Blogging for Fun
Although blogging can be used for a variety of other purposes such as
generating income, promoting a cause and providing information there are
many bloggers who enjoy blogging simply because it is fun. These bloggers
enjoy blogging for reasons such as staying in touch with friends,
expressing themselves or keeping a record of important events. This article
will explain how blogs can be used for these purposes.
Blogging to Stay in Touch with Friends
Staying in touch with friends and family members is just one of the many
reasons a person may wish to start a blog. This is especially useful for
those who move far away from their friends and family members. Staying in
touch by phone, regular visits and even email is not always easy. This is
because it can be difficult to keep up long distance interactions with
several different people at once. However, by maintaining a blog, a person
can greatly simplify the process of staying in touch with friends and
family members because they do not have to repeat information in individual
phone calls or emails or make time to visit several different people.
When maintaining a blog, the individual can choose to post a variety of
information and photos. Through this information and photos the blog owner
can keep others informed about current events in his life. Friends and
family members can view the blog at their convenience to catch up on
important events in the blog owner’s life and in most cases can post
comments to the blog owner. They can also read comments from others. This
is beneficial if those viewing the blog know each other because they can
not only stay in touch with the blog owner but also have a chance to
communicate with other friends and family members through the comments
section of the blog.
Blogging as a Form of Expression
Some bloggers begin blogging as a form of expression. They may right
poetry, songs, short stories or even use the blog to vent about personal
events or politics. These bloggers may wish to keep their blog private or
can make the blog available to the public. Keeping the blog private is sort
of like keeping a diary or a journal. It gives the blogger a multi-media
form of expressing himself without the risk of others discovering his true
feelings, innermost dreams or frustrations. Other bloggers opt to make
these blogs public. This may be for a number of different reasons. Sharing
these feelings with others allows the blogger to reach others who may have
the same interest as the blogger.
Bloggers who use their blog as a form of personal expression may want to be
cautious and consider the decision to make a blog public. This is important
because the blog owner may initially not see problems with allowing others
to view his personal thoughts. However, over time he may realize his blog
could either be offensive to others or could result in problems if friends
or family members view the blog.
Blogging to Keep a Record of Events
Another common reason for blogging is to keep a record of important events.
Examples of some types of events which a blogger may wish to document
include a pregnancy, weddings, vacations, sporting events or completion of
school events. Using blogs to keep a record of these events gives the
blogger an opportunity to record daily events in one simple location where
they can easily look back on the blog or share the postings with others who
might be interested in the events. In these cases the blog can serve as a
form of scrapbook documenting the events as they occur. The blog owner can
post as often as he desires and may choose to include elements such as
photos, music, audio files and video files into the blog. The blog can also
be designed to suit the events being documented. For example a journal
depicting a vacation may have backgrounds, fonts and colors representing
the vacation location while a pregnancy blog may feature elements which
represent pregnancy, babies and being parents.