I signed up for this thing a month ago, I figured I should at least voice my opinion. It's like signing up to vote and never going. It'd be pointless if I didn't talk.
I'm a sophmore at Temple University, and I "blog" because I can never remember anything in my life. I have a horrible memory, picking out small minut details that are meaningless and remembering them for years, but forgetting major events that occured in my life. This blog, or a journal, like in livejournal.com, is a way to help me remember the important things in my life, and lets me go back and view how I was, to know where I came from.
So, the question is, why blog online? Why not get some sort of notebook and do it the old fashion way? I guess it's a matter of motivation. When I see a community built around me and other people doing the same thing, it gives me the motivation to write for not only myself, but for other people, even if it is only a small group. It's just something that helps me sit myself down and write down my memories.
When I was younger, I always wanted to start a journal, but it was always a passing idea. With Livejournal, I was apart of an entity, a group. Reading other people's entries gave me the desire to write more about myself and ideas about what to say. It just helped me actually fulfill something I've always wanted to do because I see other people doing the same thing.
Posted by buythesnow at March 19, 2003 04:48 PM | TrackBack