بدون

Opening Up

I have a fear of voicing my opinions. It’s a funny fear for an aspiring journalist; perhaps it’s the perfect explanation for my attraction to journalism. I find myself always asking questions and regurgitating the answers given to me to avoid having to definitively state what I think or believe. When cornered into voicing my thoughts, I would slip away by formulating questions that allow me to avoid actually having to express myself.

Many a time I asked myself why this was: am I simply suffering from ‘stage fright,’ or a shyness of sorts? Or more seriously am I simply incapable of original thought and am avoiding situations where my inabilities and ultimately my fluke-y self might be exposed? As one of the many self-explorative processes I have and will continue to go through, I start this Tumblog as an experiment to see whether a free flow of online postings (incorporating text, video, audio, and photos) can help me open up.

I did not make comment posting available. Reader comments on each posting might make me become too aware of what posts I should or shouldn’t be uploading. But I would appreciate some general feedback on the Tumblog in its entirety via email.

So here we go.