Why I start my blog

Carl Jung first proposed a psychological theory on introverts and extroverts as personality types in 1921. The differentiation of introverts and extroverts is not based on how they appear on the social setting, but how they recharge energies after exhaustion. An extrovert can be as quiet as a plant when gathering with friends but sincerely enjoys the companies and feels fully recharged after an all-nighter. An introvert could also be the party king or queen but needs the following day at home to “feel” him- or herself again before the next journey in life. Well, I recognize myself as a perfect introvert as defined by Carl Jung.

So an introvert. Why would an introvert start a blog and share thoughts? Not to mention the fact that it could be much more intimidating in the virtual space where audiences are unknown - the last little sense of intimacy in the face-to-face conversation is stripped off. What if people misunderstand my thoughts? What if people take my words to argue for personal biased opinions which were never intended in my writings? 

Life could have been filled with millions of “what if” scenarios, yet the downside portions most of the time somehow get magnified psychologically and stumble us, making the potential ups dramatically downsized. After all, facts are that it does make me happy to have all the thoughts wandering in my head written down in a logical way, and that I do enjoy conversation and argument with others if they can make their cases. As a matter of fact, a lot of things which I may never have come across were learned by interactions with others in life. Further, in the book Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, the power of languages started the Cognitive Revolution, which made Homo Sapiens distinguish from other Homo species and survive for hundreds thousands of years. Why shouldn’t I make my voice? Why shouldn’t I make efforts to things that make me happy?

The defining moment was credited to Show Your Work by Austin Kleon, a very small book yet with powerful words. “Forget about being an expert or a professional, and wear your amateurism (your heart, your love) on your sleeve. Share what you love, and the people who love the same things will find you.”

On the spectrum from hoarding to oversharing -

There is a sweet spot to strike that would make you happy as well as those who are like-minded.