Like all good things, this blog has come to its end. As the
end of my first semester in college approaches, I will have to say goodbye to
this blog too. I won’t lie, at first I never thought that I would like writing
in this blog. However, this blog started to occupy a big time of my life, so I
decided to give it a chance. I started to check my blog daily, look at my
classmate’s blogs and eventually I fell in love with the idea of being a
writer. I know I’m not the best and I still have a long way to go, but this experience
made me improve my writing skills. I found myself looking at other fashion or
food blogs and comparing them to mine. Looking at other blogs made me more
attentive at the things that I could improve in my blog. Also, by reading other
blogs I started to catch the “blog language”, which at times wasn’t even
formal. In fact, something that I had to struggle with was getting out of my
comfort zone. I was accustomed to writing formal and serious essays. On the
other hand, in a blog you can write however you want, you can be funny or
sarcastic. This freedom in writing was what made my blog experience extremely
exciting, but difficult at the same time. It was hard for me to lose the
serious and formal tone I was so used to. Nevertheless, I knew that people
would enjoy my blog more if I was more flexible with my writing, so I tried.
However, I think I could have still improved a lot more. On the bright side, my typing skills are now ON FIRE.
Additionally, it was fun for me to see how my classmates and
I had the same topics to discuss in our blogs, but we still had totally
different perspectives in our reflections. Therefore, another thing that I learned
with the blog was how much diversity exists in the world. Additionally, I loved
that we could add interactive media, such as images, videos or gifs.
All in all, I gained a lot from the blog, from letting lose
to accepting another person’s opinion. Definitely a great interdisciplinary
activity.
Happy Holidays!
Au revoir (goodbye)
