I've been staunchly opposed to having a blog for about as long as I can remember. Blogs have always seemed a little too self-involved and self-reflective for my tastes, I imagined writing in one would be a chore.
But today I came up with a new project, and a blog seems the only and best way for me to go about doing it. The project is simple, and also difficult: I want to get better at doing the thing I love most, journalism.
I love the craft for so many reasons: it gives me the chance to explore and explain what I see before me; to find new ideas and shine light on old ones; to make things better; meet people; to travel; to see the world.
But it is also one of the things that makes me most insecure. I worry that I am not good at it. That I'm mediocre, and unoriginal. Part of the problem is that I'm naturally like this about anything I do. But part of the reason is that journalism is something I taught myself and learned from my peers - it isn't something I've studied meticulously. It's something I'd like to think about and learn about more critically. Hopefully then I'll be able to get better.
So everyday, I'm going to post something I've thought about or learned. It has to be every day, otherwise I won't do it. I want it to be public, so I actually put coherent, edited thoughts together. Thus the blog. Please comment, if you're reading. Please leave me things to think about.
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I like your reasoning for having a blog. My blog has a similar mentality except I just post random thoughts about what I think is cool that day.
http://what-i-think-is-cool/blogspot.com
here is the correct url
http://what-i-think-is-cool.blogspot.com/
What happened to posting something everyday? I've been looking forward to you new posts.
Well I guess your project failed after one day. Bummer, I think you had some real blogging potential.
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