Why Blog?

So I've been an avid reader of blogs for quite a while now, I don't exactly remember how it all started but somehow I got really interested in blogs and looked forward to catching up on gist from various blogs (yup I like gist haha!). It didn't help matters that most of the bloggers I read had their blog rolls listed on the sidebar so I kept on moving from one blog to another reading about people's take on life, experiences and whatnot.

In as much as I loved reading these blogs, I was initially very closed minded to the idea of blogging. I couldn't understand why people chose the internet of all places to express very personal things about themselves.I guess the fact that virtually all the blogs I happened to read were this way, fueled my feeling that way. I mean, left to me (at that time) that's stuff you just don't put out there.

With time though, my thoughts about blogging have evolved. I've learnt quite a bit and sometimes gotten encouragement just from reading someone else's thoughts or experience on various issues. I also saw how so many of you bloggers encouraged one another (very inspiring by the way :))

I realize that blogging can be a form of giving back to humanity because you just never know who you're encouraging, comforting, or advising out there.

And it's for this reason I decided to blog, as one way to give back.