Who’s telling this story?
I have to say, I’ve become a real fan of Lorelle’s blogging challenges. They make you think (when they aren’t making you do research!) This week’s challenge is a topic that I’ve been grappling with for a couple of weeks now.
This week’s challenge is: Who writes your blog? The short answer to that question is: I do.
The problem for me is that I write several blogs covering different topics, so each one really requires a different facet of my personality. This is actually why I split them up to begin with. I find topics that are on my mind, or articles that speak to me or make me think, and then I drop it into the correct blog. Most of the time, I then wrap up the link in my own thoughts. Sometimes, I just react briefly. Sometimes, I just share the link in a drive-by blogging.
One of my online profiles reads:
Who am I?
I am many things. Daughter, sister, friend, student, teacher, mentor, role model, confidante, leader, advisor, artist, explorer, academician, strategist, diplomat.
Just depends on who woke up this morning…
It’s true. I am a complicated person, trying desperately to be a simple person, who molds herself into whichever role she needs to be at that moment. The same is true in my blogging. This is my personal blog, and so it reflects my more casual tone, my thoughts on completely random topics. It speaks up when no one else needs to speak. If I need to talk about something bothering Kiry the Teacher, I go to my education blog. When Kiry the Writer wants to share a new resource, I open up my writing blog. A new archaeological find reveals something about how an ancient culture used jewelry, and out pops Kiry the Amateur Archaeologist to colloborate with Kiry the Jewelry Designer over at my jewelry blog.
It really is just a matter of what I’m working on that determines which Kiry comes into play. It sounds a little schizophrenic, I’ll admit, but many people who know me well offline can tell you that I manage to seamlessly blend my diverse interests on a daily basis, to the great amusement and entertainment of those around me!
So, who’s telling my story? I am proud to say that I am!
July 28th, 2006 at 10:27 am
Actually, shouldn’t the answer to who is telling my story be “all of me”?
Well said. And I’m glad that you are “thinking” about this. So many people blog with the idea that all they are doing is “me” but, as you figured out, it isn’t. Sometimes it’s “me the teacher” and other times it’s “me the victim” or “me the hero” or “me the whiner”. There are a lot of people inside of us, and associating one of them with your blog is the way to go.
Great!