Why Do I Blog?

I have been thinking today about blogging, and why I do it. 

Well it's simple really, I do it because I enjoy it. Because I love to have things to look back on and read. I know that blogging has become so popular lately and everyone and their dog has a blog! But I have, in some sort of shape or form always had a blog, whether it be online or handwritten in some book that I kept in the drawer by my bed!

Ever since I can remember, I've always kept a place to write down my feelings. I can remember all the times I've sat on the edge of my bed in tears scribbling down my feelings, and feeling instantly better for getting it out. I've always had trouble talking about my feelings, and I'd always much rather write things out for people to read than say things that I feel silly for feeling/thinking. Not that I'd ever want to let anyone read my 'diary' lol ... they are embarrassing now to look back on, but I keep them, because at one point, it helped me through! The only one I no longer have is one which I tore to shreds after a huge fight with my ex, when it all just became too much. 

I feel blogging is something you should do for yourself, not something you should do to gain popularity over others, I keep this blog so that someday I'll have an organised space to look back on, and memories to read through. Even if no one else looks at it, or reads what I write, it will still be here, just for me. My little corner of the internet. 

I want this to be a happy place, so that's what it is. I have another space which I still post stuff, but that's just for me, and unless you're already aware of it, you won't find it because it contains my past, I've written there when I've been at my lowest points, and I don't think I need to share that with the world. 

I'll always keep this blog honest and true to me and who I am, and if people read this then great, but if not, it will always be here just for me.