Blogging: not just for fun anymore

When I first started to blog, it was to vent whatever was bothering me. It was just a release. Its evolved into so much more now. Blogging helps me give my friends an idea of what's happening with me. It allows me a place to record events so that I can reference them later. It's a place for me to "talk" out loud and get feedback. But it's also helping me with my communication skills and that's what I am going to talk about.

Now, communication hasn't always been the best for me. Sometimes I have a hard time expressing exactly what I mean, or doing it in the clearest way possible. A lot of the things that I blog about I have gone over in my head before I actually sit down at a computer. I have an idea, and then I think about how to effectively get that idea across who ever reads it. It allows me to practise my written communication in a non-work env. It's better to look a bit dumb to friends than your co-workers or your boss. And I feel that it's a positive feedback loop: the better I communicate, the easier it is, the better I communicate. ;-)

Just note that I have been talking about "communication", and not grammar or spelling... I've almost given up on those. :-P

Listening to: Chicane - No Ordinary Morning