On blogging

I've been very enthusiastic about blogging for quite a long time. It's a way for like minded individuals to meet and share ideas about everything from a to z. It's a new way of socialising and I've seen some genuine friendships grow up between long term bloggers who've spent years reading each other's sites. Before I began blogging someone commented on the voice in the dark aspect of it. I think for me that's been the most pertinent aspect of the whole thing. A lot of the time I did it to assert my identity and to feel that someone was listening to me when I had things to mull over. I don't knock blogging at all but I feel like I've skirted round some of its less desirable aspects. I spent more time confiding in the blogosphere than maintaining genuine friendships. I know I said things I shouldn't have done because I forgot how public the internet is. I really worried about my reputation, showed off, tried to become part of an imaginary community and generally got addicted. I got my priorities all wrong and spend hours blogging when I could have been exercising or doing my work.