We all suffer from it in one form or another. That's why so many of us spend hours online updating facebook pictures, twitting, blogging and whatever esle we do to share our lives with our online buddies. We do all this with the assumption that someone somewhere cares about what we are doing or what we think. In reality most people don't really care but because we don't have a shortage of bored people with too much time on their hands someone is going to check out your facebook pictures- guaranteed. This serves as an ego booster for most of us, especially when we are showered with positive comments. Such a convinient way to inflate our egos and feel like somebody cares. On the flip side I am sure there are some people who are genuinely interested in our lives, opinions and the rest of it - but trust me unless you are Oprah you can pobably count your fans with one hand. I love this era of social networking and the oppotunity it gives us to self brand. We are all models on Myspace and pop stars on Youtube and we have followers to prove just how popular we are. I love it - I really do!
With that said, I wonder what exactly gave me the idea of joining the blogosphere. Is it my unwarranted self importance - thinking that what I have to say is worth something. What is it about me that makes me think people care about my thoughts, opinions or the stories I have to tell? It's like running for president - you have to believe that you are great enough to get the votes and do the job. Having that belief is fine when it is true and sad when it is a delusion. I guess we all see the greatness within us but some of us are just a little more realistic than others. As I type this, I am not sure if anyone is ever going to read it or better yet why they would even read it. Do people blog because they have something important to say? Do they blog because they think people will be interested in what they have to say? At what point do you decide the world needs to know what you think about it? I guess for me it was the point just before I opened by Blogger account. I have had the urge to blog for the longest time but always feared that noone would read my blog. Like that clever facebook comment that nobody likes or comments on. But i figured so what if nobody comments on my facebook status? I know they all read it anyway!
So after deliberating I decided to blog anyway, even if no one ever reads this I think I will have fun doing it. After the decision to blog the next question became what I would blog about. Being an expert in nothing and having an opinion on everything it onlny seemed fitting that i write about anything and everything. And thats exactly what I am going to do - conversations with friends and family, television, music, news and life in general - thats what my blog is going to be about, whatever is on my mind at the time. LET THE BLOGGING BEGIN!
Please note: I have never been good at grammer, spelling etc so don't expect any well written English 101 assignment quality posts.
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