When I first started my blog, I didn’t tell anyone about it so I could say whatever I wanted to say. Initially it was supposed to document my journey to Mysore. It has now evolved into more that just that. It is now my space and I use it to vent out my frustrations, whine and say whatever I damn please. I really wasn’t sure if I was going to share it with anyone until Julie set up ashtangi.net. I joined ashtangi.net because I am a blog addict. I enjoy reading everybody’s blog and I was sick and tired of jumping from one link to another. I am hoping that all the blogs that I read will eventually end up in ashtangi.net (Russell, Casey, Jason, Yuiko, Amanda are you all out there).
Anyway, when I joined ashtangi.net, I didn’t realize the repercussions. I have very strong opinion about certain things and I have said things, which have offended other people. That was not my intention. I realized that I needed to be a little more careful with what I have to say. Ever since, I’ve toned down my opinions.
Well today, I just read Julie’s latest blog piece “It’s all yoga� and I totally loved it. I have now decided that my blog is MY SPACE. I will now say whatever I want to say. You are all welcome in MY SPACE and if you have anything nice to say I would like to hear it. If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it. I don’t want to know about it. If I offend you, get over it. If you don’t like my blog, don’t read my blog. Move on. I think this is what Julie was trying to say and I totally agree with her. She just said it in a nicer way. Thanks Julie, I’ve been wanting to say this. I feel better now:)
Comments (4)
:) I'm glad to help... having been blogging for a number of years, this is one of those realizations that one comes to. You can't please people all of the time and you shouldn't try. It IS your space. I always know that whatever I say is out there and I say things that I can stand by. I've only edited out parts of my blog that can identify individuals who might not want to be identified :)
Posted by Julie | July 16, 2004 10:03 PM
Posted on July 16, 2004 22:03
I hope you didn't take my comments the wrong way. I love reading blogs because you can say whatever you damn well feel like. Since you have a comment section I just wanted to add my experience in the corporate world.
Any hoot - I really enjoy your blog and ashtangi.net, it's even inspiring me to perhaps start my own blog.
Posted by sarah | July 16, 2004 10:30 PM
Posted on July 16, 2004 22:30
Sarah, when I wrote this piece I wasn't referring to your post. I had some earlier comments wherein I felt like I had to defend myself. What I want to avoid is getting into an argument with other people. It's not fair to get into an argument with someone reading your blog because they know all about you and you don't know anything about them.
As far as the work pay the bills comment. I may have gone a little overboard on that. That's was just me venting my frustrations. I agree with you when you say that not all of corporate america is bad. In fact I used the phrase corporate politics which happens everywhere in the world. I worked in the Philippines before I moved here. They have that too. In an earlier entry I even talk about my boss who I totally respective and the tickets I got for free. I've had a lot of good experiences here and have made some lasting friendship here. I'm grateful for that but there are always people who would like to put you down. That's probably true everywhere in the world.
I really enjoy reading other peoples blogs. I may not agree with everything they say but I respect whatever they believe in. As a general rule I only make positive comments. If I have anything bad to say about a blogger, I kept it to myself.
I think that 10 years from now when I read my blog, I'm probably going to say, "God you were an idiot". That's what I always think when I think back 10 years ago. That's just me growing up. Its all good.
Posted by joey | July 17, 2004 12:03 AM
Posted on July 17, 2004 00:03
we all look back and think we're idiots... human nature!
Posted by Julie | July 17, 2004 12:07 AM
Posted on July 17, 2004 00:07