Blogging Truths Be Told: Blogging Can Be Therapeutic

I hope this “Blogging Truths Be Told” finds you doing well and looking forward to a relaxing and enjoyable weekend. And I must admit that I’m starting out my prelude to the weekend on a pleasant note.

For this very reason . . .

Today’s blog post is going to be one of those treats for me to share, because it has everything to do with the feel-goods I get from the sheer act of writing for this blog. So, I hope you don’t mind taking in a warm and fuzzy conversation, because it’s coming right at you. Three . . . two . . . one . . .

Okay, so you know how Fridays here at Degrees of Maternity are all about the blogging. Right? Well, blogging is a pretty awesome activity to focus on, if I do say so myself. (Of course, that’s just my humble opinion speaking out.) But for me, blogging is chock-full of all that writing goodness that makes up its substance.

And if you’re a writer or know anything about writers, then you know that writers write. Even if they find themselves taking a hiatus of sorts, they will eventually find their way back to their writing ways. Writers can’t help but to do so.

And when the writing enthusiasts find prime opportunities to put pen to paper or fingers to keys to fill up a piece of paper or computer screen with words coming from his or her writing genius, it’s on Baby!

Now, I’m just coming from my own viewpoint, perspective, and outlook on the subject of writing when I say I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! (In all its shapes and forms — from the staunchness of formal grammatical rules to the conversational tone that I can experiment with on Degrees of Maternity that breaks all the grammatical rules — I absolutely love it.)

The act of letting the words spill out of me as I’m feeling them is an activity that will never get old for me. And that’s probably because I’m a person of many words. I have a lot to say verbally and it just naturally spills over into my writing. 

In fact, I think it would be fair to say that being a wordy person has come in down-right handy in the case of my blogging life. Woo Hoo! I’ve even found out that I can express myself better, at times, by putting things in written word than I can by verbally trying to communicate that same information. Go figure!

And would it be safe to say that writers can find writing to be a way to release all those words that may be more difficult for them to speak out loud to someone face-to-face (for whatever reasons)? Personally, I think so.

There are many times I’ve come to this blog and thought, “Wow, I don’t think I could have verbalized this any better than I just wrote it.” I think that way because I don’t feel as inhibited in my words when I write as I do when I’m speaking them, especially when I’m in a mode of sharing experiences or imparting knowledge. That’s just me, though. Yes, I can talk a lot when I want to; but in my case, I sometimes feel that words are served best when written and delivered.

You know those times that you wrote a written note and handed it to someone or sent an email because you didn’t know how to say whatever you needed to say in person or you didn’t think you could deliver the message as well verbally as you could by the written word. Writing comes in handy in those moments, don’t you think?

Then again, the written word has its limiting factors, as well. It can be harder to get the sentiment behind what’s written if you don’t see the face or body language of the person delivering the message or hear the tone in which the message is being delivered. Some of the underlying meaning of the words can therefore be lost in translation.

But I’m not here to discuss which method of communication is best. They both serve important purposes. What I do want to convey is that writing can be a therapeutic form of communication for people who need to get out what they want to say when the verbal message may not be an option or the best option for them.

In my experience with blogging (past, present, and future), the written word will always serve a therapeutic purpose for me. For example, I have literally taken part of this Degrees of Maternity blog to blog about blogging because it helps me to get out the emotions, feelings, thoughts, and experiences I’ve gone through as a blogger.

Blogging about blogging is part of my therapy in helping me . . .

• get through blogging life when the times are tough (frustrations are heightened, challenges are fast-coming, obstacles are in the way, progress is slow, etc.).
• share the lessons I learned that may be of benefit to others in their blogging journeys (of things to do and not to do).
• sort through my emotional ups and downs that blogging has taken me through.
• chronicle the writing process events in my life so I’ll have them to look back on years later.
• connect with others who can relate to my blogging experiences and form bonding relationships (which is a therapeutic process in and of itself). The human connection is part of our human experience and has a unique way of filling a void in our lives that only it can fulfill.

As you know, with me being a wordy person, I could go on and on; but I just wanted to give you a taste of why blogging (or writing for a blog) is so meaningful to me. It truly helps me to process what I do in life (or in blogging, for instance) by blogging (writing) about it. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Not to mention, blogging is writing and writing is fun times for me. I love seeing what I’ve created after the words have spilled out onto the page or screen.

And if you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, then you probably can guess what things are important in my life by reading through my blog posts. 

If you’ve noticed that a lot of my writing jam revolves around:

• my family
• my creative processes
• personal and professional development
• life improvement processes
• goal-setting

then you get an A++++++. Great job!

And blogging about all these subjects provides a therapeutic way for me to experience all the things that I listed in the first bulleted list above. It’s the best way I know how to communicate those things that I may not have the verbal words for or can adequately deliver to someone face-to-face. Furthermore, blogging helps me reach a whole wide world of people online that I may never have the opportunity to come face-to-face with or talk to verbally — ever.

How about you? Do you find that blogging gives you an outlet of therapy in the ways I’ve mentioned or in other ways that blogging serves your purposes in a healing sort of way? I’d love to hear about it.