Last post of the year!!!

            Let me just start off by saying that I am not one to write my thoughts down on paper. I find it rather annoying to constantly pause and write down my “journey of thought”. Recording my thoughts is more of a nuisance than a way to reflect on my reading. That being said, I didn’t completely hate blog posts this year, it was a very Interesting experience, a better alternative to the traditional pen and paper.

            Overall, I didn’t learn that much about myself as a reader from blogging, except that I’m not very “deep”. This is probably something I am going to have to improve on. This experience benefited me by giving me a little more experience in an alternative method of reading reflections, which will probably become more useful as I grow as a reader.

            This experience was very liberating, as it gave us the freedom to talk about whatever we wanted in our book. It gave us the opportunity to explore our own thoughts instead of blindly following the traditional path of summarizing.  However, in some aspects it was also very limiting. I was constantly mentally reminded that I was posting on a public server, and that anyone who wanted to could see my terrible and not so deep writing. This fact sometimes kept me from writing certain more personal things, which I could have easily stated in a personal notebook.

            I believe that the things we post or type online are the “real” us. In the real world we probably would attempt to hide our dark sides under a deceiving layer of shyness. However, online on Face book, or other websites, we feel more secure, and safe. That Is what leads us to believing that we can post whatever we want. This secure wall of a hidden identity is what some people use to abuse their freedom online. Some people just post whatever they want without thinking how their words might affect others.

            I can’t really see myself continuing this blog in the future. I might start a new blog and talk about stuff that actually interests me such as computers but sadly, I think this is the end of “I don’t know what to name my blog!!!” And so, I know say “goodbye blogging community of MS51!”