While always being heavily involved with the internet, through work, play and learning; I have never felt a need to 'blog'.This is all changed over the weekend, my world got turned upside down by a large unexpected debt.
It took me back to the drawing board of life, time to make a new game plan! Lets have a look at the reasons I have chosen to make a blog, with my first post being about how it can have a positive effect on my life...
- Learn from your mistakes
- Express yourself!
- Clear your Mind
- Build Networks
Throughout my life, I often reach a hurdle or low point, where I realise my life is not heading in the direction I want, and I finally stop and take stock of things. It is only then that I take the time to sit down and review my past behaviour, attitudes and actions that led me to this current situation.
These are important points in my life, often where I make a decision that puts me back on the right track, and sometimes not. I can honestly say, at everyone of these points, I've wished I had kept a diary.
A diary or journal allows us to reflect on past habits and patterns of behaviour in a more analytical manner, which is how I try and problem solve the situation I am in, by calling on past experiences. This is where the blog comes in, its like a diary on steroids! You can search, get feedback, discuss your own experiences and thoughts, and at anytime, put down whats on your mind.
What is life without expression? A crucial part of being a human being, is having the ability to express ourselves. Every person deserves the right, and should be encouraged, to outwardly communicate.
I believe one of the most important ideaologies behind the internet is the persistance of freedom of speech in a world of constantly growing restrictions and percieved fears.
There's a good reason in therapy, it is suggested you write down your issues as a way of relieving yourself of past griefs or issues. It's a very cleansing process. (Although often you are then told to destroy the paper it was written on)
Writing a blog is another form of this, although it remains on the web for as long as sites like Google maintain it within a cache. Despite this, it can still be a therapuetic process, by forcing you to finalise in your mind where you stand on issues as you type them.
One of the most valuable improvements the internet has made on society, is the ability for people with common goals and aspirations to communicate, collaborate and apply those benefits in the real world.
By writing your blog, you build a place where people with whom you share common goals can communicate, and often find in solace in the fact that they are not alone in this world.
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