Why Blog?

Although i had started with a title 'Some more crap', i think I ended up with something slightly more meaningful.

There are people who are great writers and one enjoys reading their books/blogs/articles etc. But what about those, who are not as good writers or they feel that they are not as enjoyable to read. Why do such people write?

Well this basically takes me to the benefits of writing!

One clear benefit is that if you don’t have anything better to do than at-least utilize some 20kb of space of google servers and write some crap. So basically again, “All play and no work makes one a blogger”.

Second benefit is that there is an activist in everyone’s mind. Everyone wishes for a change, although he may or may not wish to be an active contributor to the change. Such a situation arises because one fears that active participation could lead to adverse effects upon the individual himself. In such a case writing/blogging allows one to air his or her views using all kinds of third person connotations. This normally would not bring the change but at-least structure the thoughts in the individuals mind as to what is right and what is wrong. That gives him greater understanding and sometimes tells him that 'everything is not so bad'.

Third benefit is of self-reconciliation. Every individual has a lot of things in the depths of his heart which he or she wishes to share with someone. Such a possibility does not always arise. Writing allows the individual to speak his heart out about what happened, why it happened and will or will it not happen in future.

Fourth benefit is that every individual has this innate wish to be listened to. The content of what is to be listened could include

• Wishes or plans for the future.
• Stand on issues of greater relevance.
• Understanding of the world from individuals own eyes etc.

One does always not get the benefit of having so good friends who listen to all his crap and help him understand/analyze what he is saying is right or wrong. Writing helps an individual in the first part and blogging helps in both the parts, if one is lucky enough to get good comments on his blog.

That’s my understanding of the past 70 posts that I have made as a blogger.

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