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Why blog now

I've had several failed attempts at blogging before, but it was always because of this primary reason - is it okay to reveal thoughts and feelings that I consider private? When I thought about blogging about geeky/work related stuff, I hesitated because I didn't want to appear stupid. After all what is the point of writing about information that is already available at a click of a button online. I didn't know if I had anything unique to write about.

The facebook generation we live in has changed all that. I see people posting the most mundane details of their life and still getting tons of replies. I realized I don't have to be perfect to start blogging. My posts may be banal at first but I am hoping the process of writing something everyday will make it better over time.

The theme of this blog - my life - Maya, my work, what I read online just anything that comes up that day.

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  1. Harini SridharanMarch 23, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    Nice, Pree! I had the same kind of feelings about blogging too. That is why my singleandsingular blog just had mostly just fictional stuff or poems and not so much personal insights and experiences kind of stuff. I had one other reason too: I have been reading everywhere how employers and interviewers always snoop around all your online presence; so I wasn't sure which topics are ok to be public about and which werent.
    My solution to it was that I started blogs that were just private to me. But now seeing this blog, makes me feel like it would be so cool if we (our friends circle) could share our experiences and feelings, esp. since we experience the same kind of things but never get an opportunity to share them.

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