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Lately I have been thinking about how brave you have to be if you want to be a blogger. Let me start by saying that I am not brave. I am afraid of saying the wrong things, of hurting people’s feelings and I am afraid that people won’t agree with what I write. Despite my fear though, every time I blog I try to be very very brave. I write about my actual job and the people I work with and I write about my family even though I’m always scared when I press “publish post” that I will mess up in one way or another.
But the bravery I display in my blog don’t even come close to the bravery I have noticed from other bloggers. Like my Aunt Debbie, who has been blogging about her battle with cancer. Or my friend Jill, who has been blogging about her volunteer work with a refugee center in Israel. And I know there are millions of people out there who are blogging about topics that would scare most people to talk about. But if you are a blogger and you don’t want to try and be brave, then don’t even bother being a blogger. Blogging is all about telling the truth, and even though it’s scary, if you aren’t telling the truth than you aren’t helping anyone or yourself.
Which is why from now on I am going to try and be braver in my blog, and I hope you will try too.
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11.02.09
This is such a great point! It takes a lot of courage to share your opinions, thoughts and experiences with the world. I get joked with a lot by people I know that see my posts on my facebook, or they ask why I update twitter, etc, etc, etc.
But my goals consist of not only being open to new perspectives but aggressively seeking out these perspectives and to step out of my comfort zone whenever possible. Blogging helps me do this, and it has helped me find courage and confidence that I sometimes didn't know I had.
Great post!
11.02.09
Yes, I completely agree because there is a real self-honesty and self-reflection that has to take place to be a good blogger who can identify with others. So not only do you have to be honest with others, but even more terrifying, you have to be honest with yourself.
11.02.09
I concur!
To be a writer in general is an act of bravery. Not only are you putting outside something for the world to read, that information comes from a very personal space and becomes public. It does require honesty and authenticity to be a blogger in our world of information, as much as anything else.
Thanks for the great post!
11.02.09
I concur!
To be a writer in general is an act of bravery. Not only are you putting outside something for the world to read, that information comes from a very personal space and becomes public. It does require honesty and authenticity to be a blogger in our world of information, as much as anything else.
Thanks for the great post!
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