Hi Reader, if you’ve stumbled to this page, you’re probably trying to learn a bit more about one of two things: ONE: How to start a blog or TWO: Why I started this blog.

I started Regularly We after a particularly draining week in life. I found myself living in a new city I loved, but burnt out and not sure what to do to give life an edge and some meaning.

My self-talk was in the gutter, my job satisfaction in the tanker, and my desire to do things outside of my home plummeted. 

I did what most people do in that instance, I wallowed to my partner, and then I searched on youtube and Pinterest for inspiration. Somehow, the algorithms took me to these “how to start a blog” pages, and I logged into Bluehost and bought a domain. 

The more I thought about it, the more I liked the idea. I ended up making a list in my head of things I would get from having a public, live blog that I desperately wanted: the why of it all. So here are a few reasons why I started a blog, and they may help you too:

ONE: I wanted accountability

Every blog post on starting blogs tells you the number one important thing is consistency. It doesn’t matter if you are consistently posting 5 times a week or 1 time a week (I think) just as long as you are consistent. 

Well, consistency is something I struggle with when no one holds me accountable. 

I figured to learn consistency, a blog is pretty solid. Having readers and SEO reasoning telling me I needed to post weekly would give me the accountability I needed. Then, I could build that consistency muscle. Hence, my vow to post at least once a week, but I’m hoping for twice a week for these first 3 months. 

TWO: I wanted a public writing forum

It’s taken me about 30 years to admit it to people, but I consider myself a writer. As a child, I would have hidden folders on the family computer not with porn, but with attempts at writing. I hid them inside folders with boring names, and zip files, so that people looking had to LOOK to find it. I wrote under code names, and I wrote novelized versions of movies I liked. Then, I wrote my own stories. 

Now, I’m working on getting a novel published. I’ve finished my second draft as I write this, and I’m loving and hating the process. Feedback and public forums for creative writing seem built for blogs. Besides, constant writing should increase my vocabulary and writing skills. 

THREE: I wanted the possibility of working for myself

As mentioned above, I am a bit burnt out (sorry current company if you’re reading this). You see all these people online say they started a blog and it became a business. While I’m not sure what that would look like, I wouldn’t mind working for myself one day and working on a blog for a living (and publishing books). I figure, you cannot actually do that unless you start, so here I am: Starting.

FOUR: I wanted a community

The pandemic taught me that you don’t need to be in the same town as people to have a community with them. You can talk, type, message, meme, etc with people across the globe and feel as close as you do with people next door. At the lowest points in my life, that knowledge would have saved me such heartache. 

Thus, I want to build a community for people with similar interests that eventually can turn into a support network for all manner of things. So reach out, and let’s get talking. Join my list, and one day we can make this community popping. 

FIVE: I love my life, I love my city, and I want to share

Portland, Oregon is an amazing place with a bad rap recently. I want to be one of the voices which raise it up and show people the beauty. Popular media paints Portland as pretty terrifying lately, but as someone who just moved from working in downtown Chicago, I can tell you… nope. Portland feels pretty safe, and I hope I can have a constant love letter going to it here. 

My life is also, on paper, pretty amazing for me. I’d love to share what I learned, how I got here, and how I continue to grow. 

This blog will evolve, and my reasons for keeping it going may not be the same in the long run as I why I started this blog. Feel free to comment below on what you’d like to see more, and what you’d want “community” about.