Well, I have succumbed to the pull of the blog. I enjoy reading several blogs almost religiously and have often thought how much I would like to start a blog. I couldn't decide if my desire to start a blog stemmed from my desire to start and maintain a diary/journal/history or from some desire to write or to feel important and that someone out there actually cared enough to want to know what is going on in my life. My initial apprehensions of starting a blog included but were not limited to these following rational and irrational thoughts:
Does anyone actually even want to read a blog written by me? Does my life warrant recording and sharing (recording yes, I believe everyone's life is worth recording for future generations, but sharing...)? Would I share too much information? In my desire to share my life and my thoughts, would I pass on things that should be kept sacred and private, embarrasing myself and/or family members? I do have a tendency to ramble on so and a blog almost seems to demand you share information, where do you draw the line? Would I know where to draw that line or would I steamboat over it? Or just as bad, would I fall short of it, becoming a blog that is mundane and so secretive you would learn more from a rock, than from reading my blog? Would I have the time to maintain a blog? What if I decide I really want to write a dairy/journal/history and not a blog, so give up on my blog, would I be a failure, adding to the many things I have started and never finished or maintained? Will starting a blog stop people from calling or e-mailing me because they already know what is happening in my life? Will I be doomed to repeating everything I write on the blog to those I talk to only to be shut down with the phrase "Oh, yeah, I already read about that on your blog."? Will I constantly be having one sided conversations, asking only questions, because everyone already knows what is happening with me?
After months of going back and forth (and never starting a diary/journal/history) I figured I would start a blog and we can find out the answers to my many questions as well as my motivations together. So, grab my hand, hold on tight and we’ll see where this crazy ride takes us. :)
4 comments:
Yay, how fun Cynthia! I, for one, will enjoy reading your blog. (: And don't worry - I've had several of those same thoughts go through my head regarding my blogs more than once. Sometimes I still struggle with blogging "self-esteem" issues (that's the best way I can think to put it), but really - it's your blog, and it's your choice how much and what you write about. (:
Looking forward to your future posts! (AND to sushi tonight :D)
Welcome to the world of the Blog Cyn!! I am so excited. I love it here. I can't wait to read all your posts.
Oh Cynthia, I'm so excited that you have a blog now! Yay!
I do run into people stopping me midsentence saying, "Oh, I read that on your blog" and not getting as many emails and phone calls, but not so often that it bugs me ... yet.
Do you think I share too much? Not enough? Give me YOUR feedback...:)
Love you! yayayay! I'm really excited, can you tell? :D
Wahoo for a blog.
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