Simply put, I greatly enjoyed this blogging project. It was a new experience for me, as opposed to blogging last year for my history class. This English blogging project was much more personal. I debated with myself when first choosing topics about whether or not I should do something as personal as I did (solitude) out of fear of standing out from the other projects in my class. I didn't want to be the only person to open up and take the project seriously, especially with a topic some might consider dark. Many people can think that wanting to be alone makes me a misanthropic introvert, but hopefully reading my blog has changed the opinion of some people who think like this.
Being able to write down my thoughts actually helped me organize more than I thought it would. Writing thoughts down allowed me to physically see my thoughts and then change them or expand upon them. This was a new experience for me because I normally keep these type of thoughts to myself, especially thoughts about how I like to be alone. I always thought it was easier than trying to defend my argument, keeping my thoughts to myself, but now I don't really think that anymore. I like being able to put my thoughts out there and allow classmates and peers to comment on them, and maybe bounce around some of their ideas and see how the compare with my original ideas. Sometimes the ideas I post are simply rough drafts. This is nice because I get to see how others react to these thoughts.
As this blog was more dedicated to the positive side of my solitude it was sometimes difficult to always focus on the positives. I think of Nick Madeloff's blog and how he talked more on the negative/darker side of being alone. This is certainly something that I go through as well, but I decided to keep it to myself in order to keep this blog in a more positive tone. This wasn't really a struggle because I genuinely enjoy being alone. Overall I'm very glad we did this project and I think I learned a lot; not only from the comments left on my blog but also through reading the blogs of others'.
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