The shame of old (travel) blog posts

Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.

But at the same time, these were the things that were important to you at the time you wrote them and, like any writing, may not seem important now, especially when plucked from the obscurity of the past, out of context.

If we always write with the mindset of will this be important years from now, then we might lose the impact that the posts might have now. I mean it's great to have all the "and you can do it, too" facts, but sometimes the honesty of talking about the exhaustion and all the other warts of travel can make the post just as valid.

9-01-2011 @ 10:38AM

Melanie Renzulli said...

I agree with Michelle. I've been thinking about this post since I read it yesterday and the part that really got me was, "That would have been useful to my readers." I think a lot of us have lost sight as to what a blog is: a log, or diary, on the web. Why do we always have to be writing for someone else's pleasure? Isn't it also useful to be able to look back at what we were doing and feeling at a certain time in our lives?

My two cents.

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