Nurture your Nature

"Be true" [ASR] Monkey Week 4 Prompt #2 (200w)

BE TRUE

A blog can be about anything but to be of value it should be true to itself.

A P-log contains poetry. A T-log is about travel. This entry is in my N-log ... about nurturing and nature.

A personal blog need not be about adventure, scandal, politics, opinions. It can be a vignette of daily living. And although that may be boring to some... so be it. Authenticity matters.

Sometimes the greatest value is being true to yourself and what interests you.

How does one judge a blog? Why bother? I leave comments to engage with the writer not to correct their grammar.

But, if I had to judge

Prompt: If you were judging blogs (whole blogs not just an entry), what would be the top two criteria that you would use (ignore meeting prompts or word count of contests or having many entries such as more than a couple a month)

:

1. Is it of some value to the author, others, me? Does it shed light? A positive, imho.
2. Is it a mere copy/paste of impersonal lists, lies, and other people's problems? A negative, imho.

I want to know the author: their thoughts, emotions, their personal joys and struggles. An impersonal piece may be good journalism or marketing, may get an A+ as an essay for English class; but, if it doesn't connect or shed light why should I bother?

I love to get to know bloggers but nefarious schemes

Prompt: What do you think of using blog prompts to get entries for creating a psychological profile of the blogger?

to hurt them is immoral.

~ 200 words

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