I always have the feeling that the key for most early bloggers is learning the art of letting go, letting it flow, doing the same kind of things you would do in person. For those of us more *socially challenged*, of course, nothing could be more scary. Why go to the asynchronous expression form to be the way you always are (shy, introverted, reticent, retrospective, …), when what you really want is to release the inner extrovert that has such a difficult time escaping when you are around those who know you as recluse. Filtering the negative doomsayers among your contacts reduces your statistical conquests, but builds more positive outlook and karma, simultaneously maintaining the correct level of trust and ethics.
Thus here it is. Though occasionally too unrestrained in declaring friends you don’t know and conversing via the safe social media format, you nonetheless rediscover a revitalized freedom to express idealistic thoughts that you carefully tucked away decades before. Twittering for the spontaneous shout-out to those stalwart enough to withstand your liberal-conservative mood swings, blogging for more introspective (and wordy) mental traffic. For now at least, good enough.
