Blogging is free, but…
When I first started blogging, I was feeling extremely uncomfortable and weird. And yes, weird is the right word for that situation because I loved writing to a paper and do not like technology so much, unfortunately.
I was writing dairy when I was in high school and was sharing my opinions and thoughts with my friends and family members by speaking. Blogging is totally different than this. When you write your thoughts, nobody reads it. You are only transferring them to a paper. And, when you talk with people in person, you can see their reactions and those reactions directs your thoughts sometimes. Or, when you say something, you know that your audiences know who you are and your thoughts, character, and more. Either one makes people feel comfortable. But blogging is different. First of all, you should type it by using a keyboard. And anybody can read, comment on it, and judge you. this judgment might be about your thoughts, your language, your grammar, even sometimes about your character. Because other people do not know you, your position, your situation, and they might have some expectations when you do something public. If you open yourself to the public, your thoughts and opinions become public goods anymore. And everybody has a right to judge or do whatever they want with it after that point.
January 29, 2018 @ 10:23 pm
Hi Sevda and thanks for your brave post! I think all of us, deep down feel more comfortable when we are among our friends and family, sharing our thoughts with them; perhaps due to the fact that we are certain that even when they are in sharp contrast with us, they know who we are and would not judge us. However, I think more and more I blog I feel more comfortable of being judged by strangers! It is very helpful for my writing skill and even before that, expressing skills! Usually our close circle of people understand us, no matter how tired/lazy/clumsy we talk, but even those dear ones might misunderstand us when it comes to written words! My point is, although blogging seems an strenuous choir, it genuinely forces us to be as clear as possible, not merely in our writing but also in how we think and the way we convey those thoughts!
January 30, 2018 @ 2:14 am
I totally agree. I still feel uncomfortable to share my personal life or thoughts in my blog. And another thing is that many of our believes and opinions may change over time, and sometimes it is really funny when you flash back and read your earlier posts!
January 31, 2018 @ 2:49 am
Finding the a “voice” you are comfortable with for blogging can be tough! Thank-you, Sevda, for being brave and honest about this. It might help to think about an audience that isn’t personal — or imagine that you want to convey your thoughts on a particular subject to anyone who might be interested in them, and then think of what you write as being informal but professional communication?
January 31, 2018 @ 2:34 pm
Thanks for your post! I too am not the most comfortable blogging, but it has become easier the longer I do it. I think that writing, explaining, posting, and sometimes defending our beliefs and discoveries in a public forums helps us think things through a little more, possibly from new perspectives, and in the end, I think helps us gain confidence in those beliefs because we realize that we really do know some things and that we really are qualified and capable of standing by them under public scrutiny. Haha, which doesn’t mean I’m good at blogging but at least there’s hope that we can all become more comfortable in doing it. Thanks again!