Lately I have been thinking about how brave you have to be if you want to be a blogger. Let me start by saying that I am not brave. I am afraid of saying the wrong things, of hurting people’s feelings and I am afraid that people won’t agree with what I write. Despite my fear though, every time I blog I try to be very very brave. I write about my actual job and the people I work with and I write about my family even though I’m always scared when I press “publish post” that I will mess up in one way or another.
But the bravery I display in my blog don’t even come close to the bravery I have noticed from other bloggers. Like my Aunt Debbie, who has been blogging about her battle with cancer. Or my friend Jill, who has been blogging about her volunteer work with a refugee center in Israel. And I know there are millions of people out there who are blogging about topics that would scare most people to talk about. But if you are a blogger and you don’t want to try and be brave, then don’t even bother being a blogger. Blogging is all about telling the truth, and even though it’s scary, if you aren’t telling the truth than you aren’t helping anyone or yourself.
Which is why from now on I am going to try and be braver in my blog, and I hope you will try too.
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It is hard to be a blogger- not only are you committing your thoughts to text but you’re exposing your ideas to a mass audience for them to read (and essentially criticize). Too often the temptation to censor yourself is stronger than the temptation to reveal your true feelings on the subject you’re writing on. Keep up the good work blogging, I enjoyed your post on love what you’re doing even if you’re not doing what you love- life is all about making the most of the situation you’re in.
I’ve enjoyed your blog very much and have even used some of your posts as a springboard to some of the topics in my blog: “Suitability: Maximizing Millennials for Organizational Effectiveness.” Would love feedback from you on it. Keep up the good work!