I have been writing for quite a while now. My very first journal, I bought in Middle School. I was in the 6th grade to be exact. I had just come to America a year prior and already the desire to write was floating within me. So I convinced my parents to buy a journal for me. I still have that journal. I remember I used to struggle with English and my Farsi was not that strong either so I just wrote with the little knowledge I had. I also gave that book to others in my class to sign--sort of like a yearbook. That journal was for 2 years--6th and 7th grade. I remember my second journal very well. I was at the mall with my dad and sister, and my mom was in Iran at the time. I saw this beautiful journal that was very thick and blue (my favorite color at the time) with sparkles and picture of a dolphin and a sunset on the front. I fell in love with it and begged my dad to buy it. It was kind of pricey--well, it seemed really pricey to me at the time. It was $10. I guess $10 is not a lot to pay, especially for a journal that I lasted me all throughout high school. Nontheless, it seemed like a lot to me.
Then I went through different phases as my writing got better and better. I went through phases of writing everyday on to writing once a week or writing everyday for a week and then suddenly not writing for another. But I can say my writing really improved after I filled the pages in my journal. I wrote about mundane things that happened in school, I wrote about my messy and complicated "love life", I wrote about fights I had with my mom and sister, I wrote about my teachers, I wrote about my friends, I wrote about Iran, I wrote about my desires, and I wrote about writing. Right until I wrote on to the last page of that diary, I felt a high every time I wrote and I felt relieved and calm. Writing has always had that effect on me and it still does. I did get another journal in college in which I wrote more promising philosophical statements about my beliefs and my aspirations.
I also started writing poetry when I was in high school, my first year or maybe even my last year of middle school. I remember I had this floppy disk that contained all my poetry--100+ poems that I had written either in class or at home or during lunch breaks. It's been years since I "regularly" wrote again, until now in this blog. I was so excited about writing and I was ready to share my writing with the world, and by world, I mean my world. However, now, I am not so sure about that. I feel like I've never shared my writing with my family as journals are truly confidential. This blog is open to anyone who can access it to read it and for some reason, I have no problem with that. In fact--I invite it.
However, it seems like a completely different story to invite my family and close friends to read the blog. I'm suddenly so apprehensive--perhaps due to Darren Hardy's vision and tips about sculpting my personal brand during every blog post or Facebook comment. It has suddenly dawned on me--what is my personal brand? Does my blog posts show it? Should I be changing the way I write? Should I be concentrating on what kinds of materials I write rather than using this blog like a digital journal and recording me thoughts, my feelings, my stories... I need to have a direction. Where am I going with this? Where am I going with my writing? Should I be going anywhere?
I originally started writing everyday as a way to practice my writing skills. In this way, the material or content didn't matter because it was just for the purpose of practicing my writing. 50 posts later, I do feel like my writing has already improved. And just like most human desires, it's not enough any more. I want to get more out of this writing experience and perhaps have most of my writing tie in together and follow the same theme--the theme being my personal brand.
Then I went through different phases as my writing got better and better. I went through phases of writing everyday on to writing once a week or writing everyday for a week and then suddenly not writing for another. But I can say my writing really improved after I filled the pages in my journal. I wrote about mundane things that happened in school, I wrote about my messy and complicated "love life", I wrote about fights I had with my mom and sister, I wrote about my teachers, I wrote about my friends, I wrote about Iran, I wrote about my desires, and I wrote about writing. Right until I wrote on to the last page of that diary, I felt a high every time I wrote and I felt relieved and calm. Writing has always had that effect on me and it still does. I did get another journal in college in which I wrote more promising philosophical statements about my beliefs and my aspirations.
I also started writing poetry when I was in high school, my first year or maybe even my last year of middle school. I remember I had this floppy disk that contained all my poetry--100+ poems that I had written either in class or at home or during lunch breaks. It's been years since I "regularly" wrote again, until now in this blog. I was so excited about writing and I was ready to share my writing with the world, and by world, I mean my world. However, now, I am not so sure about that. I feel like I've never shared my writing with my family as journals are truly confidential. This blog is open to anyone who can access it to read it and for some reason, I have no problem with that. In fact--I invite it.
However, it seems like a completely different story to invite my family and close friends to read the blog. I'm suddenly so apprehensive--perhaps due to Darren Hardy's vision and tips about sculpting my personal brand during every blog post or Facebook comment. It has suddenly dawned on me--what is my personal brand? Does my blog posts show it? Should I be changing the way I write? Should I be concentrating on what kinds of materials I write rather than using this blog like a digital journal and recording me thoughts, my feelings, my stories... I need to have a direction. Where am I going with this? Where am I going with my writing? Should I be going anywhere?
I originally started writing everyday as a way to practice my writing skills. In this way, the material or content didn't matter because it was just for the purpose of practicing my writing. 50 posts later, I do feel like my writing has already improved. And just like most human desires, it's not enough any more. I want to get more out of this writing experience and perhaps have most of my writing tie in together and follow the same theme--the theme being my personal brand.
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