I just love blogging

I love to blog. It is something that is becoming more and more clear to myself. And I keep being surprised about that. And keep wondering what it is that I love so much about it. I never liked to write before, so why do I now.

But I also never liked to read and to study, until that all changed some years ago. From someone that would not read a book if it was not filled with pictures, graphics or photo's, I changed into someone that could not stop reading.

I read about all kind of subjects (actually hardly ever a novel) and wanted to know as much as I could find, about the subject I was interest in at that time. Which changed constantly.

But there was one thing that all the books had in common, it had to do with ‘reality of ideas'. I read books about philosophy, art history, psychology, astrology, music and even about physics and other sciences. The reason I could read even those books was because of the fact that there are writers that can make even the most difficult subjects interesting, but above all, understandable.

Then after spending more and more time on the computer I loved to participate in groups, forums and discussions online. Again about the same subjects.

But actually participating is not exactly the right word, as it was much more reading then writing what I did. Which is also rather strange as in ‘real life' I tend to participate in discussions easy.

But the problem online is that you have to WRITE your opinion instead of just say what you think. And I just find that very difficult.

But then I started a WordPress blog. From the first moment on I loved its potential. The potential for me to put down my thoughts, but also the potential for developers to add new things all the time. It is like a very compact and powerful core, which can grow by who ever wants to expand on it.

And even for me as a total beginner it was doable. A bit overwhelming at times, but really exciting. And I even got to manage a selfhosted blog. And at times was totally surprised that something worked, although I had no idea how I got it done.

But now with another blog, already my fifth or so, I want to focus on writing and chose again a not self hosted. And am impressed to see what has been added again.

And the writing. Well, it is going easier all the time. I have far lesser drafts (there where times that I had more drafts than posts) and I am getting better at finding the words I am looking for.  And above all, I just love blogging.