Blog? What's That?

Well, I've never done a blog before. It never really appealed to me. I know several people who do blog, and I have attempted to follow their blogs. But it always loses my attention quickly. Such is life with ADHD, right? And that can cause a major problem in today's day and age. This is the digital age; all communication is through technology. Social Media has become the new playing ground. It's not just blogs--blogging is a pinpoint on the field of social media. Now I'm not saying I'm a techno dinosaur; I know my way around technology. I have had experience in programming, software, and hardware. I know my way around the computer and the internet; I know some things about and in the World Wide Web that I probably shouldn't. The problem is, very few things on the Web can hold my attention long enough to become an addiction. I am addicted to technology, but not individual platforms and tools that technology and the Internet provide.
But here I am, writing a blog. Why? For one, because it is required in my psychology of social media class (#psychsocialmeda #ftw). But more importantly, because of what I have been learning in my psychology of social media class. As I mentioned before, the world has turned to social media for EVERYTHING. If you want to succeed in business, you need to have a foothold in social media. If you want to succeed in relationships (and this is an unfortunate side effect, but present all the same), you need to have a foothold in social media. And oh what a paradox that creates! Social rank these days is all about the trend; how many followers do I have on Instagram? How many people liked my tweet? How many friends do I have on Facebook? How many readers are following my blog posts? Yet, even with these 'ranks' and 'relationships' we build, our real world relationships suffer if we are hooked to the screen for too long. The businesses know that, and while they may not care how our real world relationships are, they do care about the amount of time we spend on social media. They also know how to get themselves up in the new social ranking. And they know how to market to the masses.
So why am I starting this blog? It's not to get with the times. I honestly don't care how many people read my blog. I'm starting a twitter account; I don't care how many people follow me. I have had a Facebook account (the only social platform that has held my attention), and honestly, I need to go through and clear my friends list. No, I am starting this blog to record my thoughts in a place where I can go back and find them. I am starting this blog to get in the habit of 'social media-ing'. I am starting this blog so that when the day comes that EVERYTHING is done through social media (huh, seems like that's today), I will have something of a fighting chance.
This may not make sense to the reader. But it makes sense to me. And that's all that matters, isn't it?

-Braden Donaldson
Supernva