While listening to Maria Popova’s podcast about how to start a successful blog, I found that she made many key points but one point that I found very powerful was when she expressed that “the key to being interesting is to be interested”. I strongly agree with Maria Popova because if we are not interested in a subject, as a student or as a writer, that we are writing about how are we supposed to inspire others and pull them in and make them feel interested in a topic. We must feel a passion for what we speak or write about, without that spark of interest or dedication how can we make someone else feel the same.
However, even if people tell you that your passion is naive and futile you should still hold on to it. Maria Popova also said “write for yourself, you must not write for people” not only should we be interested and love what we write about, we shouldn’t change our view to please readers or onlookers. We should want to inspire others, we really should but not at the cost of losing what made us want to start writing. I personally feel that even if my point of view is against that of one of my friends I shouldn’t have to sacrifice a friendship. Everyone should be able to write, speak, act, and think for themselves.
In conclusion, Maria Popova seems to be a very wise writer and I agree with many of her beliefs and opinions. She stands strong beside her writing and I respect her for doing so.