It was about fifteen minutes before class started that I had looked at the article we were supposed to have read by now. At first glance, I was a little scared of the PDF shown on my screen. It was nineteen pages long. I was a bit hesitant to start reading, but I knew I had to. At first, I skimmed through most of the reading and got a general idea for what the message/main idea was. I predicted that is was all I needed for class—I guess I was both right and wrong at the end of the day.
After taking some time on my own to thoroughly read it once again, I came to enjoy most of the reading. I liked the idea of the author giving readers the advice to start out their own blog, encouraging them to not be afraid to try something new. From that, it encourages me to not only try blogging more often (and maybe make a personal one as well), but also try something new in my life that I have not done yet. For example, I was asked to go to London for a week in June, but I rejected the offer. To this day (which the event was just a few months ago), I do not know the reason why I said no. However, I missed an opportunity to travel somewhere new and outside of the country. Maybe I was afraid and should have been more excited to get the chance to go. Another part that may lead me from not trying new things is the fear of judgement. Even doing these blogs, I am afraid that someone will catch a grammar error or vocabulary misspell. I wonder if people will judge me for the things I write. If I had my own personal blog, I wouldn’t be too intimated by the viewers because most likely I won’t ever meet them in real life. Even so, whatever I post on this blog, I know I’ll have to face my classmates and professor whether they have seen my posts or not. Despite all of my fear, I hope that from now on I can take a leap of courage and go for it.
However, Reid says that blogs are, for the most part, to write about anything you want like interests/hobbies. In this case, this blog is not founded for that particular reason. Yes, it’s different, fun, and a new way to perceive a different view on English and writing, but I do feel like (not all the time) a caged bird with boundaries and requirements to surpass. I completely understand the purpose of these blogs for the class though. After all, it is for an English class. Don’t get me wrong, I do still enjoy blogging so far. There are times where my procrastination will shine, and it will be stressful to write these blog posts for it to be graded, but it does not hurt to try.
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