DISQUS

There are few things that a twenty-one year old likes less than rules... Daily we are bombarded with bullet points and numbered lists to memorize and spill out on a scantron with our #2 pencil when a test comes around. Where is our voice in that? Can I be perfectly honest that in my first few blog posts I checked for AP style errors!?! Please laugh at/ with me now. Many students and professionals are so terrified about errors and stuck on perfection that their blogs are uptight (i.e. boring.) By following these rules, you are surrendering what makes blogs so great- the absence of rules (with the exception of self-enforced ethical standards.) We need to appreciate them for what they are- the chance to open our thoughts up for discussion.

Here's the interesting thing. I'm not an A-lister by any means (probably not even a C-lister...) but I'm enjoying it. I'm learning things (one reason is that I'm reading other blogs.) I'm learning the importance and the positives of a medium that is unlike most in the way that it allows for comfort in just being yourself.