Ok, look, I know I made these prompts, but I wasn’t thinking about myself when I was doing it. I was looking for a topic that would fit the weekly theme, that just about anyone could write about regardless of what they normally blogged about. It was only after thinking about it for a little bit, I realized that I already did this for a prompt back in 2023! Oh, how the time flies. I answered a little more complex question, and it was a heavier post than I had intended when I started writing –that happens a lot actually. But rather than cover a bunch of ground I’ve already covered, I’m going to sum up, and then link that post if you want more details. My first real blog was something I started in February, 2010, which honestly feels like several lifetimes ago at this point. I was pretty obsessively playing World of Warcraft, and I was doing so with some of the more well-known WoW bloggers at that time, and I decided to throw my hat in the ring, so to speak. Image links to my very first blog post on So Much WoW. My final post was in July of 2012, after a long hiatus, so if I’m being real, that blog lasted for a little more than 18 months, excluding that last post, which was honestly a bit of a throwaway. And yet, it was hugely impactful, both in my gaming life and in my confidence as a blogger. I think that’s really where I found my voice. It’s not like I hadn’t done any writing before then. I’d been writing fiction and poetry since I was in middle school (often to the annoyance of the people who I used as … um … inspiration). I’d spent years keeping personal journals on both Diaryland and LiveJournal, as well as brief stints of handwritten journaling. But this was the first time I was writing about things that weren’t either completely (ok, mostly) made up, or just about myself. Which is not to say I never wrote intensely personal posts there. I did. It’s a habit I’ve never really broken to this day, although a couple of blogs I had in the interim, I did actually manage to stay on topic for the full duration. The duration just wasn’t very long. It’s kind of weird to be writing on the topic of starting when I am just now discovering that my blogging life isn’t over. I really thought it was for awhile. I didn’t know if I had anything left to say that anyone would care to read. I hadn’t intended to participate in Blaugust at all this year. I had been toying with the idea of writing a couple posts here in there for around the last six months, but I never followed through. I’ve really had a shake up on rediscovering who I am over the last year or so, and I wondered if this community, or if blogging in general, still had a place in it. But, just like I did way back 2010, I opened up a post and started writing, and it felt like it made sense to be here. But there’ll be more about all of that in another post, because it’s way off topic for this one. If you’re interested in reading my prior post about my first blog, just follow the link below. #Blaugust2023 – Hot Topics – In The Beginning Finally, I’m reserving this space to come back and link to any other Blaugust group project participants who have decided to post about their first blog on August 4, 2026. Come back in a day or two and there should be some links here. Unless I’m the only one who posts on this topic today, and then it’s going to feel like high school all over again. Early risers and other time zones means there are already other posts for you to enjoy! Blaugust 2026 Group Project: Welcome to Blaugust – Roger Edwards, Contains Moderate Peril The First Time – Bhagpuss, Inventory Full My Very First Blog – AgingGamer, Ubergeek Kelly’s World Blaugust 2026 Group Project: Tell Us All About Your Very First Blog – Zelibeli, Zelibeli Remembering Livejournal – Taylor, Taylor Film Crit My very first blog – Gridranger, Gridranger’s Blog My First Blog – Lee Perry, Prry My Very First Blog – Gaudete, Gaudete Theology This is My Very First Blog – Kluwes, Many Welps My First Blog – Aster, Aster’s Asterisms Group Project: tell us about your very first blog – NomadWarMachine, NomadWarMachine My Earliest Blogs (4) – UltrViolet, Endgame Viable Blaugust 2026 Group Project: Tell Us About Your Very First Blog – GamerLadyP, GamerLadyP Blog My First Blog – Fyr, fyr.io Yet another introduction: What is Indiecator, who the fuck is Magi, and also some updates and music to vibe to – Magi, Indiecator