why do i blog?
i can’t remember the first post i made off the top of my head, but it must’ve been boredom and some basic sense of inspiration that led me to the first words. the fact that i’ve been sustaining it for this long surprises me. why do i blog?
firstly, i’ve rarely known my life to be devoid of internet since 1995 (ok, so it wasn’t that long ago). though i’ve moved on from my IRC days, i still waste time searching through forum posts, chatting over IM (i have four), browsing through endless topics on the web (no thanks to google) and on file sharing. for some odd reason, i’ve grown a ‘need’ to sustain a presence in this virtual space. for those who dwell the blogosphere, therein lies a continuity that comes alive through streams of posts and newsfeeds. i, my blog lives there.
i needed a way to journal things i wanted to put in print but that didn’t require the hassle, that didn’t require form. it could just be a simple reminder, as pointed out by mvo in one of her posts, or a quick update about some changes taking place in my life (or my pet fish. no i don’t have one yet). i didn’t have to force my readers to read those in my e-newsletters, their mailboxes already clogged in spam kudzu.
as functional as it is, many people are drawn to the blogosphere because the fonts look good over pastel. seriously. thank goodness for CSS, that’s for sure.
one more thing: people delete e-newsletters. i’d have a hard time keeping track of them myself, anyway.
blogging helps me pace myself in my thoughts. i don’t like my thoughts to roam too freely, so i’ll just dump it on print. it actually helps a lot in my work, when it pays to recall new ideas or designs, or when i read on new methodologies or technologies that (or that don’t) affect my work.
a college friend/minister of mine once said that journaling does have a lot of therapeutic value, and i had to agree with her. i’d be inclined to slap myself from all the mush i used to write through my heartbreaking days, but couldn’t fathom what i’d become if i didn’t.
thank your lucky stars i’m past that stage now.
so, why do you blog?
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