I am sure you've heard this question millions times now, but do you really know why? I have a theory, http://ymhd872t.wordpress.com/2008/12/04/why-blog/. Please check it out and tell me what you think and tell me, why do you blog? Leave a comment, leave a track, give me a way to find you.
fuck it, its been almost a year...might as well say exactly why i started my blog.
i was going through a reaalllly harsh breakup (the kind that catches you completely by surprise, in a 5 year relationship...it sucked) so I had a lot going on in my head. my professional life took a shitty turn, and there was an illness in my family. I needed a valve to empty the useless shit that I think about all day long.
my gf had been that valve for so long that I didn't know what to do, so I started blogging to fill that void. I never brought any of the serious stuff over to the blog, because that wasn't what it was for. My blog has always (attempted) to be about useless things i think about, and it grew from there. but that's why it started.
its not quite the same thing anymore, mostly cause i'm in a much better place, but i guess thats the answer
this is similar to me. i started my current blog about a year ago to figure out my thoughts on marriage anxieties.. just to vent and hopefully work out some relationship problems.. BUT i didn't start to really pick up my writing (and wanting to reach an audience) until last month, in the thick of trying to cope with a 5 year relationship break up. it sucked.. sucks. whatever. but i'm writing my way through!
To connect with the whole world. To make them realize 'Surreal Nirvana' is different from other blogs. To give it a personal touch and also to experience the joy and pleasure of creating something on your own and seeing it grow one step post at a time. And also besides all, to get a break from mundane routine.
My blog is my journal without my often messy handwriting. I type faster than I write and the idea that someone (and my regular readers for sure) will see it, is like telling a secret I'm not supposed to tell without any of the repurcussions. Who cares is someone halfway around the world hears any of this? I don't but I also do; it's helped me talk without actually having to go through those awkward moments.
Permalink Reply by Mere on January 13, 2009 at 5:22pm
I have a customer service job so my options are to punch someone in the face or to blog. I actually decided to do it after I was on the phone with a customer's angry fiance and I had already explained that he had called the wrong location, if he wanted his problem resolved he had to call the location where his fiance had registered because I couldn't fix it, blah blah blah, and I was going to have a manager call him back when he just blurted out "You know what?! Forget it! I'm going to tell my friends that your company (Ha, I wish it were my company!) has a terrible privacy policy, and maybe I'll write about it in my blog!" Then he hung up. I literally went "Bwah?!" Because, I mean, I'd heard a lot of threats before but never "I'm gonna blog about you, beeyotch!" and to be perfectly honest I spent a lot of time kind of making fun of that guy, but then I got it. It's an outlet. And I've found it to be a perfect outlet for ranting about the stuff that makes me just kind of sadly shake my head and stare in amusement. So thanks for that, Crazy Fiance!
Permalink Reply by L.L. on January 14, 2009 at 11:10pm
I blog because deep down, I want people to read and identify with what I write. When I was a kid I was all about actual journals because I was all about keeping everything in my life private. Now I'm much more comfortable with the things I think and feel, and I like to put it out there.