Wednesday 3 September 2014

Some Confessions Of A Blogaholic

Blogaholic refers to one who loves Blogging & her/his Blog. 

Here the Blogaholic is yours truly.

Ever since I have started Blogging seriously, I have been doing crazy things... more so in the recent past.

The following are half a dozen Confessions of this Blogaholic!

1. Everything appears like a story to me, with the potential to make it BIG & get featured on my super Blog! When I read the newspaper or watch the news, I am no longer that helpless or passive... Blogging is cathartic & therapeutic.


2. Blogging makes me feel powerful. My mind is always active and has a say. I express through my Blog and also via fellow-Bloggers' posts.
I feel free to express whatever I wish & share my views on the good and the not-so-good topics.

a) When I read about the tilting of the Train by passengers to free a man whose leg had got trapped between the carriage & the platform in Perth, Australia, I mentally picked this inspiring incident as a future-topic for my Blog.
b) Some days later, it was heart-touching when I read about the Pune incident where the public got together to push a bus & rescue two accident-victims- young boys who were trapped under the bus.

Pune's People Power: Group Lifts Bus to Free Trapped Students
Source: NDTV


I decided I would love to write a Social-cause post citing the above-mentioned two examples to create awareness. The current week's IndiSpire topic supports this. The public needs to come to the aid of victims as 'Union is Strength'. I also decided to share our Supreme Court's announcement for Good Samaritans.

3. Blogging makes me forget everything- even the day, date & time!
Yesterday, I assumed it was Thursday, and hence the deadline of the current IndiSpire topic! Imagine thinking Tuesday to be Thursday! I quickly started writing my thoughts as discussed in the points above, as a race against time. I hurried to write my Post- WE-POWER & managed to post it much before 10 PM. Then, I checked & was puzzled why the latest IndiSpire topic was not yet out though it was more than 10 PM as per the clock! After half-an-hour, I realized that yesterday was Tuesday & there is still time- 2 whole days for the deadline!


4. Blogging makes me hurry & scurry & in my haste I forget all what I had initially decided to write about!
After seeing the comments for my post-WE-POWER, I realized that in my haste, I had missed writing about the Pune-example (of the bus & People-Power as discussed in Point#2 above) in my Post...
For the umpteenth time, I learnt the lesson- 'Haste makes waste'! 


5. Blogging makes me feel silly at times. At other times I do silly things and feel silly.
a) How could I exclude the Pune-People-Power-Indian-Unity example?
I had included the Western example, but not our Indian one...
(I used to feel the same way after writing my Exam-papers, when I realized that I have missed  important points!)

b) Two days ago, how could I write a comment addressed with a male Blogger's name, without realizing that the same Blog belongs to a female? The confusion was because they both use similar background theme. 
Once the damaging comments had been posted, I posted fresh comments addressed with the correct name of the Blogger & apologizing for my faux-pas...

c) Today, how could I post a comment intended for one Blog to another? Worse, I don't even know which/whose Blog has received my comment on 'Japanese values'...  After posting my comment for 1 Blog, I realized my blunder when I found the right Blog-post still waiting for my comment! I sheepishly retyped my comment there.
I am so sorry & am feeling guilty. My sincere apologies if it's you & your Blog that has got a totally irrelevant comment from me... 


6. As I am a positive person, I look for the silver lining in my Blogging-cloud and decide to focus on that for my Post as I love happy endings! 
We are what we choose!
See, my positive choice & great humour now has also enabled me to write this post with half a dozen of a Blogaholic's Confessions!


Note- This is by no means an exaggeration, and is a true personal account. 
Do excuse me for my Blogging-mistakes. I am still learning & trying...

Do you have any similar or unique Blogging Confessions you would like to share?

22 comments:

  1. haha! We all are learning, aren't we? I am on luckier side learning from your blog :P Blogging mistakes :D k, I am laughing (u must know why)
    Keep blogging! Cheers

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    1. Glad that this made you laugh! :)
      May we be more aware & avoid such embarrassing Blogging mistakes! :P
      But, even if we do commit mistakes, makes sense to learn & grow, That's my mantra! :)
      Keep Blogging!

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  2. Everything in and around makes me feel silly every-time :P

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    1. I am not the only one feeling silly then! Nice to know that I have company, Rahul :)

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  3. He he I am so much in sync with the first two points. I keep taking my phone out and making points everytime I go out. It is not that I do it purposefully, it has somehow become an irresistible habit of mine :)

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    1. That's a great habit, Vinay.
      Listing points/notes helps us & we avoid other Blogging mistakes of excluding relevant points/pics :)

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  4. Ha ha, don't worry Anita. It happens. It is not because you are so deeply a Blogaholic, but you are sharing all these on your blog means you are a Blogaholic. I guess these things can happen with anyone. We all do mistakes in a hurry.

    BTW good to read this post...

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    1. Thanks Alok for your kind words :)
      Only Bloggers can understand what it means :) Yes, sharing even stuff that shows us in poor light!

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  5. Oh blogging is indeed therapeutic...Atleast to me!!!!
    and I make gender mistakes while commenting on other blogs too :p

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    1. Thanks for sharing, Red :)
      Happens with us when we are writing in a hurry...

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  6. Oh Anita, Don't worry, it happens with me too...:). I am not a professional photographer but since I have started blogging, I am carrying my camera all the time and clicking pictures....:D

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    1. Thanks Priyashi!
      Yes, how we wish to capture everything for our Blog!
      Your pics are beautiful! Carry on & continue clicking & sharing :D

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  7. sadly I lost my camera :( ..
    but what you say is right , blogging helps , when i am depressed or have nothing to do , or excited basically ANYTHING the first thought that comes is let me go and see or read someone's article .. or write something myself ..

    I make so many mistakes while commenting , I am sure you have noticed them a lot but are too polite to tell me :)

    Bikram's

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    1. so tell us about the Pune story then :) waitingggggggggggg

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    2. Sorry to learn about the loss of your camera, Bikram.
      Use your phone. That's always there with us.
      I usually click with my phone. I need a really good smartphone that'll help me take great pics. Then, my Blog will be richer with lovely pics! :)

      Spelling errors do creep in & I have to write additional comments with spelling corrections :)
      Haste to type & posting without proofreading is the culprit :)

      The Pune story is the news-story of the Bus being pushed by the Pune public to free the two trapped accident victims. I missed writing about this story in my previous post....

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  8. blogging is indeed therapeutic
    for me !
    3 and 5 so me :D

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  9. Anita, these are some awesome confessions :) Especially the cross-connection one. I enjoyed reading it along with few informative notes. It's always good to know and find how other bloggers might think and feel.

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    1. Thanks Vidhya. Yes, these are my honest confessions.
      It'll be great to know "how other bloggers might think and feel", but will they honestly share? :)

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    2. Million $ question....It's hard to look into people who are reticent.

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  10. these r very frank n sweet confessions...i love them! Keep blogging alwez & spread positivity! :D

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    1. Yes, Amrita! Thanks for the recognition, appreciation & wishes :D
      Best wishes to you too!

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