Why do you blog?
This question could have a very simple answer. It's fun; I can get money; it's a way to kill time; I like the organization; it makes a good journal; I just do. All these answers, while personal, really only scrape the surface of why people blog.
Blogging makes it seem like your voice is being heard. You're putting something on the internet - hey, people will read it! In a world with billions of people, it's very, very easy to feel insignificant. For some, blogging can be a way to feel important and, more importantly, needed. It feels good to be needed, to be special in a little way. It hurts to think that no matter what you do, you can only do so much and probably not shake the world on its foundation.
Blogging lets you vent your frustrations. Through sites like LiveJournal, Progressive U, MySpace, GaiaOnline, and other such sites that have journals/blogging tools, you can type out thoughts and feelings that probably wouldn't be said out loud to anybody. You can say things that you would normally be too quiet or shy to say. I am included in this group. Blogging gives me a chance to say a few things and try to hammer my point home. Some of these things I can't really say in the outside world while looking at people. I think it's probably because I'm afraid of what they might think, or if they would even listen.
Blogging also gives you a unique chance to view opinions of others and offer your own. It's a way to connect with other people you will probably only meet once, and that time not even face-to-face. However these brief meetings can make a huge impact on opinions; they help shape thoughts and ideas that may never have even been in your mind. These encounters with unique personalities introduces us to a broad span of people the world over.
So why do you blog? Think a little harder next time.
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