It has been a little over a year since I started doing this. It has been wonderful to see so many new voices join the conversation. I can only guess what it will be like in another year from now.
Some things are going to change here in the next year. I am going to talk more about myself and my life. When I started, I thought it was important to maintain anonymity. I thought there may be consequences to keeping a record of my thoughts and opinions which could be googled at any moment.
There have been consequences-wonderfully positive consequences. The book tour has pulled together a wonderful community of bloggers and introduced me to so many new people. I have had numerous phone conversations with fellow bloggers where we exchanged ideas and help each other find our way. I even get paid to blog now. What could be better?
So a little more about myself. My name is Todd Sattersten (are last names that important?) and I live outside Milwaukee with my wife and 1 year old boy. There will be more stories to share. For now, enjoy the family photo from our trip to France in Feburary.
It’s funny that you bring this up today. I was having a conversation earlier with someone about how the tone of my blog has changed over the last couple of weeks. Where before I was posting strictly about news and information, my posts have become a bit more personal and contain more of my opinions. It was not an intentional thing, but I think to be an effective blogger, your personality (and therefore to some degree, your personal life and beliefs) must come through. For me it seems to be a natural progression as I blog more.
BTW, that’s a nice looking family you have there.
Last names can be important, especially when being quoted 😉