Final Blog Reflection

Since the first weeks of this semester we have been creating blog posts about many activities that we talked and did in class. My blog is called "A Journey with Liz". I chose this title for my blog because by reading my posts the reader will be able to, in a way, "go" with my on my external journey. 

Our first blog post was to present ourselves. Throughout the semester we were given many assignments and reflections to post on our blog. Since our topics were travel, tourist and journey, we basically wrote various reflections using movies, essays, or even our personal experience. We also had the chance to attend panels and ceremonies which, I believe, were very excellent and surpassed my expectations. 

First of all I have seen the my external journey and my writing has improved very much through out the different entries for my blog. Since the very first blog I have not only improved my writing but I have been able to expose many of my other ideas. The external journey in this blog has helped as well as the internal journey with my journal and compasses. I am not very much of a writer but this technique has helped me overcome my fears of writing and jotting down different ideas. I have improved my vocabulary and have written more than I usually do. 

One of the posts that I would like to highlight was the "Journal Reflection" post. I believe this entry made me connect my internal journey and writing. In this post I explained how the journal helped me overcome many aspects of my life during this semester. It helped me find who I really am and to define what is to come in my future. I learned many things throughout this internal journey with myself. I have learned that I am independent woman, ambitious when it comes to my studies and in some way, triumphant. By writing down many of my daily thoughts I have been able to find who I really am and what I would like to be when I finish my studies. This semester was a very rocky and tough one to deal with, not only academically but personally. Many emotions came and went. On the other hand, by writing a blog about my internal journey I was able to learn about my external journey as well. Being able to have my own blog for my English class not only helped me in my external journey, but it also gave me courage to write my ideas in public blogs, social networks or even write an article in the future.  

In conclusion, it is important that I emphasize how this blog has helped me with my English writing. I am very proud of the way that I was able not only to write but to reflect on many topics that we discussed in class. For example, one topic that I never usually thought about before taking this course or watching films and writing our blog posts was "tourists vs. travelers". This topic really caught my attention and the way the films and the discussions we had in class helped me understand the difference. Lastly, I would like to say that this external journey has helped me as well as the internal journey. I am very sure that many of my classmates and group mates can also relate. They also had very great blog entries which I had enjoyed reading and commenting. Overall I can say that for being my first blog, it was a helpful tool and hopefully it won't be my last.