Over the years I have spent more than a dozen times on the couch, sorting out the goods I have built, bought, borrowed, and inherited during my 48 years. Without exception, each qualified physician has suggested the following recommendations: start and keep a daily journal.
It seems that great frustration and anxiety can be resolved with pen and paper. However, for reasons that can only be described as part of ‘my beauty,’ my journal retention will begin and expire at the time of recording. However, I knew that the writing process was strong despite my inability to be consistent. Once, after holding my nose for 13 weeks, I skipped tall buildings made of the art form and descended to the other side, with renewed energy and well-paid work.
Despite my success, however, I soon stopped writing my thoughts on paper.
Miraculously, last spring, the writing of my whole life was evoked by clicking a computer button. As simple as one, two, three, I started my online journal, better known as a blog.
A blog is a web blog that covers a series of posts, about the author's choice of topic, from expert to personal. All entries are the date and time of publication as they are published, giving the content the feel of a traditional diary.
The blog process is very simple and free for anyone with computer access. I write down my thoughts, press and publish to convert, and soon my raves will be live on the World Wide Web. No moderator, webmistress, publisher, or editor can be found. Blog post control, speed, and frequency are in the hands of the blogger.
However, there is one encouraging difference that differs between your hard copy hidden diary, under the bed, and your blog. Blogging provides potential audiences.
My first thought was to use a blog to share the unique journey of my Girl Calendar life and draw attention to the Breast of Canada project. It did not take long to realize that following the fans was a huge noise, which put a lot of effort into the endless process of making, marketing, and distributing 3000 calendars every year.
My second blog took the alarm format, which provided some breast-related news that was a product of my role as a publisher.
The number of the third blog was born due to the memory associated with menstruation and hair loss. It is affectionately called ‘My Blog Over Time, How To Sign Out of Life Time,’ This effort really fits into the medical writing model and contributes greatly to my state of mind.
Writing in public about my petulant period, in real-time, is like inviting dozens of postmenopausal women for tea and heart-to-heart talk. Not surprisingly, growing the surrounding silence of menopause, and talking above the whispers about ‘Leave’ has a profound effect on female readers.
I photographed the waist and bone marrow, shared my treatment results, my mood swings, and my belief that menstruation is not a disease. Thinking expands with each entry; self-confidence grows as understanding and a relaxed sense of aging develop. My menopause blog is like a red tent online for anyone interested in singing about growing up.
Finally, curiosity leads to online surveys of blogs, blog rolls, and search engines to see if other women are writing about their lives, health, and wellness.
It turns out that they are. Thousands of blogs written by young mothers, newly divorced, empty nests, menopause survivors, cancer survivors, home-based parents, clinical depression, and curiosity. Photos uploaded. Advice is sought. Social interactions are collected in the form of comments that students leave as cyber crutches. A lot of communication is being done between people who are separated by the world but connected by circumstances.
Smart blog names are common for blog owners. Ellie at This is My Body, This is My Blood offers a fun window to her pre-menstrual sympathy party. ‘I’m Out of Estrogen and Not Good’ offers a window on Victoria’s menopause. The group blog I encounter ignores the claims: "Starting this blog is about 50,000 cheaper than a good therapist."
This new cyber-block kid follows a blogger code of conduct that creates a safe, inspiring, and friendly environment where you can allow yourself to relax, be human, and be heard. Not everyone writes like a professional, although top bloggers earn a lot of readers. Countless groups of like-minded, diverse people come together and share the Blogosphere.
My biggest benefit to blogging comes from my daily commitment to writing, just as psychologists suggest. I wipe my head, fix my hormone-depleted emotions, rejoice, and remind myself that life is changing. Indeed, the cyber trail records of my mood swings of menopause are proof-stamped proof.
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