Thank-you

Recently I’ve had a number of comments mentioning that I do not monetize my blog and should consider doing so. Some of the comments are very obviously spam and are flagged as such, but others seem to be genuine people. While I appreciate the sentiment, it’s really not the point of this blog.

I blog because I enjoy writing. Yes, I love writing manually and would prefer not to use some online program to write my content. Each writer’s voice is unique and cannot be replicated by software. There have been many blogs that have grabbed my interest over the years and over time, they started adding ads, banners and pop ups. It becomes incredibly difficult and frustrating to navigate around that and eventually I stop following them because it’s irritating. It sucks to lose the meaningful content but the irritation that comes with trying to read it ends up outweighing the value of the content. It’s that exact reason why I refuse to do the same to mine.

When the time comes where I can make money writing, there are platforms for that and I’ll make use of them. This blog is solely to house my ramblings and pet projects. I intend to keep it that way.

To anyone reading this and to those who pop by regularly, thank you! Thank-you for taking the time out of your day to check in and I hope you find something useful or meaningful in here. Maybe even a little nudge to take a chance on finding happiness in the life you were made to live.

Have a brilliant day and don’t forget to look up once in a while. I did yesterday and there was a perfect red rose lying in the grass next to the tracks. Beauty really can be found in the oddest places…

Author: MacScottie

I'm a South African-born American who dabbles in writing, photography and cookery. I lived in England for 6 years before moving to America. My first trip to Scotland was in 2003 and it was love at first sight. 4 trips later & I'm now on a quest to find a way back to my soul-home in Scotland. I've picked up favourite foods in each place I've lived so I'm a product of all the places I've been. A sprinkling of this, a dash of that and in an emergency, a generous splash of Scotch! View all posts by MacScottie