Comments on: The Effect of Blogging On a Life

By: Kahea

Kahea — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:29:42 +0000

wow. i just finished writing this post for tomorrow that sort of asks all these questions that you just answered for me! :) that’s why i love your blog.

By: Elle

Elle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:59:47 +0000

The beauty of blogging really does lie in the people you connect with. These days, when we’re drowning in technology and all of these ways to get connected, so many of us tend to feel disconnected from the world. In a sense, blogging helps bring people together in a more intimate way – people who you’d never otherwise been exposed to. It’s a beautiful thing, honestly. It’s also such a great writing tool for those who live the written word. While I’m not a daily blogger, knowing Lady Tells All is up there pushes me to get content out that I would have pushed to the side in other circumstances.

By: Jaclyn

Jaclyn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:52:13 +0000

Amen.

By: Ally

Ally — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:19:18 +0000

I think you’ve put into words how so many bloggers feel. I don’t think blogging is any more selfish than many other things people spend time doing, and the blogging world is a pretty fantastic place. :)

By: mandy

mandy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:04:56 +0000

So well said Ashely. This is a beautiful post and so, so spot on. For me I feel like blogging has allowed me to more of myself. The myself I don’t necessarily share with others in my everday life.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:54:40 +0000

I like how you understand that it’s possible to feel one thing, and also feel the complete opposite. A lot of people don’t get that.

By: ashley

ashley — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:25:44 +0000

Yep! I can’t believe I’ve had my blog for as LONG as I’ve had it. But I definitely love it for all the reasons you listened.

My number one reason for loving my blog: it sorts out my thoughts, and it is a place where I can even challenge myself (almost make a written contract with myself). Then, on top of that, I get advice on life!

I’ ve always said that blogging is my therapy :)

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:25:19 +0000

What a perfect post. You are right it’s about the people – people connecting with other people. You can’t connect with another person if you don’t put yourself out there. Blogging is affirming for yourself, but it also enables you to affirm others and you need both.

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:03:07 +0000

Very well said! *starts clapping* :)

By: gem

gem — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:37:53 +0000

Haha, the paragraph about being anti-exhibitionism, but totally a closet exhibitionist, etc. is totally how I feel about my blog sometimes. I don’t need people to find me entertaining in order to keep existing, but I totally want it nonetheless. And hey, if bloggers are willing to put in the effort to glitz our lives up for an audience, then we should enjoy the spotlight when it comes our ways.

By: Amber from Girl with the Red Hair

Amber from Girl with the Red Hair — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:02:56 +0000

“It does take a certain level of self-importance to blog, but it takes a certain level of self-importance to do anything but lay down and die.”

Loved that line. Being in journalism school, SO many of my classmates feel that blogging is for people who are egotistical, self-important blah blah. I just want to shake them and tell them not to be so judge-y about something they know NOTHING about. Grrrr.

Great post, Ashley. Blogging has changed my life in a profound way as well.

By: Stephany

Stephany — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:43:33 +0000

I love this blog. You really hit the nail on the head and I can identify with so many of your points!

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:22:47 +0000

I MAY have to use this line at some point next time someone makes a derogatory comment about me blogging – “The people who say things like that are usually the kind of people who are too busy criticizing others to ever manage to do anything for themselves.”

LOVE it.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:17:28 +0000

Thanks for sharing your reasons for blogging. I love your defense of blogging and “self-importance.” I think it’s crucial to think you’re important!

By: phampants

phampants — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:52:30 +0000

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:45:12 +0000

I agree with this post sooooooooo much. Blogging is so important in my life for many of the reasons you listed here.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:58:49 +0000

Amen!!

By: Amy --- Just A Titch

Amy --- Just A Titch — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:42:00 +0000

This sums up so many of the feelings I have about blogging—so well-written, Ashley. Great post.

By: Herding Cats

Herding Cats — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:36:32 +0000

Well-said! I really hate when people criticize bloggers as being self-important. It seems so unfair.

By: Sophia

Sophia — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:32:52 +0000

I’ve kind of been missing my blog lately. I was looking through it and noticed that I just haven’t cooked anything interesting or taken any good photos or done anything I’ve wanted to share since October — just haven’t been inspired I guess. My priorities (or, what I feel like doing) ebb and flow naturally, so maybe I’ll come back to it when the time is right.