Reflecting on all of this

Well the end of the semester is here. Now is when I decide to keep this or not. My answer is an unwilling "I have to".

Blogging and Facebook were tedious and time-comsuming at best. These type of acitivities are definitely something I will not do for fun or spend my leisure time doing. Yet at the same time I know that I must do these even in I hate it.

According to one of my business classes, experts agree that networking through the internet and through social websites such as Facebook, Myspace, etc. is the best way to get exposure to the world and increase chances of success. With my career choice as a writer looming over me, I'd be stubborn to ignore the merits of networking.

In regards to this class, the experience is something I will probably not look on favorably. Having to participate in a game that I really didn't want to play anymore (at least at the moment) sucked what little fun it still had. Yet I still had to do it in order to generate blogging material. Don't get me wrong, when I first came back it was fun but it started to drag on and bring back uncomfortable memories of treating an MMO like a job or an obligation and not a game anymore.

Getting to meet new people and establish ongoing contact was nice. However, I was only doing things because I was obligated to, not because I wanted to. I like socializing, but I much prefer it face-to-face and not monitor-to-monitor.

So in the end what have I learned from this course? At least I know how to create profiles for social websites, as I will most likely have to in order to get more exposure. I learned that blogging is something I loathe and yet I will still probably be forced to do this crap too.