Type & Erase... Type & Erase... Type & Erase... Type & Erase...
It is one week into the second semester of the Beyond Borders Program and I am already out of my comfort zone... The beginning of this blog is how my blogging process has been going so far. There has been a lot of typing and erasing as I attempt to figure out how to write to an imaginary audience. Yes I understand that my fellow Beyond Bordians are likely to read my blog, but I see that I have other followers who I do not know and therefore understand that they may be interested in what I have to say about this experience....
It is through blogging that I have found myself uncomfortable; however it was not always like this... Initially I was excited about this blogging idea... I was excited because I have friends who are currently travelling and they have a blog that they post to every week telling us at home about all the adventures they are having (the good and the bad), so when I heard about the fact that we were going to be blogging I thought it was going to be a great experience... However, it has ended up being the most uncomfortable thing I have ever experienced in relation to networking and reflection. Although I love reflection and journal about things all the time, I am not technologically savy and do not do so well with the whole Internet social networking thing (ex. Facebook). I am also a perfectionist and am currently having issues with the format of my blog site and the way it looks.,, I am likely to get over this anxiety about blogging in relation to what to say and more importantly how to say it on an open site.
I NEVER thought that this would be something that I would feel uncomfortable with, but here it is... my first experience of being uncomfortable.
Brie, I hear ya! I also think it's difficlut to write when I'm not sure who I'm writing to. To help me with this, I thought of my personal goals and reasons for writing. I was excited about blogging bacause it's a chance to keep in touch with family and friends, so I usually write with them in mind. However, I need to remember that this is also for grades and so I should probably be a bit more academic.
ReplyDeleteOne other observation: the flow of my blog is horrible because I am usually inspired to write by a veriety of things (sometimes technical, sometimes personal, etc). Do you get the same feeling? Does it bother you/how do you fix that and allow some flow? (I'll keep reading your blogs to see for myself too.)
Hey Jess,
ReplyDeleteI think it hard to be technical because I am very feelings oriented and have to work really hard and dig really deep to write with an academic lens. This is something I know I should work on because I take in so many experiences in my personal life as well as through my education that form my values and beliefs and I should really work on trying to channel this through a more academic style of writing. So in terms of flow I find it hard when I try to mix these two styles of writing.
I hope this is something that you can see a benefit in working on as well. It's all about language and being able to use an academic tone that still leaves room for feelings!!