The End of a Blogging Era

Blogging is a unique form of writing.  I feel as though I am speaking with my audience rather than writing at them.  I appreciate that I can be forward with my blogging tone.  I can be conversational rather than academic.  Don’t get me wrong, there is a definite need for academic voice in the blogging world.  I just enjoyed stepping outside of that box for a time.

Blogging about food has been an interest of mine for some time.  I was very excited when I was able to make that interest a reality.  I enjoyed every minute of this blogging experience.  It connected my passion for gathering recipes and cooking to my love of writing.  Blogging also incorporated an already established habit of regular journaling.  This form of journaling just happened to be about food and only occurred three times a week.

I hope to continue this blog.  I may take a bit of a break during summer vacation, but plan to start up again during the school year.  That is when I will be regularly cooking and hopefully meal prepping once more.  I will also be paying off each semester and beginning to process my loan amount.  With that, I will be crunching my meal budget.  It’s an especially ideal time to share my ventures with the food blogging world.

I do plan to continue blogging about budget friendly meals for young adults.  I also hope to build a second blog for more personal use.  I have been searching for a way to vent my personal journey as a Christian that goes beyond journaling.  This would be a fantastic way to do just that. 

Blogging is a great way to share messages with a large audience.  Long, short, simple, complex, a blog can be whatever you want it to be.  I love the versatility it has.  While it can be difficult to build a regular audience, it is fun and exciting to know that somewhere someone may be viewing your work after plugging in key terms to Google.

I think blogging is a great way to tell and share stories.  We each experience the world differently.  Blogging is a form of communication that allows us to share our thoughts, interactions, emotions, characteristics, experiences, and lives with anyone on the World Wide Web.

This class did a great job of supplying information and support to beginning journalists.  While some of us may have done this before, it was a wonderful way to get started.  The textbook was a resource that I plan to continue using.  I have pages bookmarked that are applicable no matter what blogging venture comes next.  The only aspect of the class that I didn’t like was the fact that it was online and only six weeks long.  I wish I had gotten to experience this course and my classmates face-to-face.  Despite that, however, I have truly enjoyed taking this course.

Before taking this class, I wish I had known more about blogging in general.  Coming in blind made me nervous and hesitant as I entered week one.  With more knowledge, I could’ve come in with more confidence.  I wouldn’t trade my experience, though.  I have learned so much and hope to continue utilizing these skills in future blog endeavors.