Okay, I haven’t been blogging regularly for over a year and I finally figured out what the problem is.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m suffering a blogging identity crisis.<\/p>\n
When I was a classroom teacher, it all seemed so simple. I had a blog for professional reflection and I had a personal blog where I talked about my family life and anything else that interested me.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t really have any difficulty deciding what to post or which blog to post to.\u00c2\u00a0 Everything was blissfully clear.<\/p>\n
Cut to last fall, when I began my first year as a “former classroom teacher.” Suddenly, my professional issues seemed, well, uninteresting. I knew that I didn’t have the same connection to the educational blogosphere since I was no longer in the trenches. Also, it was clear that the most interesting items I might have to blog about professionally were also ones that I had better keep under wraps if I intended to keep my job.<\/p>\n
Likewise, my personal blog withered. I felt nervous, putting myself out there. I wondered what might happen if my blog were discovered by those I worked with\/for. And all that worry killed the writing.<\/p>\n
So now I am starting up again–or trying to. I am once again in a new position, and once again, not in the classroom. It will be challenging to blog in a way that is interesting and not job-threatening. Honestly, I’m not sure I’m up to the task.\u00c2\u00a0 But I’m going to give it a try. Starting today.\n<\/p>\n