Jan 13, 2017 / First Friday

First Friday

New blogger? Welcome! Share a link to your first post, say hello to other new faces, and find your first few readers.

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To find, copy, and paste your link:
Head to your blog’s home page — not your dashboard, your blog itself. Click on the title of your post to open the individual post.

Highlight and copy the URL you see in your browser’s address bar, and paste the entire URL into a comment here.

Welcome to First Friday, a weekly open thread where any new blogger can share a link to his or her very first post with the larger WordPress.com community. To share your first post with us, copy and paste the link right into a comment here. If you’re not new, you can still be a part of First Fridays: visit a link or two, and leave the blogger a like or comment.

Please don’t use this as a space to share your first post…. that you published three years ago; ditto for simply sharing your latest post. Posts should have been published within the last month, and should be your first post. We’ll remove other posts to keep this space focused for new bloggers.

We ask that you help us keep this space focused by following a few additional guidelines:

  • We encourage anyone who shares a link to visit a few other bloggers. New readers for all!
  • When commenting, the third time is not the charm: don’t share the same link repeatedly, or in multiple First Friday threads. We’ll remove repeat posts.
  • Link directly to your new post, rather than to your blog generally — it makes it that much easier for folks to like the post or leave you comments.
  • Avoid repeated “Follow for a follow!” comments. (Tip: if you’re trying to build a readership, it’s much more effective to visit and comment on individual bloggers.)
  • To keep from losing your place while you visit others’ blogs, right-click on links to open them in a new tab or window.
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    1. This is a beautiful beginning. Kudos to you and I hope you achieve your dream through this blog and through yourself and your mom’s spirit. I love the picture you have shared…its innocent and meaningful. My best wishes are with you 🙂

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      2. I do understand. Having that sense of sisterhood or a bond with fellow bloggers is pretty precious. It makes me grateful even now when a blogger likes or comments on my posts. Bless you girl 🙂 may you have millions of likes and subscriptions

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    2. This was seriously inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time. I wish you all the best and can definitely relate to the happiness of traveling (I also have a travel blog). Really enjoyed reading and would love if you could read my blog too!

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      1. Thank you so much!!! That means the world to me. I love writing from my heart and expressing the joy it gives me. Can’t wait to see your blog!!

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    3. Wow, your first post as to why you travel and that you carry your mother’s spirit and memory with you made tears well up in my eyes. Nice start. I perused more of your blog. I too have visited the salt mines of Peru and Machu Picchu. And are the women in your header picture on the Reed Islands of Peru? I was there too. I will enjoy following your travels.

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      1. Yes!! You are so right. That picture is the floating reed islands. I loved it there and am so glad you enjoyed my post. Thanks for the lovely comment. Anytime I can give something to someone I am so happy. can’t wait to share this crazy journey with you!!!

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  2. http://www.heavenearthhumanareone.com/2016/12/13/journey-of-healing-renewal/

    Hello, fellow bloggers!
    I didn’t know this community exists until now. I am glad I found it. I am planning to learn about blogging in this community and want to inspire and be inspired.
    My first post has been a month old but please check it out and leave some advice if you do.
    My blog is about my thoughts and art related to spirituality for now.
    Thank you!

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    1. Thanks for sharing your blog. Your blog was a little difficult to follow. I would recommend that you break up the content with some good focused subheadings to help the reader to stay engaged. Just my 2 cents. I’m new at this also.

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    2. I noticed that your blog’s home page has lots of placeholder text on it. You can find your theme’s details here: https://wordpress.com/themes/affinity — it’ll help you learn to customize and configure all the parts of your home page.

      It also looks like you haven’t given your site a title yet! If you’d like to add one (we recommend it), you can do that my going to My Site > Customize > Site Identity.

      Welcome 🙂

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    2. Hi there
      I can’t agree more on your view on minimalism ( I just read your post) Actually their webpage minimalist was one trigger point for me to start up my blog page. When we get rid of clutter in our lives, we will suddenly meet our true desire and purpose.
      So keep on going!

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  16. Even though it’s now Saturday here I am gonna leave this here….

    My first blog post 🙂
    https://aspierudegirl.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/my-birthday-weekend/

    Any kind of feedback is welcome especially if it is to help me improve. Oh and I had problems with my latest post if someone could maybe help me out…I wrote my blog originally on a computer program I have, but when I went to go paste it to wordpress it took out my spaces between my paragraphs and I can’t seem to fix it. It could be because of my blog theme I am using or some other simple reason this is happening I was gonna play around with it some more, but if anyone has an idea of how I could fix this please share!

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s footer, at the bottom — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      (Also, going forward, make sure you share links to published posts, rather than to previews — if you see “preview=true” in your link, that’s a preview and it’s private to you.)

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  19. If you’re a woman going through IVF, there’s tons of info out there.
    If you’re a bloke, not so much.

    Redressing the balance, and writing about the IVF process from a male point of view, with tongue firmly in cheek as my wife and I attempt to start a family the hard way!

    Feeling in the dark

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      Looks like you haven’t given your site a title yet! If you’d like to add one (we recommend it), you can do that my going to My Site > Customize > Site Identity.

      I also noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, in the right-hand column — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

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      5. Only you can do that! Keep publishing, and make time to read, like, and comment on other blogs — connecting with others is the best way to get them interested in you.

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    1. Welcome 🙂

      I noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s footer, at the bottom — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      Liked by 1 person

    1. Welcome 🙂

      Looks like you haven’t given your site a title yet! If you’d like to add one (we recommend it), you can do that my going to My Site > Customize > Site Identity. Welcome 🙂

      I also noticed that you still have some placeholder text in your blog’s sidebar, on the right — you can remove or edit that by going to My Site > Customize > Widgets. Look for the Text Widget!

      Like

  30. Letter 1, 15.1.2017
    Dear future baby,

                               As I am sitting on my bed , struggling with my books, trying to prepare for my finals, my thoughts keep…

    Letter 1, 15.1.2017

    My first attempt at blogging. I wanted to start with something I have wanted to write about for a really long time. Do read my first letter to my future baby. Follow for more letters 😋☺️

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