Thank you for wishing me a warm return from my holiday.
Hm well I’ll try to answer your Ask in a positive way, as I feel that you’re acting in good faith. Thank you for wishing to help me, by linking to my tumblr blog from your own. However, I don’t think that it’d make me happier per se to be ‘promoted’. Of course, I don’t mind it when people do so, though it’s better for them (and for you) if you reconsider why you wish to do so. I’ll try to elaborate on this topic, a little bit, and we can further discuss it either through DM, through Asks or through whichever means is most suitable for you.
There are numerous reasons why someone would want to start a blog, and why they would continue to publish content to it. The first reason, at least for me, is that it’s fun and gives a sense of accomplishment / fulfilment / whatever you wish to call it ^^. Some will do it to inspire their audience, or to improve their own (writing / photography) skills. Maybe some folks do it to confront their own fears, to document their own progress, who knows? Some folks may do so to mentally support themselves. I.e., be the centre of attention, feel the satisfaction of advising others, or even as simple as feeling desired. Beyond that, some folks do it to generate (extra) income.
The question now is why do I have a tumblr blog? Which of my reasons would benefit from being promoted by others? I’m not 100% sure why I started my blog, and why I keep doing it. I do enjoy taking photos and writing passages of text. I have much to learn in life and feel that tumblr may help me herein. The site itself will not teach me what I want to know, but the people who I interact with may. My own personality is way too stubborn to need real support from others 😂. You will not see me in a melancholic mood, asking for hearts and hugs xD. You could see this as a definite weakness, though. Stubbornness is still a threshold for self-improvement. Anyway, I need to mention that I don’t want to earn money through sharing pictures of myself. So, to achieve these goals, do I really need to be promoted by others? I feel that the enjoyment of sharing my littlespace and my thoughts is independent of the number of visitors. The likelihood of learning from others does increase with the number of people who I interact with. Though, I feel that I have long reached the point where I am the bottleneck, and not the number of people who wish to interact with me xD. I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but there are a lot of private messages and Asks which remain untouched for too long, before I can find the time to answer them. I’m not saying that I don’t appreciate the attention that I get. Upon starting a blog, I could never have envisioned that so many of you would be interested in my pictures and my personality.
This brings me to your reasons for wanting to promote others. What are your reasons, exactly? Is there something that you wish to receive in return, for helping others? There’s nothing that I could do for you, I think.