I think the reason many people blog (not all) is out of loneliness. They have no real friends, the church has unknowningly shut them out and they want a place to let their thoughts be heard.For me blogging showed me what an amazing person I am. I’m not being egotistical here but I’ve learned to appreciate myself. Putting everything on a page was gratifying to me and I became more computer literate in the process. It also allowed me to show sides of myself that people never see. It’s my creative outlet and even if no one reads it I’ve grown through the process.
Multiple, complimentary mentions?!Why thank you verrry much.And, I blog because:a) my parents often live far awayb) instead of me having to call every friend, far and near, to tell them what’s going on, I can just send them the link to my blog (beats repeating myself. truly, it does!)c) I wrote before I blogged. But with blogging, I feel pressured (in a good way) to make sure I get the experiences down. I LOVE that my kids will be able to look back and have a real sense of what they were like as babies as well as what I was like. d) I love not having notebooks all over the place and trying to figure out where I wrote what.there are more reasons, but i have to go finish a post;-)
First off: Your title is disgusting.I love it.Second: Call me depthless, myopic and puerile, but why can’t I blog for the same reason others journal?Chronicle my fascinating journey.Detail my views on Life, The Universe and Everything.Dredge up a horde of praise-wielding sycophants.~Angela
Thank you, Anonymous, for your comment. Praytell, who are you?And a comment from each of my favourite bloggers: Shannon and Angela! As long as you two are blogging critics of the blogosphere will be silenced…because it’s hard to argue when you’re laughing your guts out.
Hey Sarah. I must say I love your blog. I’ve read it for a while, but couldn’t comment on it for some reason :o)I hated blogging for a long time. Then for some reason I decided to start, and it isn’t actually that bad. I guess I thought I was too boring, and was scared what people would think reading my ho-hum thoughts. Now I walk during the day and it hits me “I should blog about this”. I guess I’m a convert.Love You. Donna
Hello? What am I missing? You simply CANNOT justify blogging – it’s like trying to justify someone’s art, their self expression. A blog is a blog for arts sake! Girlfriend, you blog whatever and whenever you want – I LOVE reading every single word. Marilla @ UVic (not Victoria University:)
lol! the story wasn’t exactly like that but close. I think I just knew before you went public about it (in blogland anyway), but then again who knows, maybe i did before you even got together.. Am kinda sharp with these things.. =) (it was more like:1 oh,Sarah is in a rship now! she just wrote about that in her blog..2 oh, so is Andrew! 3 Aha! Thanks to myspace..just happened accidentally to visit both of yous pages at the same time)
I like.Personally, I blog to keep track of things, and to try and bring order to my thoughts. As Angela pointed out, can we blog in place of journaling? I personally have NEVER been able to journal, in the sense many at church do. (Part of that is I am daily losing the ability to write with pen on paper… no joke, ask Maija.)Good post. Keep em coming.
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I think the reason many people blog (not all) is out of loneliness. They have no real friends, the church has unknowningly shut them out and they want a place to let their thoughts be heard.For me blogging showed me what an amazing person I am. I’m not being egotistical here but I’ve learned to appreciate myself. Putting everything on a page was gratifying to me and I became more computer literate in the process. It also allowed me to show sides of myself that people never see. It’s my creative outlet and even if no one reads it I’ve grown through the process.
Multiple, complimentary mentions?!Why thank you verrry much.And, I blog because:a) my parents often live far awayb) instead of me having to call every friend, far and near, to tell them what’s going on, I can just send them the link to my blog (beats repeating myself. truly, it does!)c) I wrote before I blogged. But with blogging, I feel pressured (in a good way) to make sure I get the experiences down. I LOVE that my kids will be able to look back and have a real sense of what they were like as babies as well as what I was like. d) I love not having notebooks all over the place and trying to figure out where I wrote what.there are more reasons, but i have to go finish a post;-)
First off: Your title is disgusting.I love it.Second: Call me depthless, myopic and puerile, but why can’t I blog for the same reason others journal?Chronicle my fascinating journey.Detail my views on Life, The Universe and Everything.Dredge up a horde of praise-wielding sycophants.~Angela
Thank you, Anonymous, for your comment. Praytell, who are you?And a comment from each of my favourite bloggers: Shannon and Angela! As long as you two are blogging critics of the blogosphere will be silenced…because it’s hard to argue when you’re laughing your guts out.
Hey Sarah. I must say I love your blog. I’ve read it for a while, but couldn’t comment on it for some reason :o)I hated blogging for a long time. Then for some reason I decided to start, and it isn’t actually that bad. I guess I thought I was too boring, and was scared what people would think reading my ho-hum thoughts. Now I walk during the day and it hits me “I should blog about this”. I guess I’m a convert.Love You. Donna
Hello? What am I missing? You simply CANNOT justify blogging – it’s like trying to justify someone’s art, their self expression. A blog is a blog for arts sake! Girlfriend, you blog whatever and whenever you want – I LOVE reading every single word. Marilla @ UVic (not Victoria University:)
love you, cara mia
lol! the story wasn’t exactly like that but close. I think I just knew before you went public about it (in blogland anyway), but then again who knows, maybe i did before you even got together.. Am kinda sharp with these things.. =) (it was more like:1 oh,Sarah is in a rship now! she just wrote about that in her blog..2 oh, so is Andrew! 3 Aha! Thanks to myspace..just happened accidentally to visit both of yous pages at the same time)
I agree, let’s not justify bloggin let’s just enjoy it! 🙂
“2) Take time and effort in constucting a post.””constucting”?????Don’t worry… I’m still keeping an eye out for Johnny Depp the “hotsert”…..lol
I like.Personally, I blog to keep track of things, and to try and bring order to my thoughts. As Angela pointed out, can we blog in place of journaling? I personally have NEVER been able to journal, in the sense many at church do. (Part of that is I am daily losing the ability to write with pen on paper… no joke, ask Maija.)Good post. Keep em coming.