Why I Blog
I’ve read quite a few posts stating that blogging is narcissistic, selfish, self-absorbed, or at the very least self-indulgent. Yes to all! Who better to indulge than the Self? When I wake up in the morning, the Self is there. Self goes with me everywhere. Actually, Self indulges Me! Self realizes I need an outlet. So I’ve started blogging. It’s just the most fun I’ve had in a while. Setting up the blog took me hours and hours, even with the support of so many great WordPress themes. Then, writing the first few posts before I “went public” — more hours. I began to feel a little obsessive. I imagine I’ll calm down as I settle into this mode.
I blog beacause it gets me to learn, to research, to thoughtfully consider information. It’s different than journaling, because, here, I care about every word I choose. I still do spontaneous outpourings into a notebook, sometimes, but blogging seems to give me a way to find out what I really think and feel. There’re so many impressions, reactions, and bits of information, longing to burst out of my brain and find a home. Thank you for helping to clear out my mind, and make room for even more! Seft indulgent? Yes. Salaam.
MusEditions 
I guess we all have such self-indulgent needs when we publish our blog. Here’s what I wrote about mine long back provoked by an argument: http://alchemistpoonam.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/why-i-blog/#comment-89
🙂
Poonam Sharma
February 4, 2008
And you sound similar to sulz when you use ‘self’ 😉
Poonam Sharma
February 4, 2008
Thanks for coming by, Poonam. I read your post about why you blog, and I agree with your points. I like how you say that you indulge in some activism here and there, but are not responsible to your audience for that!
Hmmm, I wrote this post back in July, when I didn’t know our mutual friend sulz very well yet. You are right, all my “self-talk” does sound like her former “self”. But, as we know, that was so last year. 😀
museditions
February 5, 2008
You have too much to read between the lines.
:)….Keep smiling.
Makk
March 4, 2010
Well, I do write mostly for my own exploration. I may not always smile, but I am mostly content. 🙂
museditions
March 8, 2010
okay..what if some else explore…??
Do you like that or not?
Makk
March 9, 2010
Indeed.
museditions
March 12, 2010