What Has Blogging Taught You?
MamaKat’s Writer’s Workshop prompt #1 called for a list of 10 things blogging has taught you. Here’s a quick list, in no particular order:
• I have a social side to me that I never knew existed. Social networking? PR? Suddenly, I’m a pro.
• I am good at something other than making dinner and getting kids ready for school (but I’m still good at that, too!).
• Russian and Spanish are not the only foreign languages I can learn (html IS a foreign language!)
• You can find friends in the most unlikely of places. I never thought I’d find so many in my computer.
• Sometimes it takes documentation for me to recognize my blessings. And my growth.
• Not only can I learn new things in my 30s, but I can learn them well enough to teach others.
• I can fit a lot of stuff into the hours between 9 and 3.
• My kids are very self-sufficient. They can do so much for themselves, and yet they always know that I’m here.
• Blogging takes a lot of time. And brain power.
• I love speaking in front of people. Who would have known?!
What has blogging taught YOU?
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I came to the blogging game much later in life. But I, too, can learn HTML. And I write about stuff I never thought I’d reveal.
But I don’t think I’d like the speaking in public thing – I’m more of the ‘snide comments from the corner’ type.
Isn’t blogging great fun?
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Twitter: gamommy2two
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Oh my gosh, you’re so right…HTML really IS a foreign language! And you don’t even have context to help!
Lindsay @ Kids Are Teachers´s last blog ..Judgment Day
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Twitter: aprilmom00
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many things and I answered it too.
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Twitter: 7clowncircus
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I knew you lived in Russia, but I didn’t know you knew Russian!
angie´s last blog ..Blog World Domination by Dumb Mom…
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Lolli
Twitter: 1momof5
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April 1st, 2010 at 9:34 am
Yep. I learned enough to get myself around Moscow on my own. While I was sick and pregnant, no less.
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That is too funny. I bought this bible if you will on HTML. It is so thick and has little bity words on every page. Its so intimidating to look at that I havent even opened it yet. LOL
Sorry its been so long since you’ve heard from me. I had to take a bloggy break to spend more
time with the family. I’m back now though and look forward to reconnecting with some of my best buds like you!
Hope all has been well. By the looks of your followers it has!
Love and Prayers,
Tim
Tim´s last blog ..Run Carey Run!
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Lolli
Twitter: 1momof5
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April 1st, 2010 at 9:34 am
You haven’t even opened it?! LOL!
Good to see you back, Tim! You’ve been missed. But sometimes we all need a break with the family.
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Twitter: Alli_n_Son
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I learned that blogging takes a ton of time. Way more than I ever imagined. But I really enjoy it, so it doesn’t seem like work.
Allison´s last blog ..Balloons – Give Me Your Best Shot
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Lolli
Twitter: 1momof5
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April 1st, 2010 at 9:35 am
I completely agree with you there! I just hope that my family understands!
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Twitter: Geezees
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It’s taught me too many things
Stephanie @ Geezees´s last blog ..Bus Rolls, so many rolls, so little time
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Twitter: Geezees
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It’s taught me too many things!
Stephanie @ Geezees´s last blog ..Bus Rolls, so many rolls, so little time
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Twitter: bellebeandog
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I totally agree! I have a post in edit about how skills I’ve gained from blogging should really be applicable when I rejoin the workforce in a few years. Great post!
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I never thought of the HTML being a separate language. That’s great. That means I DO know a foreign language!!!!
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Twitter: Clutteredbrain
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HTML yup. It is a foreign language.
Thanks for sharing.
And YES, you do make friends blogging.
For this, i am extremely grateful.
You can stay in touch with old friends as well.
one cluttered brain´s last blog ..A is for April Fool’s<—Yo! You, April Fool, let me tell you the basics of Blogging, K?
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I have learned that it is sometimes very frustrating. Especially when I can’t figure something out. It is also very rewarding! Great post!
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This is a great list! I agree with all of this.
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Twitter: thejackb
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After six years of blogging I have learned many things. But the thing that I am most appreciative is how blogging restored my passion for writing.
Jack´s last blog ..Passover 2010- Grandma is Gone
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Twitter: gilliauna
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*Laughing!* HTML is absolutely a foreign language!
I love this one best… *Smile* “My kids are very self-sufficient. They can do so much for themselves, and yet they always know that I’m here.” That is so very important.
Blogging’s major influence on me so far has been that it taught me the necessity in consistency, something I struggle with all the time!
Gilliauna´s last blog ..Quality over Quantity – A Defense of Handmade in the Face of Commercialism
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I agree with your fourth one about being surprised how many friends I would find in my computer! Good way to put it!
Visiting from Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop: I used this prompt too: http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2010/04/11-things-blogging-taught-me-writers.html
Karen & Gerard Zemek´s last blog ..7 Things I Learned This Week-#65
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Great post! I can relate to so much of it.
Amanda´s last blog ..365-108
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I love this post! Blogging has shown me a totally different side to myself.
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Blogging has taught me to not give up on my passion in life, which is to reach out to as many people as possible, through writing, speaking and counseling, about the all the insight I have gained through my own personal experience with overcoming obstacles in life.
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