Who is qualified to write a blog? How does it transform the writer, and at what cost?
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Who is qualified to write a blog? Who can afford it?
Simple answer: anyone who can type on a keyboard and who has an internet connection. That’s basically everyone all of us know as people like us (not Octogenarians living in caves in the Himalayas) all have keyboards, an internet connection and $10 in the bank to get a domain name.
More complicated answer: someone who is crazy enough to do something so hard as to make a public commitment to post a blog every day, before having even considered what to write about, or whether one’s English is good enough or not, or whether anyone will read it or will laugh at it or not……………..Who can afford it? Anyone who has 30 minutes a day currently invested in checking Facebook or watching TV, he can give up.
Now I have been writing a daily blog (apart from a few weeks summer holidays) for over three months now, and I can confirm that the qualification and cost part is totally minimal and manageable by even the least wealthy person in our circle. Basically if you have got the resources and language skill to enjoy writing on Facebook, you can write a blog.
What is the most remarkable thing about writing a blog is the incredible infinite benefits I am already getting.
First, I being a scientist by training, and an industrialist by profession, have never had much real writing experience. And so the writing of my blog has made me become more aware of the enormous benefits of communicating in an engaging and clear way in simple language which everyone can understand.
Because I am putting it out in public, my ideas get to engage with all sorts of people who are recipients without me having made any extra effort, including people who subscribe to my blog, recipients of my tweet, Facebook friends, LinkedIN……………..and I am getting some seriously encouraging feedback, and the virtuous cycle repeats. The result is that my writing improves, and people who want to engage with me want me to keep my promise to continue writing……….and it goes on.
Writing my blog has helped me see the benefit of putting my thoughts down in words, and that has helped me develop the habit of putting more of my thoughts in words in my day work as well as my own private life, which in turns helps me be clearer and more intentional in my thoughts which then drive my actions.
Most important of all, writing a blog and putting it out in public has helped me become more courageous to allow myself to be vulnerable, and to allow vulnerability to open the gate to both let out the core values and feelings which are in my heart, as well as be open to other people’s feelings and thoughts………….