Hey all, today is the 20SB (twenty something bloggers) blog swap. I was randomly paired up to swap with Miss Rambles from http://sheramblesat25.wordpress.com/. So you can head over here, to see my post about my thoughts on Anonymous Blogging and the reasons that my blog is NOT anonymous.
Without further ado, Miss Rambles has a blog post for you guys:
Writing a guest post is not an easy thing.
You first have to figure out what or who you are gonna write about. Then you have to make sure you don’t offend that person’s (and your own) followers. Should it be funny or serious? And you gotta make sure it’s the right length:
-Too long: no1 will REALLY read it
-Too short: you will probably leave people wanting more
These are only a few of the things I pondered when Amber contacted me to tell me we had been partnered for this year’s 20sb Blog swap.
Wow…hi, very rude of me I am Miss Rambles
I usually blog here.
I have been blogging for a while now but my attempt at anonymity was shattered recently, and my bloggers self-esteem was knocked for a six ( FYI that’s a cricket ref). So am really nervous as I type this and to be honest I have no clue what I am really gonna blog about… lies I do… shall we get started?!?!
There comes as time in each person’s life when he or she has to take a close look at themselves. This does not mean looking at their circumstance, nor what they have done or how unfair life is. This is a scary thing for many of us because often times we do not want to know the truth about ourselves.
As people we have the tendency to water each other down. Often times to make ourselves feel good or better than the next person. We don’t truly realize the effect that has on the other person.
Words hurt A LOT
And that pain can last forever
Do you really want to be that person?
Why are we as human beings so quick to beat one another down instead of holding each other up? Next time before you tear someone down ask yourself:
“what is so wrong with me that I have to beat someone down to build myself up?’’
That person you chose you tear down is a SOMEONE just like you.
Amber here: Tell me about a time when someone tried to beat you down just to build themselves up?!
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Ah, my least favorite thing. People cutting me down only to build themselves up. It happened a lot in high school only because people were in constant competition to have a cooler car, the latest Abercrombie clothes, the nicer cell phone, blah blah blah. It was clearly a case of insecurity and awkwardness that led them to be rude, condescending and hurtful. It’s not a fun feeling at all.
oh my… to many times to count! I guess the biggest was when I played on a soccer team in college. For a while the team got along great. But as any large group of girls, things happened. All of a sudden I was like a target. I’d get lectures from girls that had absolutely no right giving me any advice. I was growing out of the party scene. I would have rather gone to a dinner or movie, or even for a drink or two at the bar instead of a loud college party and it was like they were trying to prove that they were better than me. The team kind of split in half, I had my great group of friends that I’m still close with today. The other group thought that since I wasn’t hanging out with them, I wasn’t hanging out with anyone… I went out… just not with them.
It seriously just got so old and it was like they were constantly trying to compete with me when I could care less what they were doing.
Ugh!
Wow that really sucks Miss Rambles. No one should treat people ill just because they can/it makes them feel better.
My experiences:
I work as an event planner and we manage 25 different groups that all have at least one event a month. So people will call and try to register for an event or see if they registered their boss (usually someone “incredibly important” - I’ve never heard of) which instantly becomes a life or death situation. When in reality, the person they are trying to register could just show up at the meeting and we would probably have room for them (no biggie people). I’m not sure why these people like giving others a tongue lashing, but sometimes it’s really hard not to not snap or just hang up. I think the world could do without the immaturity.