Student bloggers on the rise

There are approximately 20 million bloggers in the United States, according to the Wall Street Journal. This trend is growing consistently, even at GCSU.

Kally Ramminger, a sophomore music therapy major, started her blog “Thankful” this past May. Some of her friends did Project 365, which encourages people take a picture a day in order to see their life differently, so she decided to do a similar thing but with words.

“Around that time I was just feeling thankful for everything. The title of the blog is based off my favorite Bible verse about thankfulness in Psalms,” Ramminger said.

Ramminger reads other blogs as well. They are mostly personal ones like hers. Some of the blogs she looks at are cooking blogs that she gets recipes from.

She says that blogging puts her life in perspective. She tries to pick something in her life that she wants to reflect on and then she posts.

“It’s hard to post every day, but when I do post it’s for my benefit,” Ramminger said.

Other bloggers find it hard to post everyday, but when they do it is special to them.

Elena Henson, a sophomore art major, has a crafts blog called “talk crafty to me.” On it, she features the arts and crafts projects she creates throughout the month.

It started when Henson was decorating her room at the beginning of this semester. She was trying to stick to a budget so recording the cost helped her stick to it.

“It’s also pretty handy for far-away friends and relatives that want to know what I’m up to. I can just send them a link,” Henson said.

The most gratifying part of blogging for Henson is when someone does a craft that she blogs.

Deborah Hodgin, a sophomore art major, has a blog called “Scarf. Scene. Scripture” all about the Bible, fashion and photography, her passions.

“I started it to just keep my thoughts together, and I wanted to own a vintage clothing store before and this was a way to start getting fashion ideas,” Hodgin said.

Hodgin puts pictures of her thrift store finds and she also expresses her love for photography in her posts. Even though she no longer wants to own a vintage store, fashion and art are still a part of her life and she satisfies these cravings through her blogging passion.

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