When I began blogging my initial worry wasn’t about what to write about (we all know I have a treasure chest full of ideas. I didn’t worry about followers- I sort of had the ‘if you write, readers will come’ philosophy. But I almost decided not to blog when faced with the About page.
About?
What am I about? What is my blog about?
Isn’t that the ultimate question? What are we all about?
So I quickly scribbled some stuff down. And then I shut the page without a second glance and began a post. I don’t ever think about this page unless I get a ‘like’ on it….
So today- I’m going to dissect my About page- after all, it is really an online blog dating profile.
Do you want to date my blog?
1) aspiring curmudgeon
2) culture vixen
3) adores cats and dogs equally
4) very amateur photographer
5) enthusiast of the written word,
6) Mom to high achieving teenager,
7) wife to foodie who won’t eat cheese
8) cooks with reckless abandon
9) optimistic Met fan
10) lover of lists
A work in progress….
What does the above say about me? Is this accurate? Do I come across on the page the same manner that my About is written?
Should anything be deleted? Modified? Added?
What do you know about me?
and yes- some computer issues this morning…..ahhhhhhh
I need to work on my about page. It barely says anything at all about me.
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You see mine…I mean…what should you say in one?
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I have no idea. I know I read something a while back about how to write a decent about page but I never actually followed the advice.
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I try not to think about it….
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We only know LA what you show us but so far the view is interesting and entertaining!If we can’t be in the high rise in New York, it is nice to hear about the New Yorker!
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Yes that “about me” page, very challenging and still a work in progress for me.
Loved the way you dissected it.
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Thank you!
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I know what you mean its really hard to know what to put
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Right? How do you sum yourself up?
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I don’t really know to be honest because what I think I’m like someone else might see me completely differently it depends where your standing I guess but I’m a really passionate person on about everything 🙂
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Then it will come through with your posts!
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Yeah i hope so 🙂
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I ask myself this question all the time. In fact only about an hour ago I last wondered ‘What am I about?’ ‘Why am I here?’ ‘What’s the point in me?’ Can you tell what my day’s been like? 😝 I like your take on the About page being like a blog dating profile though. Honestly I haven’t checked mine in a while but I’ll do it with fresh eyes thinking of it this way.
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I don’t think I’ve looked at it since I put it up when I started the blog! But it really is like a dating profile!
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The about page is important if you want more followers I think. I don’t know…I check out new followers by clicking to see what they say in their about page. It doesn’t determine whether I will follow, or not, but I want a glimpse before I look at some of the posts.
It’s kinda time consuming though…
Anyway. You forgot chatty. lol
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How could I forget that? Seriously…if you look at my about no where does it state how much I talk! Revision needed!!
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It is hard to write “about” yourself. I tried to think of interesting stuff about me when writing mine but all I had was plain old me!!
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I get you! How do you summarize yourself so as to be authentic, but also make people want to read you?
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Exactly!! It is easier to write about places and things and it is to write about me!!
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I’m dating your blog? Love that idea.
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It’s sort of like that though…😉
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It’s one of those things that blog “experts” tell you is very important but does anybody ever really read them? I have almost my life history in mine with pictures. I see I have to tweak it a bit because it says I use a bedroom as my craft room and we all know there is a studio now – LOL. I agree it’s kind of like a dating profile but I think we learn more about you from your writing.
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I know! Does anyone really read them? I’ve gotten likes on my about, but small in comparison to other things…
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Actually, I read each and every about page of each person who subscribes to my blog and every blog I subscribe to. I never looked at it as “dating” – but you are right it is!!! OMG!!!! How shocking.
So really mine should be “Looking for a middle aged women or man who kayaks, has adventures, owns and paddles a cedar canoe? Subscribe here!” Wow…
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That would actually be perfect for you! I hadn’t thought about it until I wrote a post about how authentic people are in dating profiles, and I realized it’s basically the same!
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The toughest part for me too.. I just copy paste a part of my resume to my About page. I don’t like it. But right now, I am looking for a job and I wanted my resume to be a part of my about page too. I will take it off as soon as I find a job. 🙂
Otherwise, I feel I don’t want my about page to “define” me. I don’t want it to set boundaries to who I am and who I am not. I like the idea of being undefined. And I don’t want the reader to look at my blog through the lens of the “about” page. I am what i write and as I change and I evolve, so will my writing. So who am I to say anything about me… does that sound too philosophical ?
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I get that..not wanting to be defined. We’re always evolving…we need to let ourselves have room to grow and change
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Exactly .. 👍🏻
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I can’t read mine – original version – anymore. It’s so bloated and irrelevant. A great writing exercise originally. It’s a better one in undertaking a major overhaul more than a year later. However, I love reading everyone else’s About pages.
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It’s funny, I never read someone’s about…I either enjoy the writing or I don’t….
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I’ve discovered some very clever and witty About’s though they don’t seem to get many likes 😊
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I’m going to try and read more. I hate mine so much I like to pretend they don’t exist
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LOL … so funny. 🤠
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I definitely don’t see you as a curmudgeon at all.
I think you should blow your own horn a bit and list something about “insightful awareness of social issues with the ability to garner deep and meaningful discussions .
You are also open-minded and truly interested in what others write in response to your posts/prompts.
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Thank you! You can be my pr person! Curmudgeon is just a fun word…like when people ask what you do, you just respond I curmudgeon….there aren’t many fun words like this anymore!
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Is there any reason the list is 10 items long vs a prime number? 😎
Also, I keep my about page as simple as possible to account for my slow evolution – “Hi, I’m a human, and this is where I share things with you.”
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Ten seemed like the right number to hook people in….😆
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See, I took the whole concept a different way. I figured it was supposed to be mostly about the blog and less about me. But I think your about is fitting for both.
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I get that. I had no idea how to approach it when I started….
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My goodness, we are of one mind when it comes to that dreaded about page. I just want to wrote all the thoughts that hatch, you know? But now I gotta tell you about me?
My about page is kind of lame, think I should work on it?
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I’m going to pretend mine doesn’t exist…though I might amend…
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I’m already doing that, I wonder if it doesn’t deserve better…?
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I might play with mine this weekend. But my play, I mean add some items to the list….😆
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List = EVERYTHING ❤
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P.S. commenting on the phone leads to some seriously wrong words. Thanks auto correct. 🤨
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I can’t spell to begin with….
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lover of chocolate and a good egg sammich.
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You got that right!
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Sammich? That is a strange word.
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Sandwich, or Sammy….😉
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Ohhhh… I guess I am a bit out of touch in the outer regions of my universe. Thanks.
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I know I love reading your posts.
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A foodie who won’t eat cheese! That was my mother. 😊
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Drives me crazy!! I just want to share a plate of nachos!
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I can understand that. It was different because she was my mom and I didn’t know anything different. In contrast, my dad used to make us “Daddy Specials” which were basically open faced grilled cheese with whatever happened to be in the refrigerator. 😂😂
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My, my. There’s a long list of admirers. 😊
I know you live in NY, are authentic and outspoken when it matters most, love what makes you happy, are on the shorter side, have one daughter you birthed later in life, and don’t mind that you can’t store extra supplies in your apartment. You also have challenging extended family.
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Now that’s an about….but you got that very accurate description from reading..if I abouted that, would that be an enticing first look?
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😀 You could always copy over your “formerly attractive…” bit from the dating post a few days ago. 😀
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Yeah…that works…😆😉
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I never read anyone’s about page until I’ve read several blog posts and think the person might be worth following.
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I either like the writing or I don’t. I figure their blog is a better indicator of who and what they’re about, but I think I’m also biased because I hate my about page
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Do you know what is hard about that? Is that who I am as a person is sometimes not as I am as a real person. Meaning I highly filter what I write. I think it is a much dryer part of the total me.
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I don’t filter much. But I get filtering on blogs…I understand not necessarily sharing everything
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I’d say you briefly described yourself pretty accurately, and if this introduction was also a dating profile I’d take you out for lunch…… My treat 😊
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I’m basically very happy with my About page, it’s basically 75 totally random facts about mere.
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I’m going to check it out at some point!
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Oooh…I score on both ends…
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Ok… is this therapy session over? I know I could go on for days about early online dating and comparing it to our blog world. This was fun. Insightful!😂
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Well list or no list, your writing hooked me and then I went back to see you about page.
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The only ones I wasn’t really aware of are 7 and 9! Maybe they were just in posts I missed or I didn’t pick up that info. Now I have to go back to look at my About Me page…you’re inspiring me…thanks!
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Go for it!
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Reminds me I need to tweak my ‘about’…
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