"Blogs coax out deeper thinking in smaller blocks. A blog gives you the space to explore and nurture ideas over time, perhaps growing so slowly you hardly notice the extent of the evolution of your thoughts till you read something you wrote a few years ago."
Everyone should blog. It's been the single most transformative tool in my career - and a huge part of my life.
Given the latter part, I needed to hear this:
"We know, when we’re reading a blog, that we’re getting a glimpse into the writer’s active psyche, a tour of their studio as it were — not hearing their thesis presentation or reading their pre-print publication; hearing from other people being people is part of the appeal of blogs."
Over the last few years I've downgraded the amount of personal writing in this space in favor of more thoughts about technology. I never quite know where the balance is, but I think there's a lot to be said for turning the dial closer to the personal.
If you haven't started yet: try it and let me know about it. I'd love to read your thoughts.
And if you know you want to start but don't know where, Get Blogging! has your back.
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