Sure, you may think I’m being silly — like I usually do. But I honestly believe that it is a big decision. You have to make a series of decision, and then you have to commit to it.

Let’s see… Where do we start? Let’s start from the time when you decided to make a blog and make our way down the list. First of all, after you decided you want to have a blog, you have to decide where are you going to have it hosted. I remember the days when there were only few options to choose. There were wordpress.com and blogger.com and few other ones. Nowdays, we have xanga, livejournal, typepad, and I don’t know what else. Plus, your networking sites also offer blogs. Look at myspace, multiply, friendster, yahoo360 (Is it still exist?).

Okay, so you’ve decided on one. The next step is to decide what your blog is going to be about. Is it going to be a diary, or is it going to be an review blog, or is it going to be a promotional blog. I haven’t even decided so far!

After you’ve got an idea of what kind of blog yours will be, then you have to keep writing. Well, as you may already figure out, not everyone writes well (Including me!) or enjoy writing. In previous blogs, I found writing a post felt like a chore. I know I’m not alone, because I realized that when someone mentioned it to me.

But writing is not the biggest decision of all. Many bloggers are forgetting the privacy issue. The biggest decision to make is to decide what to write, and what not to write. It is obvious that what you write on a blog gets into the internet. The INTER-NET. Inter connected network, network consists of millions of computers, phones, PDAs, etc. — And all those things are operated by people. So, after doing the math, what you write gets to be read by a lot of people. Think before you write.

By starting a blog, you are letting people know what you think and do. Those who forget this are bound to regret. Let me set an example: Let’s say you’re looking to work in a big multinational company. You are a good candidate, and the HR guy picks your cv to be selected by the decision makers. But before the HR guy give your name to the higher management, your name is being typed into google. Your blog shows up. The HR guy opens it up. The HR guy reads some of your posts and find some not-so-good side of you — let’s say about how you get cheated in a required exam. Few minutes later, your cv goes to the trash. But wait, may be you didn’t write about you cheated that said exam (You’re not that stupid). But the problem is, your friend wrote that in a comment or on his blog that was linked by your blog.

Another example: A girl wrote a lot in her blog, a creepy guy read the blog, the creepy guy know how she looks like from the pictures, the creepy guy knows her daily routine.

So wait, I just started a blog. OMG… What have I done?

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