Why do you blog? Journaling purposes? To make friends? To make money? To practice writing? To show off (or expand) photography talent?
Why do you do it?
Monday, April 27
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Why do you blog? Journaling purposes? To make friends? To make money? To practice writing? To show off (or expand) photography talent?
Why do you do it?
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I blog because I like writing down things I'm thinking about or reminiscing about. I also happen to love the company, but that came after I just did it for myself. :)
I started blogging when we moved to Russia. I was going crazy not having anyone to talk to, so I did it to jump start my social life.
I continue to blog because I have way too many thoughts going through my head, and they need an outlet other than my husband, who rolls his eyes at what I have to say way too often.
I love that I have a network of other women and moms that, just like me, are crazy enough to share lives that aren't perfect. It makes me feel like I'm doing just fine!
I started blogging for it to be a journal for myself but I have enjoyed it so much that I do it often because of the network of friends. Have a super week.
I initially started it because I thought it would be fun.
And now I do it for the social aspect, as well as to be a writing outlet.
I first started blogging to have a venue for letting off steam...thus the name of my blog. But it has evolved into a way of keeping in touch with family and friends.
Not to be too much of a tease but if you are patient you can wait until I post my "Birth of a Blog" series starting May 18th. This will be the time I'm on vacation, so I lined up a bunch to also coincide with my upcoming blogiversary on May 24th.
Because my friends live in my computer.
The peoplezzz......Love them.
I do it to journal and make friends. I like feeling connected to people. It's a nice feeling to know that you're not alone.
because its fun...That's my kindergarten answer.
Lisa (Clan of the Cave Hair)
Honestly---I have no idea. I just randomly started one day when I had moved to Arizona cuz I had random things I wanted to write down and didn't know where else to do it.
However, I don't have that many random things to say these days...I think I'm getting boring while I wait for something funny to say.
I originally started because I wasn't doing so well in keeping my journal.
I also love to write, and I figured having the possible audience would make me do a better job at the writing.
And, like Lisa, I love the company now that I'm into it!
I blog to keep in touch with family and friends. I'm out of state so I only see my family once a year and we're not real phone talkers. So we all have blogs to keep each other posted.
I started to blog at the insistence of my friends, "you should blog, you should get on facebook", was all I ever heard. I started it and well like most anything I do now I can't stop. I love finding the funny, good, beautiful things in life and just every day life and writing about it. And I must admit I love getting positive feedback, guess it's part of my adult interaction since I am home all day with two kids. :)
I started blogging to keep family updated with stories and pictures. I haven't posted many pics lately, but I still like to post random things happening. I LOVE to read other people's blogs, but I rarely comment. I blog stalk many blogs and comment only on blogs of people I know.
To keep contact with friends. :)
Originally it was for journaling purposes but now I have added meeting new friends to why I blog. And it's great fun!!
I do it for journaling purposes and for family to see what we are up to who don't live close to us!! How about you why do you do it?
I started it because some crappy stuff happened to me, and I wanted a place to write about it, hence the whole mean blog thing. That's why it was started in the first place! But also, a lot of funny things happen in my life. I'm a magnet for weirdos, or something.
I started blogging for practicality. I was always writing down recipes and explaining tips to people and it seemed like it would be a whole lot easier to just have them somewhere I could always link to. It quickly morphed into a fun hobby though and now I do it because 1. I feel like I really am doing a service to people by sharing my talents and ideas, 2. It's an enjoyable pastime for me and a way to channel my creativity and 3. I enjoy the friendships I've created and maintained with people I've never met before (like you!)
Oh, and getting a (little) bit of cash for something you really enjoy doesn't hurt either. I'm not gonna lie and say that doesn't matter!
Hi Erin,
I'm just perusing others' blog rolls today, so I'm dropping by from Kym's place.
I've actually been debating on whether or not to keep blogging as of late. I started doing it because I love writing but it's turned into so much more. Sometimes it makes me feel overwhelemed. Like I've got this audience just waiting for me to say something and at times I don't feel like anything I have to say is good enough. But I think I've decided to keep going for now...
I blog for the purpose of keeping a family record. I need to put my blogs into a book to print, on blurb, to make it worth it to me, but what an easy and great way to keep track of our lives, and remember things that otherwise would have been forgotten, or at least the details. I also like to keep in touch with family and friends, but my main purpose is for our own record.
I blog for a journal, and for family to see my kids. Would love to put to a book. I wish I was a good writer
Liz
i am sure it will make me a millionaire and i will become very famous.
i started because it was the "thing" everyone i knew had one. then i just stuck with it cause i liked it.
All of the above. Except for really the photography bit. And the money. Still haven't figured that one out yet.
I started to keep a blog to stay in touch with family, discovered the world of blogging and branched out to meet friends. And I have stuck with it because I like writing.
I started our blog when we moved. It seemed like the perfect time, and a great way to stay connected with friends and family who now live far away. Plus, this is the most consistent I've been in documenting our life lately.
Meeting a lot of new people, that's been fun too.
To journal and keep in touch with others. I have been blazy lately and haven't posted as you mentioned. I guess it's about time I got off my blazy but and blogged.
Two words: Fuh-riendz.
Definitely journaling, but the friends and fun that have come with it, are the added bonus!
Journaling, improving my writing skills, and keeping family and friends up to date on what's going on in my little world. Those are my top three reasons I started to blog. Now it's cuz I've made some really great bloggy friends!
:~D
Absolutely for journaling. That's why I started and what I like. The friends are an amazing bonus, but when I start writing more for them and less for journaling I don't like it as much anymore!
I blog on my normal blog as a creative outlet, but I use my adoption blog as a way to document our adoption journey (and a way to help us adopt, of course). :)
It started as a family journal but sad as it may sound, since moving to this po-DINKY town, blogging has become my social life!!!
I like to write.
I blog to keep in touch with old friends and show pictures and journal. I have also made some new blogger friends along the way:) I am having a giveaway at my blog if you have not looked already! It is called Pay it Forward and goes to the first 3 commenters. One of my friends in my ward started it:)
I blog to show the world my glamorous life as a soccer/T-ball/Track and Field Mom.
Don't be jealous.
Well I definitely don't blog to show off my photog skills. ; ) I blog because writing is therapeutic. When I found out that I could make my blog public and connect with people, that was the icing on the cake. Blogging is a great creative outlet,and that fact that friends and family, and a few thousand random strangers can share in the creative process with me is great.
In theory I blog to let the family and close friends know what is going on in our lives. But since there are only a handful of family members that read mine (and they're all on James' side) I do it as a journal. I've made a few friends, but they are all people that James knew before we were married.
Plus when your kids are as dang cute as mine (and obviously yours too) it would be a crime against humanity not to blog!
I blog as a creative outlet. I NEED a creative outlet. I find that friends and connections are an added benefit that I never expected. Every single time I get a comment i feel happy and exited. Every time. But that's not why I blog, just the cherry on top!
I started after stmbling on some cute blogs shortly after having my 6th baby. I had a 6-week recovery (really longer, but that;s another story), and I found I could blog while nursing.
Plus, I wanted to share "everyday stuff" with my family far,far away. I also do it for a partial family history/journal.
my sister (who is single & like a 2nd mom to my children) lives 2 1/2 hrs. away & checks my blog out at least 3-5 times a day (just to look at the photos if no new posts).
now I want to know why YOU blog? :)
Simple: for posterity, memory, and therapy. Plus it helps me to look at the details of my life differently when I know I want to frame them in a context for my blog. Oh, and it makes me happy when other people actually ENJOY what I write.
I started two years ago because a friend told me he wanted me to write down the funny stories I always emailed him for others to read. He had a blog so he told me to get a blog. Now he doesn't have a blog and I have continued on the path. I love it because I meet awesome people, make connections and learn so much! I tell people blogging has made me a better person:I now know how to talk/comfort those who have miscarried, those who have lost a loved one, those who lost a job... the list never ends and that is awesome!
A year ago: to update family and friends.
Now: cheap therapy and because it makes me feel social without having to take a shower.
Can it GET any better?!
I blog to make friends and to vent. I know if I had a bad day, there's people there to cheer me up. And if I had a funny day, people to laugh at my jokes!
Because I am completely insane and this is a cheap form of therapy! :)
Seriously, it acts as a journal for me. The friendships I form are just bonus!
I do it because it's kinda, sorta my form of keeping a journal. Although it's not really all that journalistic...if that makes sense.
I had no idea that I could meet such great women through blogging. That has been such a blessing for me.
I blog because I have a terrible memory, and I want to be able to look back and remember the things that I did, thought, or things that happened to me. Plus, people say really wierd things to me sometimes, and my blog is a place I can share the humor of it all with people who can appreciate it along with me.
All of the above. Except the photography talent, because I certainly don't have one of those.
I started blogging to document my family's life. To replace scrapbooking. Then it sort of turned into my personal journal. Then I found out you can have imaginary friends who live inside my computer, then I made some amazing friends, and of course, trying to network and get my name out there to sell my CD.
1) I was already keeping an imaginary blog in my mind, so I thought I might as well have it be a real imaginary blog.
2) My kids are too funny and quirky to not write down everything they say and do.
3) A semblance of a social life in spite of my semi-permanent status of being home with sick kids.
4) I really only do it for attention.
5. To get rich. (That part's not going so well.)
I started to journal our life, having no clue strangers could read it. I quickly caught on to the MANY blogs out there and learned more about it. Then I fell in love with writing and the relationships that developed out of sharing myself. And that's it. I'm boring like that :)
I started my blog as a journal - but it has grown into much much more...
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