Entering the world of blogging
My husband, an avid blogger, has worn me down. I have given into his encouragement and created a blog. My entrance into the blogging world is a big step for me. It started with reading and commenting on my husband's blog. Then I started reading and commenting on some friends' blogs. Then, something would happen to me during the day, and I would think, "I could blog about that." And, as they say, the rest is history.
I was an avid journal writer as a child. In a Rubbermaid container, I have filed away my diaries and journals from the years 1979 to around 2002. Every once in awhile, I will uncover the box and read some of them. In the early years, the entries are about school, friends, my family, vacations, and daily updates on the weather. Later, they become much more self- revelatory, a place where I grapple with my feelings and wrestle with God. For a time in my life, it truly didn't feel like an event or a feeling was complete until I journaled about it. For some reason, that all stopped around 2002. I don't know why. I have some theories, but I don't know for sure why.
I tell you that to explain, why, I think blogging was such a foreign concept to me. I could only compare it to journaling, for an audience. And as anyone who unloads their soul into the pages of a journal knows, that's a scary thing. So it took me some time to get used to the idea of things you blog about vs. things you journal about. OK, bloggers, help me out here. Does anyone get this? Do you blog as well as journal?
I was an avid journal writer as a child. In a Rubbermaid container, I have filed away my diaries and journals from the years 1979 to around 2002. Every once in awhile, I will uncover the box and read some of them. In the early years, the entries are about school, friends, my family, vacations, and daily updates on the weather. Later, they become much more self- revelatory, a place where I grapple with my feelings and wrestle with God. For a time in my life, it truly didn't feel like an event or a feeling was complete until I journaled about it. For some reason, that all stopped around 2002. I don't know why. I have some theories, but I don't know for sure why.
I tell you that to explain, why, I think blogging was such a foreign concept to me. I could only compare it to journaling, for an audience. And as anyone who unloads their soul into the pages of a journal knows, that's a scary thing. So it took me some time to get used to the idea of things you blog about vs. things you journal about. OK, bloggers, help me out here. Does anyone get this? Do you blog as well as journal?
posted by Alyssa at 5:13 PM
2 Comments:
A million welcomes to the blogosphere! About your question, some refer to blogs as "public journals," which is interesting because, on the face of it, who would want to keep a journal for all the world to see. But then there's something intriguing and cathartic about the idea too. Anyway, glad you're here.
Hi Alyssa, Alice here. I keep a personal journal that I would never think of letting anyone public read. I think my online blog serves a different purpose - keeping in touch with others about things I want to share, and perhaps even separating the public from the private (for me) in a documented way - make sense? Anyway, best of luck with your blog.
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