I don't have a blog other than these articles on www.blog.m6.net which is the blog site of the company that I work for. I've started a few, same as I've started to keep a diary a few times, but I just don't stick with them. Perhaps deep down I doubt anyone cares about my day-to-day life, and I'm not anxious to post my deep and intense innermost feelings. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve, and I don't want to post it on the Internet.
However, for those of a blogger bent who want to share their lives with others, it's an excellent idea. You can share your life with the world, letting people on other continents know what it's like to live where you live, and what it's like to be who you are. Blogs are good for non-bloggers too, letting people on the other side of an issue, or a war, or the planet, read about what life is like on your side. Several years ago I met a woman with a terrible secret that sounds like some crazy conspiracy theories.I tried to organize a blog for her since she wanted to share her information, and because I wanted to hear about any further developments. Sadly, I was unable to set it up that day and subsequently lost touch with her.
Surprisingly, the blog has grown beyond being a window into the life of a blogger, be more in the world of entertainment. A blogger friend I would not be able to write in his blog for two weeks. If the only diary he could only say, 'See you in two weeks. Instead, he has two guest blogger guest bloggers fill in. Did not like putting two chapters of the autobiography of others in the midst of your own? I assume that guest bloggers will provide a window into the lives of their own, and I suspect, they've proven themselves in their own blogs, so the 'reader' that can only read their blog for two weeks. Obviously the blog is more involved than I realized
Blogs can make you famous or let you be anonymous. You can vent your concerns about yourself to an anonymous world. Or, you can get help from strangers who may judge you but won't be able to tell anyone you know what their judgment is. This is of course unless your friends read your blog, which I consider as part of the point of having a blog.Then they will read the vents, and any replies stranger 'to it no matter how judgmental they are. On the other side of the equation, your friends can help without you having to go through the trauma of telling them directly. Plus, any of the strangers reading your blog might notice something wrong that you aren't aware of. A medical student might tell you what the tingling in the soles of your feet might mean so that you can consult a doctor before it gets more serious. A German housewife might notice that alcohol features more and more in your life, or that you seem to be shifting between joy and sorrow with worrying regularity. More than a window on someone's life or simple entertainment, blogs are another way to connect with both friends and strangers, anywhere, anytime.
