I received an email the other day. From Guy Kawasaki, who is a co-founder of Alltop. I had been noticing that some of my readers are coming to my blog through a site called psychology.alltop.com
So... here was the beginning of an answer to my many questions of who, how and why?
My blog is listed as a "Psychology" blog worth reading???? Well, I certainly think so. But I thought that was just me. I thought I was my only admirer of my work. I still think when people stop by, it's by mere accident, and that they hurriedly move onto something more interesting when they see they have made a mistake by clicking on the link.
See? This is the stuff that goes through my mind when I see no comments to my posts. I even joked with Richard Wade the other day about leaving my own anonymous comments just so I look like less of a loser. Hmm... if only that act in itself didn't prove the very image I'm trying to shed...
At psychology.alltop.com, there are other psychology blogs listed alongside mine. Breanne's MBTI blog is there. You can also find this, this, and this. Very impressive stuff. And then there is me. Wait... It makes me do a double take. I feel like a poser, posing as someone that belongs there.
I'm looking over my shoulder for that impostor police that Ruthie was talking about.
So... the big question remains... HOW DID I GET THERE ON THAT LIST? Can anyone shed some light????
Well... they say, "Ask and you shall receive."
ReplyDeleteSo I got this answer
from Guy.
But it leaves me with more questions than answers.(i.e. who are these "folks" that the picture refers to? Is there like a "folks" committee? What makes them qualified to make the recommendations? And how do we know these are actually "nuggets" and not some freak accident that they ended up on the list? What is the criteria?)
I am such a skeptic... :-(
Shall I just say "thank you" and move on...?
Although I contemplated not answering this, because I sort of enjoy watching people try to examine mysteries, I will solve this one.
ReplyDeleteI actually suggested you for Alltop! :)
I contacted Guy (who is amazing!) about 2 months ago and asked if he was considering a topic for Psychology. He said he'd be happy to add the topic if I found him some feeds to start the listing.
I know you feel like an outsider in the world of psychology without some silly piece of paper (err...degree), but you're talking about people...and that is psychology.
I think your blog brings a new "perspective" to psychology, so I want the world to hear your amazing thoughts!
Oh- and in relation to one of your other posts...I totally considered sending myself anonymous comments in the begining. It's no fun being new to the web.
You should get a Twitter account. It's like microblogging. I linked my blog to my Twitter account so that when I post something new it shows up in my Twitter feed. That is how I met Guy. Lots of bloggers are on there and everyone is super nice!!!
You can start by following me on Twitter, and follow all of my "twitter friends" as well. They're all great. www.twitter.com/phdbre
A Carl Jung quote you will like:
ReplyDeleteAnyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology. He would be better advised to abandon exact science, put away his scholar's gown, bid farewell to his study, and wander with human heart throughout the world. There in the horrors of prisons, lunatic asylums and hospitals, in drab suburban pubs, in brothels and gambling-hells, in the salons of the elegant, the Stock Exchanges, socialist meetings, churches, revivalist gatherings and ecstatic sects, through love and hate, through the experience of passion in every form in his own body, he would reap richer stores of knowledge than text-books a foot thick could give him, and he will know how to doctor the sick with a real knowledge of the human soul.
Breanne!
ReplyDeleteAwwww... Thank you sooooo much! I kind of had a suspicion that it might be you.
Your encouragement means more than I can express. It truly does! :-) I love that quote by Jung. I'm gonna print it out, frame it, and hang it on the wall!! :-)