We all have targets that we want to achieve - some material, some spiritual, all personal. I decided that I would never lose sight of a target a year ago, when a friend 'incited' me to blog.
"Blog more, it is a panacea for troubled minds."
That was probably the best advice I had in a long time. Blogging has enabled me to put placeholders on the moments of my life. Every thought, every emotion, every event is recorded in some form or other in this database, although it may not be too apparent from a third party perspective.
I chose to write in code, and at times, I chose to write in the most literal way possible. Sometimes I would write to someone else, communicating words I could never utter in real life. Sometimes I would write to everyone, sending questions out into the cosmos, and getting wonderful answers back. Sometimes I would just write to myself, penning a reminder for the future that's 'Google-able'.
All in all, it has been one very fruitful year. I've met wonderful friends through this blog. I've gotten in touch with old ones. I've probably indicated too much about myself to people I would never ever meet in real life. But this blog has given me something special - it's has been the repository for all the significant markers of my life in the past year, and because of it, I am able to see myself grow in some ways, and digress in others.
Leaders make decisions based on information, that's why people who can aggregate information make a lot of money. My blog has, in essence, been my MIS. At the end of the year, it's about time to summarise and restrategise for the future.
Posted by Najah Nasseri at 2003年12月07日 03:42 | TrackBackMission (almost) accomplished!
Congratulations, Najah. I've been reading your posts in the last 4 months and I salute you for your persistence in keeping your goal. Your blog is inspiring and at times brought me closer to home (with a long list of things to do). I hope you'll continue writing and sharing your thoughts online.
Posted by: magixcarpet at 2003年12月07日 19:14Thank you for inspiring me to blog. It's been such an exciting time of my life as I have begun to learn to write better and keep on learning doing it. Besides, I have made some wonderful people and discover new things through this medium.
I still remember the time you advised me to start on blogging at the volunteer job we did with few other members in Melaka earlier this year.
And yes, you are right, blogging has made me a 'better manager of my information system'. Hopefully it will be soon that can we leverage it to the equation of 'knowledge is profit'.
Posted by: haxa at 2003年12月07日 21:25Najah
I was always off and on about blogging though my interest is writing is still as strong as it has always been. But reading your blog, and some others, encouraged me to take the bold step and set up my own - "uncamouflaged" one.
I'm still new at it. But I will say that it has helped me - sometimes, I only have a seed of an idea, or a part of a sentence when I begin a post. But persistence at the keyboard often results in crystallised thoughts or emotions that I never would have uncovered or kinked out otherwise. And yes, it has pushed me to write more, more often.
It is some form of "therapy" I suppose, most rewarding when you get responses from others though it can be scary sometimes to expose your secrets online.
Posted by: Zsarina at 2003年12月08日 13:37