Comments on: Blogging as Myself

By: mandy

mandy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:58:06 +0000

I love this post. Its so true. Blogging has really allowed me to be myself and be more ok with the person I am. Sometimes I feel like my blog is more me than the me than I present myself as at someplace like work.

By: MinD

MinD — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:28:17 +0000

I had to read this twice. I don’t know why I was so confused, ha.

I write differently than I talk, so I often wonder if I’m presenting a version of myself that isn’t necessarily true. It’s still me – it’s the me that comes out when I’m having an “intelligent” conversation rather than talking about shopping or something trivial – but how genuine is it to the reality of what people see day to day? I guess that’s a question for my “real life” friends.

But regardless of what you put here versus who you are as a whole or in your daily life, it’s all you, just maybe a different part. I could never imagine you as a shy girl with how much I read this, but I guess that’s part of blogging. Putting forth more of ourselves than we might do so otherwise.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:08:22 +0000

I think I understand what you’re saying here. Sometimes I look back at what I’ve written and I think somehow it’s off a bit. It’s not exactly what I meant to say, but it’s what I meant to say all the same. Sometimes I feel like half of me is missing when I look at my blog. Then, other times, I feel like it’s a pretty accurate representation of who I am at the moment.

Ashley, thank you for writing honestly and openly. You are lovely.

By: f.B

f.B — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:50:10 +0000

When I first started, I didn’t have a plan. I just started writing. And I ended up just sounding like myself. I think if I had ever sat down and decided “what my blog would be,” I’d be really unhappy with that I deemed “okay” to write.

I’m glad your blog is who you are.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:23:26 +0000

I understand. I feel like the person I am changes slightly depending on where I am and who I’m with. Sometimes I like that person, sometimes not so much. What’s really great is when you find people that allow you to be your real self, or at least, the version of yourself that you like the best. Those people don’t come around very often.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:12:17 +0000

Blogging has helped me learn about myself, and learn to be myself. I’m a lot more shy in person than I am on my blog. I’m not very social in the “real world”. I find it easier to connect with people through writing, but I’ve always been that way. I used to communicate best with my mother, even in elementary school, through writing notes back and forth. But writing in any form helps me figure out who I am. I learn a lot about myself through my blogs as well as my readers comments and how I reply to them. :D

By: Amber from Girl with the Red Hair

Amber from Girl with the Red Hair — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:05:14 +0000

I definitely feel like that sometimes, too. I think “who is this girl writing this?” Oh ya, it’s me.

I think it’s normal in blogging and life to feel distanced from who we are sometimes!

By: phampants

phampants — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:59:51 +0000

My blog is an extension of myself. I tend to be funnier in my writing/videos than in person, but it’s who I am. It has taken 3 years to get where I am at now with my blog, but I’m proud of it.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:38 +0000

I think the best blogs are the ones that show all sides of a person: the flaws and the proud moments. You do a great job of being yourself here, whatever that means at the moment :)

By: Katy

Katy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:03:49 +0000

Mmm, yes, I totally get what you mean. Who we are and how we actually come across (in life as well as in blogs) is not always the same…and yet sometimes it’s much more the same than we actually realize.
Love this line: “We are all big messes of weakness and strength and regret and emotion and mistakes and joy…”

By: Berto

Berto — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:40:13 +0000

I like to believe that after writing for a while one can’t help but establish certain patterns of behavior or themes that serve to be a window of an underlying You. Sure, there are different parts and pieces that make up the the complicated and interesting You, but writing about the personal – even the impersonal – helps establish threads that connect throughout one’s personality.

And those concerns about inconsistencies, unclear themes, and an inability to say exactly what you mean? Well, at least for me, isn’t that applicable to the world beyond blogging? I often fear the same things when I write, when I speak, and pretty much every time I interact with anyone. At least when I write, though, I feel like it’s the only real way to find my voice, my consistent themes, or at least track my thoughts over time.

Besides, not to be too cheesy, but I really enjoy your writing and I very much appreciate your honesty and…well, for lack of a better word, your realness. Thank you for that.

By: sleepyjane

sleepyjane — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:07:30 +0000

I have to honestly say, that now, in this current mind frame (it might change tomorrow lol), my blog is who I am, and who I present myself as, if not more. Because I blog about things I wouldn’t normally talk about. Or I’d show interest in something I wouldn’t discuss with anyone IRL. Does that make sense?

By: liz

liz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:00:57 +0000

I’m often afraid that my blog doesn’t honestly represent me. Also, the last line about you and your blog holding hands gave me the cutest mental image.