Peace of Mind Organizing

Happy 12th birthday!

14 November 2018

This month, this blog turned 12. I published my first blog post, What is organized? on November 10, 2006. I’m really grateful that my website designer, Nora Brown, suggested I start a blog. Back then I had barely even ready any blogs.

In the 12 years since, I’ve published over 1300 posts, which at an average 450 words per post is a whole lot of words. I try to blog twice a week (Mondays and Thursdays), though that doesn’t happen every week. And occasionally, I repeat past blog posts, which is one of the perks of being a long-time blogger, in my view.

Writing a blog is a lot of work—particularly if you dedicate yourself to posting regularly. But for me it’s been well worth the effort. This blog has helped me and my business in so many ways. Here are a few:

• It helps my search rankings, which puts me in front of prospective clients
• It lets clients and prospective clients know that I’m not perfect
• It also lets clients and prospective clients know that despite my imperfection, I do have expertise
• It’s allowed me to connect with people and companies throughout the world
• It’s given me a lens through which to look at the world
• It’s helped record my personal history so I don’t have to rely on my memory (in a way it’s a very public journal)

Social media channels seem to come and go but I think blogs are here to stay. That suits me fine, because I have no plans to stop blogging. In 2012 I started a second blog, Organize Your Family History, which marries my passion for organizing with my passion for genealogy research. I try to post there twice a week as well (Tuesdays and Fridays).

If you have topics you’d like me to address on this blog, I hope you’ll shoot me an email!

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