Comments on: Finding the strength to live transparently

By: Laurie | Your Ill-fitting Overcoat

Laurie | Your Ill-fitting Overcoat — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:59:49 +0000

I’m late to the game reading this post, but I just wanted to say that it totally blew me away. I’ve struggled with these issues for years and have only recently started coming to terms with them. It meant a lot to me to read this, so thanks for sharing it.

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Forget careers. Blogging changes lives | Bizzy Women — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:17:16 +0000

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:37:53 +0000

@ Monica – Some start-up companies, my current job, and a nonprofit. I think your blog has value when… hm… when you engage in conversation, when someone else says you’ve helped them, when you open up and make yourself vulnerable. When you feel good. Those are good rules for companies too I guess : )

By: Conrad Hees

Conrad Hees — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:34:01 +0000

Great post, Nisha! This is a big issue for me, because I have a hard time showing my weaknesses on my blog. I feel like I need to beand come off professionally all the time, but I know that in the end I would probably be more popular if I was more vulnerable. Then again, I am not a very ‘vulnerable’ person in real life so I struggle with it, but I am getting better!

Congrats on finishing up the semester Monica!

By: DPaul

DPaul — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:42:45 +0000

Like I said, you’re a cool bird ME.

By: Alix

Alix — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:20:28 +0000

Nisha, I ended my last blog because my ex stalked it. It’s hard to be completely honest when you don’t know who’s reading. This go round, I was much more selective about who knew about it. I blog under an assumed name.

I believe that because I have the anonymity on my blog, it has allowed me to be more real in person…

By: Naturally Alise

Naturally Alise — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:37:22 +0000

Blogging has allowed me to be more open and more honest because I know the things I say are being held acocuntable, and if I am fake people will know it. I absolutely love blogging and have actually made real friends from it, becoming an open book has made a big difference in my life as a whole… for the good.

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:54:05 +0000

@D-Paul: Stop hitting the delete button. Your writing is good. One day we will get you to the point where you post stuff and you don’t give a damn what other people think.

Sometimes if people don’t get you, you have to shake the HATERS off!

By: Monica

Monica — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:50:33 +0000

@Nisha: I’ve had a different problem. I’m MORE REAL online than I am in person. This blog is the one place where I totally let my hair down.

My gf often gets mad at me ’cause she reads stuff online that I don’t really talk about in person.

Havi at http://www.fluentself.com/blog/ writes a lot about transparency in blogging and I love reading her stuff.

What I’m working on now is reconciling my online self (which is super transparent) with my in person self (which is real reserved and quiet).

@Rebecca: Girl, I want to talk to you about these job offers! What kinds of companies were they?

I agree that Blogging is awesome. I’ve learned that I communicate well through writing (and I’m funny, apparently).

Most importantly, how do you know if your blog has value, especially if it is a personal blog?