Blogging Rights .... and Wrongs!

To Blog Or Not To Blog!!

Anyone who knows me will tell you I love to talk.  I love to keep talking and in most cases I seem to dominate a conversation.  I'm not one to shy away from giving my opinion whether it's wanted or not.  However I would like to think that as I have matured I have come to learn what is an appropriate opinion and what isn't.  The same goes for blogging.  The problem with the ease of putting yourself 'out there' is that you can get carried away with voicing your views and sometimes end up writing something that by the following day you wish you hadn't.  

As one of the first people I know to sign up to Facebook (sorry dearest Google+) back in 2006 I have seen how social networking sites have developed and how the initial 'oh why don't you just get real friends and call them' groups have been slowly pulled into the world of needing to tell everyone that they've just walked their dog to the shops (and other bizarre posts that I too have been guilty of).  It seems that now everyone needs to post/blog every thought in their heads.  

You get the 'ooh my baby just waved, he's a frickin genius' types, the 'oh I'm ill AGAIN' types, the 'look at the picture of my cat in a bonnet' types, the 'ah stick that up your fudge hole XFC you m*** diving cockney spaniels ha ha!' (? I have no idea) types, the 'this post is designed to get back at an ex by telling them how deliriously happy I am without them even though they are obviously still on my mind (and everyone is aware of this except the post writer)' types and most frustratingly the 'OMG!!!' types that get many replies of 'what!!!' but fails to respond leaving people fearing the post writer has been bludgeoned to death by their bonnet wearing cat!   These are relatively harmless posts and are now part and parcel of the whole social networking experience.  Then there are the not so harmless blogs/posts.  You know what I mean the ones that are full of hate towards a specific group of people or a person.  I was once the victim of a particularly nasty hate campaign that thankfully I had the grace to walk away from with my dignity intact.  The bully went away and from what I have discovered is still a nasty little troll and still achieving nothing in life ..... Karma is a bitch hey! In these situations the individual lets their emotions take over their keyboard.  Negative emotions are for the inbox not for public forums.  See the following link for great examples: http://weknowwhatyouredoing.com/

Now the one issue I have with creating a blog page is the fear of not being liked, or being labelled as boring.  School day insecurities come flooding back, memories of not being picked for any team and of failing my cycling proficiency start haunting my dreams.  A Facebook friend of mine said she got a lot of hateful comments on her blog page for being in a wheelchair ..... shocking!  Do I have the nerve to face this abuse if it comes my way?  At the moment I feel ok as I have only 1 potential person 'out there' who can read my blogs and as there is a good chance I'll see them in the next 12 months if they write anything horrible I shall get my revenge haw haw haw haw! 

So here I go! I have already blogged about my recent weight loss ... to be continued in 6 months!!  My next blog will be about my experience of PPI claims, which I think is an important issue considering the recent series of bank related scandals.  Stay tuned ;) Joolz x