There was a contest in J-land a little while back asking journalers why they keep a journal. What a silly question. Asking me why I keep a journal is like asking me why I breath! But I shall try to explain.
Why I blog.
I blog to keep my thoughts in order. I write things down so I know what I thought 10 minutes after I thought it. With so many minutes in a day, and so many thought in a minute I find it easier to keep track of thoughts this way. Besides, with so many people exclaiming 'Good God woman, what were you thinking!?', now all I have to do is tell them to read my blog.
I blog so I don't have to write letters. I just provide family and friends with the link. If they want to know whats happening with me, I just tell them... look it up! If they haven't heard from me in ages and didn't know about the graduation or rescue party, hey, its not my fault! I sent the link!
I blog for humanity. I have realized that by sharing my everyday experiences with the rest of the World Wide Web, others begin to feel better about their own lives, and thats what its all about, making others feel good about themselves!
I blog to forget. Keeping my journals updated keeps me from mundane tasks around the house such as dishes and laundry. Do I really want to do those chores? Of course not, and by blogging not only do I become too busy procrastinating to do them, my brain also become too occupied in thought to even feel guilty about it.
So there you have it, in a nutshell... why I blog. Perhaps a few members of Bloggers Anonymous share the same reasons. Perhaps others do as well but are still in denial. Whether you share similar motivation or not is irrelevant. The important thing is... no dirty dishes were washed during the composition and posting of this essay, and thats what its REALLY all about!
9 comments:
I love this piece Dear Dorn........ big hugs your way, I think you are brilliant. judi
Wonderful....I think the more we write, the more we want to write. I've met such great people both men & women on this journal site...I don't have any regrets about starting a journal....it has brought memories back to me that are so precious....Sandi http://journals.aol.com/sdoscher458/LifeIsFullOfSurprises
Ditto what Judi said... :)
Much Love,
andi
ps: if you didn't BLOG, I'd have never met you, and THAT would have been a travesty indeed!
Great reason!
I'm a little pressed for time ... I linked your article about signs and symptoms of blogging addiction to muy piece this morning in http://cuppapolitics.blogspot.com
Also added you to my blogroll ... can't figure out trackback!
Caren
I just found this journal and it is adorable and sooooooooooooo true. I will be back ...I have it on my alerts.
Courtenay
This blog is awesome....Here in NJ I thought i was the only addicted to blogging and etc....lol...Great Blog!!!
That's a very good question and to honestly tell you the truth I think I started blogging because it was the newest thing! But I have settled down a little and have a personal blog - which I made so others could get to know each other and to have like a sort of gathering place for beginniers - and then there's my professional blog where I talk about working from home. I started that blog because people thought you had to know a secret to be able to work from home - which is really not true. What one needs is desire.
So those are the reasons why I started blogging.
Rose
http://journals.aol.com/roseb44170/RosesJournal
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