Self

A blog has always struck me a little self centred. Not that that's a bad thing as many of us could use a little self attention, self care, and self expression. It seems on the surface that the latter item is the point of a blog but for me it's about the exercise of self expression to promote self attention and hopefully self care in ourselves and our audience. I know that other bloggers have prompted me to the examine and change my behaviours to my own benefit and hopefully to others as well. A worthwhile effort.

A blog is somewhat riskier than a diary. A diary is generally believed to be the private property of the individual authoring the document. An audience of one. A blog has by nature an audience of at least one, and at most the entire population of the earth (perhaps beyond?). Certainly a public forum, a soapbox in text form. I've never felt the need to record my thoughts in a diary. Perhaps the self awareness it would afford didn't seem worth it--although that directly contradicts some of my more conscious beliefs about self and an individual's impact on the others.

I think small. A small improvement or impression in one direction can yield grand results when allowed to grow to fruition. Good ideas need room to germinate. Perhaps that's the point of a blog--or blogs en mass. Many small good ideas tossed out so that the particularly good ones will stick.

Certainly the people I know who blog have many good ideas.

The fact that I'm bloggin' means I think there is a point.

Will the effort will prove to be worth it?

We'll see. I think it will be.

Feedback is welcome. I'm more engaging in a conversation than a monologue.

[Ironic that when I spellcheck this entry the word 'blog' shows up as suspect.]