Author: Khürt Williams

A few months ago, I started taking a leadership course. Inside that course, I took on a project, "You're Not Alone!", to build an online community for people with fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia is characterised by muscle, joint, or bone pain, fatigue, and a wide range of other symptoms.

Bhavna has suffered from it for a few years. I have watched her struggle, unable to help her other than by saying a few words of encouragement. The inspiration for my project is my wife and Manuel Hernandez, founder of TuDiabetes, a community for people touched by diabetes. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2006 and found the TuDiabetes site through the blogging community. I reached out and asked Manny for help in creating a similar community for fibromyalgia. He warned me that it would seem like nothing was happening in the beginning, but he gave me many ideas on how to get things going. The article below is about blogging grass and patience. It is about commitment versus attachment to the outcome.

Sometimes Blogging is Like Watching Grass Grow

Similarly – a blog needs to put its roots down in its first few months and can take a lot of work – for seemingly few results. However there’s more going on under the surface than you might think. While reader numbers might not be great those first few readers can spread the word of your blog far and wide, the decisions you make about design, SEO, topic, voice etc all can have a lasting impact upon your blog.