I started this blog a year ago. I have to admit, I was skeptical that it wouldn't be worth my while, but I committed myself to at least giving it a chance. With that year now under my belt, what have I learned from this experience?
The biggest take away is how blogging has made me really become a thinker again. Thinking about things was never really an issue for me, elaborating and clarifying those thoughts was. Pre-blog, many of my reflections were just an unorganized, chaotic mess that I would often struggle to remember in the first place. Blogging brought about not just a way to organize my thoughts, it brought a way for me to extend and reflect my thinking while hopefully inspiring others through my own words and thoughts. The second take away; blogging saved me from trying to become a "know it all." Instead, blogging has given me a chance to re-frame that mindset into becoming a "learn it all" and "learn from it all." The latter of those two might be greatest thing to come of this journey when it's all said and done. Being a blogger has opened me up to a world of other bloggers as well garnering important feedback from those who read and challenge my thoughts. I also enjoy the public accountability it gives me. It's out there for the world to see and I think it's made me a better professional and person. Finally, it's a great way to measure personal growth and evolution in your own thought process. I enjoy reading old things I've written. I enjoy seeing things that I have grown or shifted my thinking on since writing. It's helped me realize that your thinking does evolve and that the worse thing you can do is dig your heels in on something just because you thought that way in the past. The bottom line: start writing your thoughts, reflections and challenges down. Share them with others. Watch the growth that comes both personally and professionally and above all else, get excited that your work just might be the missing piece that someone has been waiting for.
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Daniel
6/18/2018 08:12:31 pm
Good stuff, Jeff! Keep it up.
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