Blogging Changed My Life (or lack thereof)

In the past month (wow...it's been a month) I have created two blogs per week, one focusing on reviewing a professional or semi-professional blog and the other dedicated to a cause I feel strongly about. In just four weeks, I have been introduced to four wonderful blogs focusing on photography and descriptions of specific forms of nature and human interaction. Learning from those I was reviewing, I developed my own blog in hopes of attaining the same results as the semi-professional bloggers in gathering followers to support my cause. The blog I have created, "The Space Cadets" has come a long way in the past 30 days.

Being a fan of the internet, I had witnessed many short-hand blogs such as twitter and tumblr, where people I was following were posting pictures and one-sentence descriptions or comments. When guided into Blogger, I noticed that people who had a cause to blog were so passionate about it that they could write pages and pages on one post. It was then that I noticed how, though seemingly boring when assigned to somebody to read, one who actually cared about the topic could be enveloped in hearing this blogger's feelings. It was like these bloggers were writing an essay without the due-date, without the guidelines, without the grades, and with an immense love for the topic.

In "Walking Arizona" and "Urban Wilderness", I was shown photographs depicting the beauty of both Arizona and Montreal, respectively. These two bloggers showed me the dedication they possessed for wanting to introduce the wonders they saw in the nature of their homes to the world. In both "Kenya Dig It!?" and "Callaghan's laughing", I have seen how one person can touch hearts of hundreds. However, both these two blogs are different in how "Callaghan's laughing" shows to be a more informal journal depicting the life Callaghan has with his friends while "Kenya Dig It!?" is showing how Allison dedicates her life to making friends across the globe and helping them get through their hard times. In all, the inspiration I have received to want to show the beauty of what I see through my eyes and attempting to change the lives of others has pushed me toward writing paragraphs and paragraphs a week to the the point of "The Space Cadets" on this blog.

Without blogging, I believe it would be harder to get your point across. People are small. There are over 7 billion humans on this earth right now and sometimes, getting your voice heard isn't as easy as being able to publish a newspaper article every day. "Nobodies" have to work from the bottom to the top to profess what they feel and if it weren't for the internet encouraging creativity such as blogs, then where would we be now? Blogs have helped people understand things they never could from a television show. Blogs have given the public people to look up to without even knowing who they may be at times. Blogs have inspired millions and changed changed the lives of thousands, promoting freedom of expression that some may be too scared to exercise in the real world. I am beyond thankful to the bloggers I have followed, this blog and its followers, and my teacher who assigned this project to me for inspiring me to do bigger and better things, even though it will be from behind a computer screen. Here's to the start of "The Space Cadets" and the future it holds in the world of the internet!

Stay in the clouds, Cadets...