My son asked me one day. Dad , why don't you start your own blog ?
What kind of blog ? What purpose will it serve ? There are already so many blogs out there.
He paused for a bit and said.
Dad, you always talk about lot of things you know and observe, and this way you can share with others
Who is going to read it ?
I will, my son said..
Hmm, for that I don't need to write a blog. I can share those with you whenever I like
But Dad.. blog is different.. I will tell my friends to read it too and you can tell your friends.
What I am going to write about which is not already out there ?
Alright Dad.. Forget I asked.. my son walked away..
The conversation got me thinking.. So, why should I blog ?
- If I had a higher purpose to promote, may be I could have used blog to promote it.
- I don't recollect I have done anything unique to blog about
- Who is going to read it anyways ?
With the information overload today, this will be yet another blog which I will impose on my friends to deal with. It is already a challenge to keep up with e-mails, e-groups, IMs, facebook, youtube, linkedin and interests group
Dad, but blog is different .. (The inner voice kept on coming back to me..)
- I can express and explore about my interests at my natural pace, instead of an e-mail, fb postings, tweets which have their own value for instant gratification.
- Connect to like minded folks and hopefully be able to make a deeper connection
- Have some fun
- Learn more about myself by sharing
- In a way this blog is to fill my needs, hopefully other people will find this interesting too.
Happy Blogging..
