Hello All,
Today I'm at St. Thomas and St. Marteen, I have no clue what I'll be doing but you guys should all check out this awesome guest post I have planned for all you lovely people so check her out!
Hi! My
name is Natalie and I write for a little blog called
Finding My Voice. I am so
excited to be guest posting for Emma today. I am also excited to be writing
about a topic that Emma and I talk a lot about. And that is, blogging.
I’ve
been blogging for a while now. In August, I will be officially be a blogger for
four years, the first blog running from then to April of 2012. I guess that
it’s a safe assumption that I love blogging. The question is why? However the
answer to that question isn’t as simple.
I like
blogging mainly because it pushes me to write everyday. Writing is something
that I’ve always enjoyed. I’ve been writing for my school’s newspapers (both
high school and college), since I was 15 years old. I however recently decided
to make my blog into a career, and actually become a writer when I walk the
stage at graduation in a couple of years. To be a full time writer, you have to
do a lot of writing to pay your bills. Needless to say, blogging prepares me for
that.
Someone
whose close to me often says that music is therapeutic for him. Well, in some
ways, writing is a sort of therapy for me. Blogging has been there for me to
vent when I’m mad, as a place to work things through when I was upset, and a
place to just let me express myself, and my emotions. In high school, I used to
post more personal posts about my personal life. I remember a post from
Notations called “To Someone”, where I basically wrote about the guy that I was
in love with at the time. I was really upset, and writing that post was some
sort of therapy for me to get all of those hurt emotions out. Unfortunately, my
crush decided to read that blog. That was kind of awkward.
One of
the nicest compliments ever is for someone to go up to me and say ‘I like your
blog’. I work hard writing entries, and I often compare myself to being the
next Carrie Bradshaw. Writing in some ways, is a part of me. I always worry
that my writing isn’t the greatest, which was a fear of my early days of
blogging. Over time, I’ve noticed an extreme amount of improvement in my skills
as a writer. Because of my blog, I honestly can sit down to write down a long
paper and have no trouble writing it. I think that’s important too, because
it’s something that I will need to be able to do as I begin to have more than a
blog, and articles to worry about.
One of
the biggest things that I like about blogging is the sense of community that I
get from being a part of it. Bloggers are everywhere, if you look careful
enough. They are great people, and they love writing, and they have feelings
too. We love it when people comment our posts. In my case, it still shocks me
that people read my post. The sense of support that you see through out the
blogger community is strong, because you can feel us being there for each
other.
I’m a
blogger. I’ve written about love, I’ve written about music, and I’ve even
written about Newtown. I’m proud of that title, and no matter how many editor
titles that I hold, that’s the one that I will wear with the most honor.
