Painting on a personal piece of canvas
Rarely have I ever felt that people have criticized my blog (with the exception of one commenter who complained about one very specific element of my blog). The main (if very rare) criticism I have ever received has been that my blog has lost a lot of the personal commentary it used to have. Many of my civilian friends (I call civilians those friends of mine who don’t blog) who have happened to read my blog have mentioned that it’s really funny how my blog has become more ‘techie’ or even commercialized (this last one made me chuckle).
I’ve had conversations about the topic with several friends of mine who write blogs that fall more under the category of a diary (the category is usually referred to as ‘diarist bloggers’). I could name a few but I don’t want to leave anyone excluded. In a recent conversation I mentioned that I see my blog as my very own personal canvas. I paint on it whatever picture I want to. Obviously, with the number of events I attend, the kinds of things that get me excited, the environmental and social media issues I want to discuss and think about, my blog presents a rather broad mosaic of things.
I’m sorry if people don’t like this broad array of elements that I try to highlight in my blog, but after all, it is MY personal space. My blog does for me what notebooks do for the rest of the world – it allows me to jot down ideas, reflect, think and produce content that satisfies quite obviously the readers who decide to read my blog, but more importantly, satisfies ME. I don’t write this blog for the fame, the glory, the free tickets to events or the social interactions. I write for myself.
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I feel like my blog sometimes is scattered all over, but I think that you really hit the point with me in your last paragraph– I definitely write for me too. Sometimes it can be a bit strange for those who only know me through one various aspect, when there are so many other things I’m into.