I read in Time magazine that a blogger got a press pass to the White House. Do you suppose I will?
The blogging phenomenon is so fascinating: Some people use their blog as a place to vent, others to keep an online diary, and still others to research and publish. It's that third camp that are going to get occasional press passes, I suppose. I'm still not exactly sure how to categorize my blogs. One friend asked me to keep writing stories, and I checked with the kids and they said that they are okay with my writing stories about them. They especially liked that I was being a little ambiguous about who was whom. They thought secret code names could be fun.
Other people have challenged me to use the blog as a place to "make a difference." Don't write about what I eat for dinner or what TV show I'm watching, they begged, "Write about something that will change the world."
What a challenge indeed! Can one little suburban mom change the world with, of all things, her blog?
I guess in a way I've attempted to do many things with this space--tell stories, share ideas, talk about what I've been pondering, write about what I eat for dinner and what TV show I'm watching, and occasionally write about something that I think might be a tiny change in the world. Well, I don't know about that. Even that understated comment seems presumptuous. The friend who challenged me is indeed doing some important stuff, helping the helpless. I can imagine that my blogs seem trite when she is doing truly important change-the-world stuff.
It does make me wonder, however, about the purpose of the blog.
Anyone have any ideas? Not about blogging in general, but about this blog? My blog?
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My blog is a little like my personal journal. It has my thoughts on those tv shows, those silly things kids do AND the occasional life changing or challenging thought that flits across the transom of my mind.
Someone warned me against using this as my actual journal, that it could be too personal and in a way make me too vulnerable. I know lots of people do, however. My rule has been this: If I would tell this story in a book, I go ahead and post it. If it feels too personal to publish in a book, I leave it out. What criteria do you use? And do you think that's the best way to utilize this (that is, *my*) space? Or would you recommend I zero in on one or another of those uses? (And can I use the word "transom" sometime soon without being a copycat? Wow. I'm feeling rather puny in my word choices today, in comparison!)
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