So this is my first official blog on the new youth website. I am not sure what to say, I am having so many different feelings right now. I want to SHOUT OUT LOUD “YAHTZEE!!!” or something but at the same time I have a hint of fear. How honest should you be in an online blog? That is the question that rings in my mind every time I read someone’s blog and think “WOW that’s pretty honest. Maybe more honest than they would have been had you spoke with them in person.” I am an honest person. If I am unhappy with you I let you know about it. If I have something to say then I say it. I believe very firmly in the fact that nothing can’t be talked out. There is no reason to get all up in a tizzy about something that was most likely a misunderstanding in the first place.
But back to the original question “How honest should you be in an online blog?” I guess it depends on the person. Some people are very protective of their personal lives and don’t want others to know about it. If I was that kind of person I would probably end this right now…But I don’t think I am. There are parts of my life I will not just share with anyone but I also think that from others’ mistakes we can learn volumes about life. I think that is probably partly where America’s fascination with reality TV may come from. We just want to see someone else make such a huge mistake that it makes us feel better about our own situation. We think to ourselves, “What an idiot. I would never do anything that dumb.” And in some way we actually feel better about the decisions we make ourselves.
I also think that one can be a little too honest online. I do think that there are parts of our lives that we don’t really need to share with others. This is really what everyone wants to know about you in the first place. We feel some type of pride or weird since of power when we know something about people that others don’t know. That is probably another appeal to reality TV. We want to know something about people that not everyone else knows...except everyone else watching knows it too. I don’t think I would ever go on some reality TV show, not because I have something to hide but because I wear tight lacy pj’s and I don’t think America is ready for that. So now back to the original question: “How honest should you be in an online blog?” I guess the answer is pretty simple: “As honest as you want to be.” So how honest will I be in the online blog? As honest as I want to be!!
Grace be with you.
