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Blogging vs Journaling The 7th day. I hope your day is treating you kindly. I set out a week ago with an experiment in mind. This wasn't for anything more than for my own curiosity. Could you write and blog daily? This was my experiment. Today is the 7th day of a week-long experiment. I am an Escribitionist. Escribitionist – a term for a person who keeps a diary or journal via electronic means, and in particular, publishes their entries on the World Wide Web. To clarify I shared my journal with my Sir for 15+ years. You still can access it. It's a recording or recollection of my life. I have transferred apps over the years but, the words are still there. Do you think all the writers out there that are now historical or part of history did it to be famous? I think they did it to tell you a story. I'm not a professional writer. I don't even pretend to understand a good bit of this world but like you. I live here and I'm alive and I love to learn. One of the best ways to learn is to read, write and comment and research. I have been journaling on an app that allows you to give another person access to read. There are settings to even go as far as comments or showing that the entry had been read. I mean.. There's an actual app for it. I must not be the only one that wants a way to communicate their thoughts to another very specific person. I call myself a journaler because Escribitionist takes more time to spell.  About a week ago I thought to myself, "How different can blogging be vs daily journaling? I had never blogged a day in my life but, How hard could it be? What a surprise was I in for? There are a few things that journaling and blogging have in common. One, when you write, both types speak to an audience. Even if you are the only person who ever reads them. Being able to recount certain events in our life is memorable. Two, both can invoke emotion. Here, either event can create a series of emotions. By writing certain things you can communicate or at least attempt to try to share what you are feeling. Three. Communicating visually. Both forms are written words. It doesn't matter the content or why it was written. It was written to engage the reader. Four. Before writing and submitting you can stop and reflect. Think about what you are trying to communicate. This also allows you to be thorough in your thoughts. Record and jot down everything you are trying to get across before your reader gets ahold of it. I think journaling has a lot in common with blogging. What about how they are both different? When I think of how they are both different.One. Journaling, you are writing for yourself. Blogging, you are writing for an audience. Two. Blogging, unless a career seems to be quite difficult. to do daily and all by yourself. As my 7 days had been coming to a close I found it harder to think of a subject or content matter. Three. How you meet and interact with your audience. As a journaler, you aren't expected to watch your spelling or ensure all your periods are in place. Not if it's just for yourself. I say that and there will be that one person out there that is a stickler for grammar and writing etiquette. Four You don't have to do your homework to journal. This means a blogger needs to know about the subject matter. Even if the subject is you. You are talking to an audience. Engaging them and keeping them<b> engaged </font></b>is essential. This is the first time I've blogged and I don't know about the experts but I found it quite difficult to come up with a daily topic. So my hats off to all you successful bloggers. Journaling for me is therapeutic. I'm spending time with myself. I'm reflecting on the day's events. I'm training myself to slow down. To be aware of what I say and do or even think. I treat my journaling like I am the audience. I write to myself or " here's a thought," maybe to someone in the future curious about my life. Do you think when Anne Frank wrote down the events in her life she knew she would become a huge part of history? Probably not. Through her writing, we become voyeurs in some way to another person's life. A part of someone else's story. I don't know about you, but I like stories. I think if there is one thing I can take away from this little experiment is that, nothing is a race. We learn as we go. We evolve. Evolving is a powerful thing. Growing is an even more powerful thing and I'm on board with it. Will I be continuing blogging? Yes. Just at my own pace. If you have a question or thought share and leave a message in the comments. Please be respectful of others.  Verily Bree |
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Well, you have reached the 7th day fulfilling your objective, congratulations and good luck for what follows... Happy Holidays!!!
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