I'm starting to notice I'm really bad at expressing my interests, and it's got me wondering how many other people are like that... For instance, I've never once attempted to talk about music or the singers I like (Brandy, Kelly Rowland, Jazmine Sullivan, Fantasia and lots of other R&B/Urban artists, with some K-Pop thrown in), or the video games I play (mostly fighting games and RPGs). Though what I noticed when I thought about it was that, only a few of us have really went much into our interests in our blogs lol.
I'm personally so conditioned to keeping my interests to myself that I assume no one else is interested or will care even if I told them, and when I do end up talking about them (wrestling for instance) I end up saying something negative like "I have no clue why I still watch this," or I'll point out something as stupid or fake. I guess it's a defense mechanism to the usually inevitable "You still watch wrestling!?" or "Wrestling is so fake" comments. Maybe some of us are afraid that we'll make a blog gushing about something we like and get 1 reply.... which is by default since Ms. Swan always leaves a comment lol.
I'm shocked I've typed that much about this so I'll rename my post now. *goes to rename post which was originally "Thoughts"* I just noticed I kind of basically made a post about a fear of rejection so I gave it a more appropriate title lol! This little blogging thing actually gave me some self-realization about something I didn't actually notice was in me. Hmph... Anyways, bye.
Sidenote: I don't even feel like smiling, winking, or waving after that lol.
I think that we are conditioned to believe that our interests do not matter if they do not generate money or earn us status or fame. We, subsequently, lose sight of who we are and who we could be. A benefit of these blogs is for us to learn how to articulate, once again, what matters to us.
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Jessica
Hey man, RPGs are my favorite types of games as well as shooters and fighting games. I've found that expressing my interests openly helps find people who have similar interests.
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