The End of an Era

After a grueling semester of blogging three times a week, besides the week I missed about a month ago (sorry Aggie), I have reached the light at the end of the tunnel. I have considered starting a blog multiple times before, but never committed to it until being forced into starting one this semester. When I came into public relations, I always knew it would be a decent amount of writing, but I never imagined the amount I ended up writing in a semester. Besides being in the Social Media Principles class, I was also in Aggie’s Public Relations Writing class, which literally has the word “writing” in the name. So, you could say I was setting myself up to write more than I ever have before this. Although I have talked about how much I hated taking two Aggie classes in one semester, I am thankful I did because of all it taught me.

Being forced to write about myself multiple times a week and attempting to pick subjects I found intriguing were the hardest part of the whole process. I kept running out of things to write about that meant something to me because I felt if I wasn’t writing about something of importance to me, there was no point in writing. I found myself searching for things I was doing and thinking about in everyday life in an attempt to find a topic. Although there were topics I could have written about to make my life easier, I decided to challenge myself and the way I wrote in an attempt to go a different route with my writing. I found myself revealing things in my blogs I would have never imagined I would be sharing so publicly with the world. The most challenging blog for me to write was the one where I talked about my transition to college and the adjustments I have made since I came to Ohio Northern. I had a hard time at the beginning of second semester and somehow found a way to let it out by writing about it on my blog. People have always told me writing things can make you feel better, but I never actually tried it to see if they were right. I have always believed in talking about things to make me feel better about them, so writing didn’t seem as appealing as the physical act of talking. Although it is a different feeling, it really does help me to release everything I am thinking about and get it on a page so I can read it over and over again. 

I know how weird it sounds that I learned about myself through this class, but it truly challenged me in ways I would have never imagined. I have always known I was a decent writer, but because of this class and having to write about a variety of subjects, I have seen myself grow into a great writer. The one thing I did have a problem with, though, was when I had to write about something I didn’t necessarily care about. I have learned to love writing, but only when it is about a topic I am passionate about in my life. I think this class also taught me all the possibilities I have in my career, and careers I maybe shouldn’t venture into in the future. I am hoping to continue blogging as frequently as I can over the summer and turn it into a habit, but I have to do interesting things with my life first. For now, I want to thank my classmates, and parents, for reading my blogs that often went on forever. A specific shoutout to Morgan, I would not have survived these classes without her and I am so glad I had the chance to bond with her over complaining this semester. I also want to thank Aggie for all she has done for me this semester. I have never learned so much from a person in such a short amount of time and look forward to another semester of two Aggie classes in a day!