knowledgable to make use of it all as there are things I am not familiar with.
However it is useful information and something I can look for further reading and to get ideas at improving
Those links were kinda irrelevant to the suggestion to have a separate space where you don't worry about what you write or how you write it or if it makes sense.
I think I am doing something like that at the moment, I wrote a whole lot of ideas - just having a name and saved it as unpublished posts. I look at the list, select something and try writing about it - if it starts feeling like it is not working out I stop, save it and have it as an unfinished work for when I can have a better idea what to do with it.
It has been helping me with writing a topic and choosing one I enjoy writing about - I then publish what I find acceptable and then it works as a proof that I am doing something and can be adjusted at a later time, have works in progress that didn't work out how I planned and then a whole list of ideas I can try work on so I have so I also have something to look at and work on.
Awesome! I think you'll be surprised how your writing will mature.
Enjoy it!