Blog Reflection: Serendipity

One of the most important things that I learned during the Journey in Literature class is that identity and perspective can change in a second. Our internal and external journeys affect each other and us in ways that alter our way of thinking. Writing a blog has been a great tool to reminisce about my journey this semester. As a read my early posts, I see how reserved, proper and neutral my tone was. I paid more attention to answering the question or assignment than entertaining my readers and be true to myself. I didn't let my internal journey affect my writing in any way; I didn't provide any opinions or thoughts beyond the necessary. It is really amazing to see that as the topics during class had more connection to my life, what I wrote in my blog had more detail, discussion and opinions. I wasn't being reserved with my thoughts and opinions. I didn't write just to comply with a job, but I wrote to express myself and let my internal journey be free. I saw how my beliefs, feelings and emotions fought back to obtain a place in my writing. 


Thinking back I also learned about blogger and creating a blog. I had no idea of what and how to do it. At first I was completely lost and didn't know how add layers to my writing. Deciding that the url would be Literatureparadise.blogspot.com and naming my blog "Serendipity" were no easy tasks. At first all the names I could think of were either already being used or not good enough. I decided to go very literal with the url and very ambiguous with the name. I chose serendipity because it means 'fortunate happening' or 'pleasant surprise'.That was exactly what my blog was for me a serendipitous encounter with myself and my journeys. With this activity I had the opportunity to express my opinions and continue a discussion outside the classroom. While just following instructions on an assignment, I happened to find a place of free expression and reflection.  This has been a great experience I hope many get to do.