• Home
  • Welcome!
  • Who's Who in What's Next
• Transitions
  • Thinking about life after AmeriCorps or VISTA
  • Recognizing Transitions
  • Stages of Transitions
  • Managing Transitions
• Your Service and You
  • AmeriCorps or VISTA and you
  • Building networks
• Relate your Service Experience to Others
  • Relating your experience to others
• Make Wise Decisions
  • Making wise decisions, part 1
  • Personality assessments and reflection
  • Making wise decisions, part 2
  • Making wise decisions, part 3
  • Postponing a decision
  • Education options
  • Job and career options
  • Continue to serve
  • Other options
• Take Action
  • Create an action plan
  • Writing your resume
  • Apply to college
  • Leaving right: Final administrative issues
• A Lifetime of Service
  • A lifetime of service
  • Conclusion
  • There's more?

Starting an online journal

For blogging beginners

Blogging is a free way to keep your thoughts organized and accessible.

Many of you have experience with blogs (short for web logs) and already have opinions on whether or not they work for you. If you are someone who has never hosted a blog before, this resource is for you.

A blog provides you with your own personal web site, which you can host anonymously if you choose. After signing up for a blog service and creating a screen name, you will be able to write dated entries that you can access again later from computers linked to the World Wide Web. (Some organizations where you serve might block computer access to blog sites. If this is the case for you, you can create your journal entries on paper or do your blogging at home or at an internet café or public library.)

There are several free blogging services available to you online. These include:

• WordPress.com
• Live Journal
• Blogger

If you are interested in starting a blog to keep track of your “What’s Next” journaling activities, check out the links above or start a blog on another web site. Once you’re signed up, you are all ready to go!