DREWspective

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

– Frank Outlaw

Just out of curiosity, I’ve just done a sweeping search for DREWspective using the search term "drew weblog". Just skimming through the results, I came across what looked like a review for this weblog!

Going by the fragment of text I saw, and a feeling of deja vu, I was far too scared to read futher.

It got me thinking about the whole writing a weblog thing, and the whole expressing yourself thing. It’s not as easy as it looks to maintain a weblog, especially if it’s personal in nature and you want to get to the top of whatever list. Contrary to popular belief, you can’t say anything you like; even if nobody comments on your weblog, there will always be someone watching what you say.

I remember full well the first time I tried to maintain a weblog, and that was a horror I’m determined never to go back to (I got into a little trouble for expressing myself, if you get my drift).  I have gone off on one a couple of times on this weblog, but for the most part the content is toned down from before; I don’t talk about sex or violence nearly as much and as far as I know, I haven’t made a single comment that could be construed as racist.

That doesn’t stop me worrying about the odd review coming up, however.  I suppose when it comes to being evaluated I have a very thin skin; I’m always afraid that I’d be brought up on something that I’d let slip, or that what I’m doing is completely wrong. Feedback of any kind scares me, even if I invite it.

I remember Jim Rohn saying in one of his recordings that language was extremely important in business; that bad language was perfectly acceptable to those who use bad language, but good language is almost never offensive.
As I’m committed to make a name for myself, and at the same time worried about having a bad reputation, I feel I should start being very careful about what I write from now on.  I don’t want your average, callous person knowing too much about my personal life.  On the other hand, I am a very emotional, somewhat "furious" person who has to get things off their chest, so I argue that I should be able to do so.

I just hope that not too many of you have been offended by some of the content here, and I will try to keep the tone as "professional" as possible in future.