writing letters

today, i read a book by robin sharma and in the book, he suggested writing letters to oneself as a way to look at oneself objectively and to learn about oneself. i supposed writing letters to oneself is not much different from journaling or blogging. they are all different ways of having a self-conversation, and for that matter, having a self-conversation from a third party point of view.

for me personally, i think i have benefitted from blogging. i have learned about myself, and also learned to manage myself better. of cos, the feedback i got from my readers have been useful too. they allowed me to see and understand myself from different perspectives. and in the process, helped me uncover my own blind spots. but on the other hand, i know blogging have its' dangerous side too. one can end up falling in love with ones' writings (or worst still, with oneself), indulge in one's past so much that he/ she cannot get out, wallow and so on... and in the process, keep spiralling into a self-indulgent non-productive (and narcissitic) mode of self existence. and i think it is not difficult to go into such a state.

so... anyway, yes, let's getting back to writing letters... i think i should try to start writing letters to myself in my blog. it would perhaps allow me another way of having this on-going self-conversation... and i think it will be an interesting process...

will try that out very soon...

:-)