One of my favorite thing is writing, a good way to clear my thoughts and make myself feel good. my public experience basically consist of two parts: writing for my job as a student journalist at a student news agency and posting on my blog. they are totally different but the same amazing.
I still remember the first time i saw my article appear on the news paper with my name by the title, I have been waiting for this for most of my conscious life, and finally came the day! I was like spent all the afternoon making phone call, texting, and updating my profile and blog to let all my friends and family know the news. however when i look back it kind of stupid, because without i telling them the specific position of my article, they couldn't even find it. but i indeed start a brand-new experience, make me realize that how amazing it is make something out of myself by my hobby and sharing my opinion with a bigger audience.
I became a journalist when i was 16, a much longer public writing experience would be my blog. It could not get to as big as a audience as newspaper does, but it not at all reduces the fulfillment get from writing it. on news paper, it mostly focus on how is it received which is directly affect the sale and your reputation as a journalist. you have to think a lot what the reader would think about it and try to be unbiased and objective, because you are standing on a public stage. but when it comes to blog, it is more like a online personal journal, the feedback from my reader is not the first thing on my list. it is more of a letting out experience which I could get more emotional and free. it is less confining about the topic, the style and there is no deadline. You don't have to prove a point to anyone else. it is more of cathartic, self knowing and self heeling process. when i confused, it s a way help me figure out what i really think, when i have a hard time holding on what i believe in, it is a way to convince myself to follow my heart.
