| I am a huge proponent of journaling because it forces you to make your thoughts more solid and rigorous. All the benefits of journaling probably apply to 'thinking in public' as well. But the Hn discussions and blogs are very different genres with different conventions. These are all off the top of my head. I may add more later. PROS: improving communication and marketing skills, social interactions, receiving feedback, building an audience, finding like-minded peers, testing ideas outside of your own mind. CONS: You might have ideas that others deem incorrect or morally wrong. This could make your personal and professional life much more difficult. Getting caught in the self-promotion and metrics rat race. Writing for yourself is good, but you can get lost in trying to grow. Finding out that nobody wants to read what you have to say. Too much outside influence. Managing: As far as managing it goes, most people have different systems. The one thing I would add is that you need to generate AND curate your thoughts. Remove posts you no longer believe. Remove content that is bad. Refresh older content. You can be transparent or not. Don't just pump out new stuff alone. |
Does it? I've gone back and reviewed some of the things I've written in my journal and found them to sound like crazy talk or what was obviously an emotion-fueled rant at the time.