Scary Mommy Workshop Week 3:
Step Into The Confessional
May 24, 2013
Welcome to Week 3 of "Scary Mommy" Jill Smokler's Stress-Less Parenting workshop. Here's Jill with this week's challenge:
Back in the beginning of 2011, I noticed a trend on my blog: The people who left comments linking back to their own blogs or Facebook pages tended to be tame and reserved, while the people who commented anonymously were heartfelt and honest, sometimes brutally so.
The realization made me wonder what sort of sentiments would be shared if everything on my site was anonymous, but discovering other sites through the comments bloggers leave is one of the best parts about the blogosphere -- I couldn’t disable that altogether. So, instead, I created a single place on the site -- the Scary Mommy Confessional -- where there was no linking back, no username and no way to identify the person behind the statement. That way, people were free to say exactly what they wanted to say, without fearing judgment or negative repercussions. The reaction to the Confessional blew my mind -- my readers had so much more to say than I could have ever predicted, and each confession was an opportunity to kiss some stress goodbye.
Click here to read some of Jill's favorite confessions and see your Week 3 challenge!
Back in the beginning of 2011, I noticed a trend on my blog: The people who left comments linking back to their own blogs or Facebook pages tended to be tame and reserved, while the people who commented anonymously were heartfelt and honest, sometimes brutally so.
The realization made me wonder what sort of sentiments would be shared if everything on my site was anonymous, but discovering other sites through the comments bloggers leave is one of the best parts about the blogosphere -- I couldn’t disable that altogether. So, instead, I created a single place on the site -- the Scary Mommy Confessional -- where there was no linking back, no username and no way to identify the person behind the statement. That way, people were free to say exactly what they wanted to say, without fearing judgment or negative repercussions. The reaction to the Confessional blew my mind -- my readers had so much more to say than I could have ever predicted, and each confession was an opportunity to kiss some stress goodbye.
Click here to read some of Jill's favorite confessions and see your Week 3 challenge!
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