Framing, posting, and cherishing precious moments.

Because that moment in time only happens once in your life,

So why not capture it and remember it forever.

I believe that taking pictures, recording videos, and editing are my hobbies, my life.

I believe that these old moments caught on tape or on film bring joyous memories of old friends back. It doesn’t matter that you haven’t seen them for ages or cannot get a hold of them, because you have photographs to look back at.

I believe that whenever I get sad, it brings me joy when I look back at the photos that I’ve saved on my computer or albums that my mother made. I start to reminisce on the good old times that I’ve had with my friends and family.

I believe that saving and preserving photographs and videos of people in your life are very important, because once they pass away, those are going to be the only visuals that you have of them.

I believe that old videos and photographs are hilarious because when you look back at the photos, you see how much everyone has changed.

I believe that a picture is worth a thousand words. Everybody interrupts pictures differently. Only the people that were in the captured document or the one that took the photograph truly knows the real meaning behind it. Whether it was taken for a purpose or just taken for fun and amusement. Either way, it was meant to be kept forever, physically or emotionally.

I believe that life should be captured, saved, and cherished.

I believe in capturing moments.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.