Blogging Even for Dummies

So blogging right? Funny I know, but never in my life would I have thought I would be "blogging" or have a blog of my very own. You always see people using blogs on TV as a sort of journal that they anonymously vent their feelings to at the end of the day! And in response to their anonymous feelings, an anonymous follower would reply back with "get over it" or "you'll get through it." As much as I was apprehensive about blogging, it has been very beneficial to me. The writing that I have done through my blog has helped me transition into college and has helped me to open my eyes in certain situations. Sometimes we don't see things for what they really are until they are written down in front of us and we see them with our own eyes. My blog allowed me to reflect on a very important time in my life and in a way I guess you can say that it became my very own personal journal except without the anonymous part!

I viewed blogs as something only funny people were allowed to have. I mean who wants to read some dull, uninteresting post on the internet?  I don't know about you, but I sure wouldn't  So right off the back I was slow to get blogging in fear that I wouldn't be entertaining enough for the reader. The thing is I can make my friends laugh, but when it comes to trying to be funny it doesn't work out to well. So initially when I started my blog, my goal was to answer the question and hopefully have something funny to say along the way. Every now and then I'd put in a joke that I thought was good that went along with the prompt but for the most part I just wrote. As I picked up momentum in the blogging world my writing began to change. Instead of simply addressing the questions I began branching out and talking about my experiences. As I did this I realized that the required twenty lines of writing came easy and the words began to flow. My blog taught me to write, to start with an empty screen and to get started. Lastly my blog kept me in the school mind set. The blog helped me become more responsible with the due dates and taught me to be more independent inside and outside of the classroom.