Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Basically...... I have no experience blogging!


My initial thoughts and feelings after class were a mixture of excitement, annoyance, curiosity, and a bit of anxiousness. First I thought, what exactly is a blog??? Isn't it just like a digital journal? So why not just turn in a journal instead of putting something on the internet where it would be FOREVER?! Anyways, I digress. Returning to the topic at hand, I was experiencing some annoyance with the thought of blogging - mainly cause its blogging. I've never been one to journal daily/weekly/monthly, or keep some form of a "life log"therefore the thought of being forced to journal now did not appeal to me. On the other hand, hearing about some ways we would incorporate technology into counseling did spark a little interest in me. Although actually setting up the accounts might be time consuming, I would be lying if I said that I wasn't a tad bit excited about actually using the various types of social media webpages to my advantage. Recently I've been talking to a couple friends who have interest in becoming entrepreneurs , so I've began learning a couple things about networking and things of the sort. With that being said, my curiosity sparked when I think about things that I can learn this semester that can be applied to me and my entrepreneurs friends. Overall I'm open and willing to learn all that I can in this course. I can say that knowing me, I'll probably end up reformatting my blog again so that it includes my website as well! 

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like a plan. I appreciate your honesty and also your openness to try something new. While you could blog about yourself, I would encourage you to focus your blog on a counseling-related topic that interests you (such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, etc.) or on a specific population of interest to you (such as the homeless, undecided at-risk high school students, retirees, etc.). That way, you can blog about professional issues relevant to the topic and not share personal information.

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