Sharing my reflections as I care for my mum who's living with the impact of memory loss and cognitive changes. I stepped out of social work late 2018. We're both in unknown territory. Ageing, Death and Dying, Loss and Grief and Trauma are my great interests. I'm outraged that the ways "we" respond: "our" survival strategies - are often pathologised, labelled and medicalised as "mental illness." This impoverishes human responses to overwhelming emotional distress: ignoring systemic injustices.
Hadn't realised how blogging came about, so googled it.
Askabout.com had some good info for me, including 10 good reasons to blog. These include:
1. To Express Your Thoughts and Opinions 2. To Market or Promote Something 3. To Help People 4. To Establish Yourself as an Expert 5. To Connect with People Like You 6. To Make a Difference 7. To Stay Active or Knowledgeable in a Field or Topic 8. To Stay Connected with Friends and Family 9. To Make Money 10. To Have Fun and Be Creative
Is blogging for you do you reckon?
Why not give it a go and get this blogsite up-and-running and useful.
10 reasons for country social workers to blog 1. To share ideas, views and information in an accessible and inclusive social work forum. 2. To promote something, someone, some place. 3. To support colleagues. 4. To establish connections and networks with like-minded social workers. 5. To acknowledge and celebrate the good stuff and the challenges. 6. To try something different and make a difference. 7. To stay active and up-to-date with trends, issues, knowledge. 8. To stay connected with social work in general. 9. To disrupt the tyranny of distance and isolation if you're a sole practitioner and/or live and work in a place that's regional, rural, remote. 10. To simply have fun and express yourself in creative ways.
G'day,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to 2012, I hope it's a good one for you: that it is whatever you want it to be, personally & professionally.
I'm thinking about world social work day this year; how do you plan to acknowledge and celebrate it country social workers?
It falls on the 20th of March this year.
I'm really keen to get this blog going and receive some contributions from YOU. It needs your participation to be meaningful.
Hello there,
ReplyDeleteBeen doing some research about "blogging."
Hadn't realised how blogging came about, so googled it.
Askabout.com had some good info for me, including 10 good reasons to blog. These include:
1. To Express Your Thoughts and Opinions
2. To Market or Promote Something
3. To Help People
4. To Establish Yourself as an Expert
5. To Connect with People Like You
6. To Make a Difference
7. To Stay Active or Knowledgeable in a Field or Topic
8. To Stay Connected with Friends and Family
9. To Make Money
10. To Have Fun and Be Creative
Is blogging for you do you reckon?
Why not give it a go and get this blogsite up-and-running and useful.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
I reviewed this the 10 reasons ...
ReplyDelete10 reasons for country social workers to blog
1. To share ideas, views and information in an accessible and inclusive social work forum.
2. To promote something, someone, some place.
3. To support colleagues.
4. To establish connections and networks with like-minded social workers.
5. To acknowledge and celebrate the good stuff and the challenges.
6. To try something different and make a difference.
7. To stay active and up-to-date with trends, issues, knowledge.
8. To stay connected with social work in general.
9. To disrupt the tyranny of distance and isolation if you're a sole practitioner and/or live and work in a place that's regional, rural, remote.
10. To simply have fun and express yourself in creative ways.