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A boost in confidence. Maybe
So, blogging has not worked out for me so well in the past. In the past two years I have tried multiple times to start a blog and I have failed. So, being the good ex-psychology student that I am, I tried to figure out why. So far, my attempts at blogging have typically been about sharing things I found on the internet that interested me. This is a similar style to many of the blogs I enjoy. However, the trouble with this is that I felt like I really wasn’t saying anything more than here is something I like so you should like it too and that isn’t very interesting.
I have been told repeatedly that I should take a different approach; I should consider posing my thoughts on things I have read or even that I should post my papers. The trouble is that I have always been very embarassed about my thoughts and papers. I am happy to point to something awesome that someone else has done and say; “hey, this is is awesome” but I don’t feel like anyone would ever want to look at anything I have done. However, my summer’s resolution is to stop lurking and start finding my voice. Web 2.0 is about everyone having a chance to speak up and be involved. If their stuff is awesome then others will see it and appreciate it and if there stuff is, well let’s stick with the theme and say less-than-awesome, it will fade away.
The point is to get out there. So that is what I’m going to try to now. I’m not going to waste more time being afraid of what other people will think because if they don’t care they will simply move on to something better. But maybe I do have something interesting to say. I might as well at least give it a chance.
So here I am. Trying to blog again.
