Why I have chosen to start and keep a blog:
There are two main reasons I have chosen to start blogging. First, I have kept a diary since I was just 14 years old and it has served as therapy for me. It has allowed me to get my thoughts and emotions out of my head and on paper then turn around and read what I have written from a different perspective.
Have you ever woken up from a dream that is really shaken your core? Upon waking, you check in to ensure it was just a dream and not reality. As you try to recall that dream the resounding emotions keep echoing from your subconscious as you are still physically experiencing them. What happens after you write that dream down on paper or tell someone about your dream? Outward projection, in whatever form will take the power and intensity of that dream away. It does not appear as big, scary or real anymore.
This is what journaling has done for me. In the heat of the moment, when times are tough, when I am overwhelmed by emotions, when my thoughts are going 90 mph in 15 different directions …. getting it out and putting on paper has been my therapy and method of dealing with life that has worked for me
Second, I am blessed to be part of generation X. The first half of my life, I grew up in what appears now to be the stone age. There were no cell phones or iPads, we had Atari and Nintendo. Our phones were connected to the wall by cords and we had answering machines to check your messages when you got home. I met friends outside and rode bikes because we did not have facetime or Facebook. I would go to my neighbor’s house and make up dance routines of our own. A dear friend recently brought up something that made me recall a memory I had almost forgotten, playing in my Papa’s wheelchair for hours. I can’t forget the pogo stick either.
The second half of my life I have gotten to experience and witness the evolution of technology and experience the impact and change it has had on our lives. It’s like night and day. I say I am blessed because I have been exposed to both and feel like I have a balanced perception and appreciation for both.
I have found that, today, my primary resource is the internet. I can get insight, recipes, facts, history, “how to” tutorials, product reviews, news, weather, research, or just about anything you can imagine. We know that not all internet resources are 100% accurate or reliable, however, it does offer an abundance of resources to which we can gather enough information to form our own conclusion.
Through blogging I will receive my own personal therapy and maybe shed light on an experience that someone else is going through in which I have already walked through.
I would love to hear stuff about your children and what they experience through their lives as well as how you helped them deal with it or if you experienced the same thing in your time how you dealt with it.