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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Blogging has taught me that not only am I able to talk a lot, I’m also able to write a lot. Ergo seven blogs…LOL.
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This is a fantastic list. Blogging can really help you learn some amazing things about yourself and of course about others.
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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.
.-= Kimmie´s last blog ..Whose Voice are you Listening to =-.
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I love this post! Blogging has shown me a totally different side to myself.
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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 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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*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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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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This is a great list! I agree with all of this.
.-= Paige´s last blog ..a walk in the woods =-.
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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!
.-= Brandie´s last blog ..I Heart Faces Week 13~ Dramatic B&W =-.
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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 never thought of the HTML being a separate language. That’s great. That means I DO know a foreign language!!!!
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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!
.-= liz´s last blog ..Take-A-Tour Thursday, Stop 7 =-.
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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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It’s taught me too many things
.-= Stephanie @ Geezees´s last blog ..Bus Rolls, so many rolls, so little time =-.
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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 Reply:
April 1st, 2010 at 9:35 am
I completely agree with you there! I just hope that my family understands!
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Prisqua Reply:
August 23rd, 2011 at 6:10 am
I totally agree with you here. Blogging is work and takes up a lot of time which is what people often do not realize: blogging is fun but blogging is hard work!
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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 Reply:
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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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 Reply:
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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many things and I answered it too.
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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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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?
.-= June Freaking Cleaver´s last blog ..I’m Still Waiting for Someone to say "APRIL FOOLS!" =-.
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Love the social side of you
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