My daughter, Kristin, 21, poked fun at me last week for blogging. Mom, arent most bloggers, like, 15-years-old? But something about my blog grabbed her interest. In fact, a week later, she allied my weblog community.
Her first blog post was a little tentative:
What's the saying? Don't knock it 'til you stone it (or something to that effect). as a result here goes...hmm.....this is hard...Because I am a little skeptical of who may be reading this I'll just start out simple.
A blog (short for weblog) is an online diary or journal. Its a little unnerving to herald journal entries upon a public blog, not knowing who may admission them.
The first week that I blogged, I edited myself to death because I was worried not quite what people would think virtually my real life. To supplementary mount up to my paranoia, others started posting clarification to my entries, as a result I knew people were out there . . . reading.
So, are blogs true journals or not?
My first thought was no. Blogging seemed more taking into consideration a conversation as soon as connections than personal journaling. After all, personal journaling is all roughly recording private thoughts and blogs are public.
However, my thoughts just about blogging are changing. A little at a time, I way of being who I am through my blog. My blog posts are evolving into thoughts and comments just about vivaciousness that I no longer self-edit. Its been a liberating experience.
In my personal journal, I write things that I know to be authentic not quite myself that I'm unable to flavor for one excuse or another. in the same way as I'm over and done with journaling, I tuck the journal in a drawer, put upon my mask and go out into the world.
Not physical legitimate to who I essentially am causes every kinds of problems in my relationships. Further, if my behavior doesnt stock happening when my values, it keeps me from meeting important goals, growing spiritually and compromises my visceral and mental health.
Its important to keep a personal journal for my eyes forlorn I always will. But integrating some of the thoughts I lp in my journal afterward my public blog is peeling away layers of self-consciousness and tentativeness.
I knew I was a valid blogger once I re-read a blog pronounce and, instead of editing it, I thought, This is who I am, and, hey, Im okay!
My new philosophy as a blogger is: The closer I can get to integrating my valid self into my public self, the greater than before off I am. And, of course, Dont knock it til you rock it!
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