I think the biggest obstacle that I had to overcome to start this was the fear of what my friends and family would think if they were to read anything I would write here. Then I started thinking that what I want to write here is nothing more than what I would say if anyone wanted to have a conversation with me, and that fear went away. My fear came back when I remembered that most of the conversations where I speak my mind, I end up with the feeling or the actuality of offending someone.
Through this platform, not only do I give people the chance of reading what I write and hence avoid unnecessary confrontation, but it serves as a cathartic method where I get to let out everything I think with a smaller chance of people getting offended (then I also think its the internet so I won’t hold my breath).
Aside from catharsis, there is another, more important and personal, reason why I wanted to start this. Most people find it really hard to change or suspend their beliefs when presented with evidence against them (what psychologists call cognitive dissonance); I would’t dare to say I haven’t suffer from this, but if an argument is logical and sound, I find it hard not to agree with it. Thanks to this I have stopped believing in things that seemed truthful years ago. I’m not talking about Santa Claus, but important things like the meaning and foundation of friendship, religion, romantic relationships, social and political ideas, nothing, other than my sense of self has remained unchanged. When I think about this, I can’t track the journey that got me from there to here; having this sort of public journal allows me to keep track of the ideas and information that will make me who I am in the future.
I hope the idea of other people reading this doesn’t hold me back from staying honest.
The Rant 