This is something that’s been on my mind a lot over the past few months. I can write a post on a topic. I can explain why I link to something. I’m told I’m thoughtful in my posts, but I’m not sure people are hearing me in my posts.

That’s not to say I’m not a thoughtful person, but my friends can tell you often I sit there with my foot in my mouth because I’ve said something completely innocent that came out not so innocently. I’m an intelligent person, who spends her fair share of time rewinding and trying to say something again because she either flips the words around, or she realizes she just explained something backwards. (My students find this fairly amusing.)

I’ve been told I’m a fairly funny person. The problem is that most of my humor comes out in a sarcastic wit. Did you know I have a sarcastic wit? Probably not, because nearly every post I’ve written anywhere in the past nearly six years (even in my personal blogs) has had a dry sense of someone who forgot to leave the academic behind when she left school several years ago.

I’m not sure how I’m going to approach this problem, to try to inject more of myself into my writing. I’m willing to try, though.

Please be patient with me. This could get a lot worse before it gets better. (I have that habit.)

Posted by Rebecca in Personal development