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I have to confess that I spend a fair bit of time online all day.It's sort of my job, sort of my hobby, and just sort of what I do.
However, I do know how to turn off the dang computer, walk away, and get on with "real life".
Keeping in touch with people online is cool, communicating with people through blog comments can be super neat at times, but suddenly social networking has taken a weird turn.
I feel like every where I turn people are literally having a mental breakdown all over their keyboards.
I came across incredibly brilliant (and by brilliant I mean so good that when I read it I went into a mad, jealous rage cursing the fact that it wasn't written by me) blog post called "Is your self-worth wrapped up in your blog?
" by Lorelle VanFossen.
Basically, Lorelle write about how some of us can get so wrapped up in blogs, that even having one bad comment can cancel out all of the good comments that we received.
Does that one bit of negativity ruin your day?
Does it keep you up at night thinking, "I can't believe that.
That was so mean!
They didn't even listen to what I said!
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Our blogs are essentially projection of who we are, on any given day and time.
The posts we write capture who we were on Friday, 27th April, 2007.
Or Thursday, 11th January, 2006.
It really is a beautiful thing.
However, some people's egos get captured in those blogs, as well.
Some cannot handle the negative reactions to their posts.
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