Have you ever wondered why people take pictures more now than ever? It is because they want to remember something. That is why we take pictures of our children, our family and the craft in the store so we can duplicate it. We take pictures when we are on a vacation whether it is a beautiful sunset, a weird manchild at the beach or a statue that we have never seen before. Have you ever taken a picture because of the way it made you feel when you saw it? Of course you have, because you want to remember it when you go back and look at the pictures. In these days you can never take enough pictures, especially since it so easy to take pictures with our phones.

One of the things that people have moved away from is scrapbooking and printing out their pictures. I don’t notice as many pictures being displayed in peoples homes. It goes onto the social media and gets saved. Instagram does a great job by creating a chatbook for you after you have reached 60 pictures. My days of shutterfly are limited to about none. I find it really important to take pictures, you never know when the last time you will have that memory and memories are meant to cherish forever.

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.