Mar. 27, 2007
Blogging Psychology
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It continues to amaze me the amount of creative, talented, well-read, and unique people I meet through the Internet. One could lose hours pouring over the well-designed graphics, photographs, book lists, and hyper-links available. Communities abound and it's relatively simple to become a part of one. I, myself, have dabbled with the Home Arts crowd, intellectuals, bookworms, fellow home-schoolers, teenagers I teach, and authors I love (oh, and don't forget fellow Lost fans). I find myself responding with a number of reactions to this real or imagined sense that the blog-train is flying by and I must jump on. Somehow a successful blog might prove my worth as a creative and well-read writer. After all, "everyone else is doing it". If there are all these creative writers out there with a simple platform to get themselves known and I'm not one of them, what does that say? And maybe all the other bloggers publish their entries and photographs (complete with hyper-links), leave comments, and read others much faster than I (or sleep less), because where does everyone find the time? A few I've found are paid to write and can promote their other work through blogging, but I'm guessing most of us blog for fun. Some personalities more than others are driven and care about tangible success. Success, of course, can be defined a number of different ways. Success for me includes receiving notice from others, mainly strangers, for a job well-done. I tend to think that if I'm really good at something, others will pay for it. That somehow it will be recognized monetarily. Some people are discovered, but most of us knock on doors with bloody knuckles and look for our chance to prove ourselves. Some of us come inches close to quitting right before our lucky break and some of us may quit not realizing the breakthrough is just around the corner. Honestly, try as I might, I don't know if I will ever be truly satisfied knowing I was a good mom, homemaker, wife, and friend. Honestly, in this life, I long to be recognized for my brain and heart by strangers who will pay money for whatever it is I'm capable of offering, That's the real deal, folks. And so I blog. And I read blogs. (And I don't comment nearly enough, this must change). I blog to exercise muscles and read them to learn.But will it ever amount to anything for "them" or me? |
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