Bloggers say when you want your blog to be known and be read by people, you need to write about a specific subject. It may be fashion, travel, food, religion, philosophy, history, art (various kinds), education, film, photography, and any other specific area that you enjoy.


For nine years, I have been writing mostly about what I feel or do. I jot down what I felt that day, a poem that I made, or a recent event that took place. It was mostly about my life with no relevance to other people. Another thing that I noticed was that I was writing when I only have the free time. This year, I realized that I should find a real purpose why I write and who I write for. Like a newborn blogger, I listed down some goals I would like my blogger to be and NOT to be.

1) A-OH-KAYE will focus on five themes: travel, Christianity, film, music, and events (whether in my personal life or others). My posts in the past were mostly about travel. So I will continue to write about it. I also wanted to write about education but I do not want to include my career in this blog. Maybe one mention or two will come up. I just wanted this blog to be personal showing another side of me that most people do not know.

2) The purpose of my blog will not only be for self-expression but for the Greater Good. I define the Greater Good as one that will benefit if not all but a few of mankind. Hopefully, I will write with a selfless purpose. Of course, this is quite impossible to fully write selflessly for a blogger/writer usually writes about himself/herself. But I aim for every writing to be influential or inspirational to others. I do not want it to be just a blah-blah writing that is pretentious and/or self-centered. I do pray that I will be able to achieve this.

3) Being a blogger, a serious one, requires commitment. I will attempt to write at least two entries a month. I tend to write long blogs so it usually causes me not to publish anything. In order to be able to post at least two entries a month, I have to commit publishing either a short or a long blog post. That is already fair to myself.

4) I plan to join a blog community. If I need to get serious in blogging, I also need to read other blogs and comment on their posts. This is not just about me. There is a blogger world out there that I can take part in and learn from.

5) Publish! At times, I wanted to write but then I could not finish it. So I left it unpublished in my drafts. And I never got to write about it again because the drive to continue it was gone.

6) I will edit the photos that I take consistently. This means the pictures need to contain a similar feel. Establish "Kaye's preset." #learningphotography

7) I will NOT delete this blog. I am a blogger. Period.

I pray that I will be able to do all of these goals in 2014. Let the inspiration arise!