A Problem Shared

Ever since I started trying to keep blogs in 2006 I've had problems trying to marry the idea of publishing your innermost secrets for people to read. As it turns out, I've nothing to worry about because no one seems to read them.

Blogs always seem to me as if you kept a diary, photocopied it and passed it around school.

Even if you're not ridiculed for pouring out your innermost feelings onto a website, and let's face it, there's something more romantic about carefully writing out your emotions rather than typing it onto a screen, what if no one reads it? What's the point in a blog if no one reads it?

And I'll be honest, I wouldn't read a 21 year old university student's feelings for "fun". Especially not when you can follow celebrities on Twitter, where you only have to read a sentence rather than hundreds of words at a time.

So if no one reads it, what's the point in a blog?

Maybe it's just in the hope that someone, somewhere might take an interest in your blog above the millions that are out there. Maybe they'll say something helpful. Nice. Or funny.

Personally, I think it's just that "a problem shared is a problem halved", and blogging feels a lot more like sharing than writing in a diary and bottling it up.

Let's hope so anyway.