On Blogging

I have always been afraid of blogging - afraid that I might not be good at writing, or that no one will read what I write. I have come to realize however that I am not so much writing for anyone as I am writing for myself.

Writing/blogging is a calming activity, that makes me slow down and think about what I have learnt and done in the past, maybe week, month or even year. It puts things into perspective and creates a focus. It is also a kind of sieve/filter on my mind. Which goes through important bits.

The first time I wrote something for a blog was for a travel blog. It was fun and I felt like I could just be myself and say what I want to say. I realize that once I put something onto paper (or as the case may be keyboard) it will always be there, and anyone might see it.

In the near future I believe that we will all broadcast too much of ourselves on the internet (most of us are already), the average 20something has numerous accounts and feels the need to update regularly what he/she is doing. I have a friend who is the most disconnected person I know, she has a facebook account which she never checks and she can't remember the password to it either, she has an old phone that is always on silent (because she needs it when she needs to reach people) in our high tech world, she has just not cared to keep up. Getting hold of her is frustrating as hell, but I love her for that. I think the strange contrast she presents to the world is what is so appealing to me.

As for me I am much to nosy to not have numerous accounts, I used to love wasting time on social networks not posting anything but just scrolling though what others thought was important enough to broadcast. I have in the past couple of months noticed that I haven't been doing that as often as I used to. I find different ways of entertaining myself and wasting time that I don't have - like starting this blog.

So, it is not about if anybody enjoys reading this, but about how much I enjoyed writing it ;)