Lincoln bLogs

Perhaps a better title for this post would be "bLincoln bLogs". I'm just not a fan of the aesthetics of it in type. Anyway, since brevity is the soul of wit, I will do one better than Polonius. I was prompted to start this blog based on an assignment for my business communications class, however, I had recently been contemplating starting my own blog based on the things I had learned at my college, Brigham Young University, so I also intend for this to be useful and entertaining (and, for me, therapeutic).

First of all, what I've learned is the miracle of a paradigm shift, when the world you see suddenly alters and expands outside the bounds of your previous definition. For example, based on the fact that I always spoke the way that I heard English spoken my whole life, I assumed my skills of communicating were passable. However, the nuances of grammar that have been emphasized in the class thus far have opened my mind to consider that perhaps I am not being as clear as I intended and that a working knowledge of grammar actually is useful.I also feel an increased awareness of what it means to communicate as well as what others and I myself am communicating. This new knowledge and awareness enables me to have new learning experiences both through observation and application. I pay attention more to the way others talk and the way I speak and present myself. It is a refreshing new perspective.

I feel that a blog builds off itself to create a collection of writing from the blogger, so I present this as my first Lincoln bLog in building my Log Cabin.