My Blogging Journey: The Good, The Bad, and The Funny

Blogging this semester has been quite an experience, not only putting ideas into words but most importantly determining what to say and how to say it, culminating into what title to use to tie it all together. This short reflection breaks my semester-long trip down into positive, negative, humorous, and concluding ideas.

The Good: Finding My Personal Style

Most rewarding of all, however, was finding a part of myself that enjoys writing in a free-flowing, conversational style. Blogging freed me to forget the tight academic style I learned to love and focus on cultivating relationships with my readers. It was new and empowering.

Every blog became an opportunity to write about topics that interested me, and the experience helped me develop my own style of writing. I developed the capability of making concepts that were complex to understand, sound interesting and even entertaining. Although it wasn’t always easy, it was immensely satisfying when it did work.

The Bad: Challenges Along the Way

Let’s not beat around the bush. There were indeed challenges with blogging. What’s the most challenging? regularity. Keeping up with frequent posts felt daunting at times due to other responsibilities, deadlines, and life in general. Many times, I caught myself thinking of whether to start writing or work on something else while staring at the screen.

Another thing that was not expected was coming up with a title. Humorous how a few words at the top of a page can be so important. Sometimes it took longer to write the titles than it did to write the content since I wanted each one to sum up my posts!

The other companion that tagged along was self-doubt. I wondered whether my writing made sense or if my blogs were engaging enough. This made me overthink things at times, which slowed me down occasionally.

The Funny: Laughing at Myself

I couldn’t help but laugh a lot of times. Like when I would write out a long intro and find that it was irrelevant to what I was speaking about. When I forgot to save my file and then lost a complete manuscript, which was extremely annoying; however these experiences taught me to learn not to take things so seriously.

I did note in my tones toward the end of the semester how it became more genuine after the initial overly formal, into tones, mode. Interestingly enough, one finds humor when your blogs slowly move into more realistic realms as you begin forgetting about perfection.

Final Thoughts: Reflecting and Moving Forward

The whole blogging adventure has not only been a task but also one of teaching in developing me; it makes me conscious of how necessary preparing ahead, following my gut, and embracing failure are. It is through blogging that I was able to develop my writing confidence and try on different voices.

I would be more sensitive to time, and my future blogging would be better planned. Though the process wasn’t always easy, it has indeed been an interesting experience-one full of learning, difficulties, and bits of good humor. I’m anxious to keep improving my art and apply these lessons. More positive notes, fewer negatives, and lots of humorous moments are coming!