Taking Stock

This is our fourth week of blogging this semester; however, I still don’t feel as though I’ve gained a particular style of writing. I’ve maintained an informal tone since these blogs are our reflections. Rather than a paper, I’ve tried to write down my thoughts as though I were speaking to someone. But in the end, I’ve noticed that I don’t delve too deeply into the topics that we cover. I only go over the theme on the surface and I don’t have any particular example to talk about.
This can easily be solved if I just think about the material a little more and do some extra readings to gain perspective, but I don’t think that the problem. I’m a reserved person by nature, and I do not express myself freely. To put it simply, although blogging is fun, it’s not my cup of tea. I like to debate, exchange opinions but I’d prefer to talk to someone personally. I also do not like broadcasting my opinions to the world.
There are also certain topics that I feel more comfortable about, where I have an opinion or material to discuss. To improve myself, I think that I must take my time and think more deeply. I should also attempt to read more about the topics. In addition to both things, I should also try to be expressive in my writing. I can try to improve my style of writing so that my thoughts are easier to understand and focus on a single item of discussion rather than being very broad. I tend to look at things from a larger perspective so I miss out on a lot of minor details that are also interesting to discuss. If I focus on something, I may have more opinions on the topic and therefore to write about.
I'm certainly better able to connect ideas discussed in class to my own experiences by writing these blogs. In that sense, I still feel that writing weekly reflections is a positive step that I wouldn't have taken otherwise. I'm glad to be in this class and I want to improve myself so that I can gain the most from this experience. I'll try out some new things as the semester progresses to take my reflections to the next level.