Blogging

I have been reading blogs & blogging for a few years now. It seems like just when you find a blog you like the author stops blogging due to some unforeseen circumstance. A friend of mine blogged weekly until she married. That was over two years ago and I haven't seen anything new on her blog. One of my favorite bloggers just announced he is taking a leave of absence from his blog as he has multiple career & family issues that take priority over his blog. He will leave his blog up but will not update it.

It is interesting what people will share randomly on a page posted in cyber space. The amount of detail used to describe deeply personal events & or impersonal & random activities, thoughts, confessions, and failures. It seems like blogging is the new way to have a deep heart to heart or self disclosure of some sort.

I am a firm believer that most people are not good at communicating and therefore prefer easier or less personal ways of getting ideas out. Therefore the use of blogging & texting. I know plenty of people who are excellent communicators and can self disclose anything but I also know many people who are not good at communicating or they are better at writing to describe a thought, idea, or event.

There was a point in time when I was in counseling and my therapist encouraged me to journal. He said it was like spitting. When you spit you expel saliva outside of yourself. When we spit we are expelling saliva which is water. But we never think of saliva as water. Anyone who is thirsty and wants to drink thinks of water. No one who is thirsty thinks of swallowing saliva. Getting emotions or thoughts outside of ourselves so we can see them takes on a similar dynamic.

Blogging can be used to relieve pain or even a catharsis of some sort. I remember my therapist talking about dealing with problems is about having coping mechanisms and tools to help one deal with issues. Journals have done this but so do blogs. We are able to get all that stuff out and in some way it helps people deal with life.

As I read other people's blogs and think about what they share I take a few moments to think about this blog. I don't know that I had a set goal or purpose as much as it was too share thoughts, reflections, and events in my daily life. I wonder how much more I could share but for whatever reason have not been willing to share?