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I have been a blogger since 2002. It is safe to say that most of my readers know what a blog is but for those of you who are newbies, according to Wikipedia, a blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in a journal style and is displayed in a reverse chronological order. It’s basically an online diary. Blogs are popular and will continue to be – it’s because they are pretty easy to set up, use and maintain.

People blog for different reasons. Most bloggers do because they want to express their thoughts and opinions about certain things while some just want to tell their stories. Here are some reason why I blog:

- I use my blog as a means to stay connected with my friends and family who are far away.
- I like to share information or knowledge in a given topic.
- I blog to make money- I either get paid to write or through the ads that are on my blog page.
- I blog to promote my business, service or product.
- I blog to review products.
- I blog for fun.

Blogging allows us to practice the freedom of speech and gives us a platform to share our opinions without hesitation. We write on our blog, and we publish our posts and instantly, our thoughts are available for others to read – simple as that. There are so many things we can do with our blogs. We are not limited to only text. We can add and share photos, videos, audios, notes and more.

Here’s one benefit I can see with blogging – in today’s world, everyone gets so busy that we seldom have the chance to sit down and think about what is going on. Blogging allows us to reflect about our lives and the present. When we start to blog, we are forced to observe life from another perspective thus allowing us to appreciate what we have.

I love to blog and I subscribe to a lot of blogs – I have met so many people and have learned so much because of this. Which brings me to my question for you … do you blog? If you do – why? Join our meme and answer this question. Post your answer in your blog and link back to Mommy Community. And we can all visit each others’ blog to learn about the reasons behind our blogging.

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As always – I enjoy giving some link-love so add your link to your post answering the question “Why Blog?” on our “Mr. Linky” below. Oh, and don’t forget to leave me a comment too!