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 your 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.

About Dean

For someone given no chance – Dean has achieved more than most in what continues to be a remarkable life.

When I was born doctors gave me no chance of surviving. In fact they said if i survived to see my 4th birthday it would be nothing short of a miracle. Well now I am 40yrs old and living my life to its fullest.

I have turned every negative into a positive to not only defy all the odds but to rewrite all the rules along the way.
Medically speaking, I was given no chance to survive, but I have found a way to not just survive but thrive under extreme adversity to achieve more than anyone could have ever imagined.

Born with Epidermolysis Bullosa (“The worst disease you’ve never heard of”), which is commonly referred to by the media as Cotton Wool Kids or E.B.

My life is one of extreme pain and hardship. The simplest of every day task can rip his skin apart like ripping apart a tissue.
Yet I have never wavered in my dream to be a productive member of the community and live a meaningful life filled with purpose.

In 2003 I had a dream to become a Motivational Speaker to try and inspire people who were struggling like I had been throughout different stages of my life. This began an amazing journey that has taken me all over Australia and even internationally sharing my story to everyone from school students to Prime Ministers.

I am honoured to be an Ambassador for Debra Australia as well as an Ambassador for my beloved Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club.

And that is just the start of this amazing story.