By saying “our topics choose us” we are denying the fact that something within us, often deeper than we are aware of, attracted our blogging subject matter to us. That denotes a lack of self control.

We have control over the topics we write about on our blogs, thus, we choose. If we let our unconscious mind control our choices, then that’s one method. If we consciously choose what we blog about, what goes into those conscious decisions? What motivates those choices is what I wanted our readers to think about.

How often are you asked as a blogger, “How do you know what to write about? Where do you get your ideas?” I wanted an answer to that question but I want bloggers to go deeper.

What is the true motivation between choosing the topics you blog about?

Atheista was created to inform and remind people on the existence of Atheism in society and to also expose other individuals to the principles, beliefs and practices of one person who doesn’t believe in the existence of a supreme being. Though these pages would contain the inherent differences between people of faith and Atheists, the author hopes that this would open a dialogue for both parties to realize that despite the obvious non-equivalence in paradigms, there are still more things that fall within the common ground.

The questions you posed, however, don’t necessarily follow the title. Save for the intro and the end, you’re asking questions that go beyond choosing a subject. The way I see it, you’re asking why we blog at all. You’re asking what motivates us to share our thoughts with the rest of the world.

If I’m over-reaching, I’m doing so because I feel like you’re asking the same questions I found myself asking myself recently. I answered those questions here:

I blog because I am able to share a bit of my mind. I blog because I know I can do it well. I blog because I want to express myself even better.

Most importantly, I blog because people react to my writing, to my photography, basically, to my work.

Why did you blog about this?

But, actually, I tend to find that even within the niche, there is plenty of scope for my own personal blogging style – which is to post about whatever catches my eye that day. I go through phases where I focus on foreign policy, crime, human rights – sometimes these can just last a day or two, other times they become semi-permanent themes of my blog.

Essentially, though, I see my blog as a way to share my enthusiasm for Russia with others – so in order to write anything worth reading, I have to be enthusiastic about it at the exact moment I sit down to write about it.

It is a “passion” for me – no way I’m an expert – but when we had our daughter (from before then, actually) the way of parenting we were moved by became the necessary subject of the blog. Now I’m doing it, some of the other reasons you suggest kick into play. I like writing, I find it a lot of fun, and extremely rewarding, whatever the result.

The main subject forms the core, but I do blog about diverse things, sometimes playing off other people’s posts, sometimes being inspired by something I read – or just day-to-day thoughts. But always the blog comes back to the central theme.

Our main subject is a way of parenting we feel would be of huge benefit to parents, and prospective parents, everywhere. It is there if visitors want it, and maybe they’ll like our style.

For me even though so many people say “blogging about blogging” is done to death I love talking about it and my family won’t listen ;)