My information consumption philosophy is simple:
(1) It must have a long shelf life.
(2) It must have taken considerable effort to create.
With these two principles, you can cut out most of the junk from your information diet.
When I write about my very specific problems I trust that the reader can generalize to their situation - and they can. It also empowers them because they have to arrive at their own conclusions which is good.
The special thing about a small personal blog is that you can think aloud at length in a way that is not ok to do around strangers irl and that can really accelerate how fast you get to know someone