Reflection
I decided it’s time for a bit of reflection about this blog; what I learnt and what I thought I knew.
I had never written a proper blog before this one. I had made attempts at it: a couple of times during my undergraduate degree and once when I was living overseas in order for friends and family to keep up with what I was doing, or for me to pontificate about what I thought annoying. But it didn’t eventuate into anything because I found myself saying everything I need to say in emails to individuals, talking on MSN messenger and speaking on the phone.
But this blog was different. It was a chance for me to write about the things I enjoy. I found myself thinking as I was watching a film or a gig that it would be good to write about it, to get my thoughts out there.
When I started the course, 800 words a week did sound like a lot, but writing about things that interest me became easier and easier as the weeks went by (except, of course, for one week where my brain wasn’t functioning properly, resulting in writer’s block; although I overcame that by writing about the annoyance!)
I also made a Twitter account this semester; I had only heard of it before but never delved. I really should update it more often.
And in regard to Internet, to tell the truth, before beginning this class my Internet usage consisted of about a half an hour to an hour a night usually following this routine (unless I was researching something specific):
1. smh.com.au
2. imdb.com
3. youtube.com
4. Reply to emails
5. Log off
Now I have broken this routine, and while I still go to these sites, I seem to find myself bookmarking more and more websites that interest me and following links to other websites and blogs. Digg.com has become one of the regulars as well.
So I shall continue writing this blog after the course is over; hopefully I have the discipline to post two entries twice a week.
