Post 14: The Impact of Blogging

I will be the first to admit that blogging was most definitely not something I had done before. I mean to be completely honest I never even saw it as something I would have even attempted. Although I will have to say that I am glad this class required me to do it. Blogging is something that has helped me in ways I never expected. It did help me with learning some of the do’s and don'ts with writing but the biggest aspect of it was learning that writing is not a one-way street or one-sided discussion. It is a two-sided conversation between the writer and reader. Writing goes far beyond just slapping some words on a piece of paper or typing some words with no meaning. Using the blogging platform to produce our own postings and then reading others to comment back helped me realize that. Not only did it help me realize that, but it also helped me gain more confidence with writing while helping me break out of my confined anxiety shell I tend to keep myself in. After seeing where my fellow classmates and myself started at the beginning of this semester to where we are now, I can say confidently that I feel blogging has had a positive impact on us all. I know for myself it has done wonders. I look forward to taking the knowledge I have learned from blogging with me throughout my college journey and beyond.