Not Too Techno-Savvy

To claim I am time poor is no great revelation and nothing new to anyone. Almost everyone I know is time poor as a condition of the lives we lead and the societies in which we live.

But, is it an excuse for me not having Blogged up until now? Not once. Never Blogged! Just thinking about Blogging swamps me in uncertainty – I don’t know where to begin; why Blog; who’ll read my Blog? What would I write and in what tone should it be written? What length should a Blog be? 

Cringe..........!!!

Up until now I’ve hidden behind the ‘no time’ excuse which, considering millions of people are Blogging in spite of busy lives, is of course a cop-out.

The truth is, I’m just not Blog/Face Book/Twitter-savvy. Anyone who knows me will attest that mastering technology is not my forte’. My ‘un-savvyness’ is a joke amongst family and friends. I managed to create three separate FB accounts without intending to do so, with different friends on each one and without remembering the passwords. I have only one App on my I-Phone. What the heck is Tungle? 

Digital networking doesn't come naturally to me. I was never going to get involved!

However, I recently attended an incredibly interesting Social Media Workshop - so eloquently presented by Kathie Melocco – PR and social media expert. http://kathiemelocco.net.au/about-kathie/ Thanks to the awesome insights and knowledge of Kathie, I understand the importance of engaging in the various platforms of social media. I recognise the benefit of digital storytelling. I now ‘get it’ that in writing a Blog I am effectively ‘storytelling’. And yes, I can do that. 

So, I hereby make a commitment to Blog and declare in my struggle to do it methodically, that I will Blog once a fortnight (to begin with) until I become at one with the rhythm of Blogging. To assist in my plight I believe it will help to allocate a day and time each fortnight for a mandatory Blog - if I haven’t already Blogged that fortnight. For now, my mandatory Blog o’clock will be next Wednesday lunchtime and every second Wednesday thereafter - and I’ll try and stick to this.

I will stick to this!

Please join in congratulating me on my pledge, and welcoming me on my adventure into the hitherto untapped realms of ‘trans media storytelling’. And thanks for reading my first-ever Blog!

Trish