Over the last month, I stopped blogging. I suppose it was sort of an experiment of sorts, in that I started blogging as nothing more than an online journal that helped me vent or whatever, and also kept friends and family up to date on random goings-on in my life. When I stopped, I guess it was to find out if there was any value in it, from the viewpoint of whether or not it made me feel better. As it turns out, it is helpful in getting things off my chest or simply to keep a log of what’s going on in my own life.
While on my hiatus, I wondered if blogging was a narcissistic act, and whether or not it mattered whether it was or not. I think that yes, it can be narcissistic if you have expectations for your blog or journal or whatever, but if you’ve got no expectations, blogging is no more narcissistic than a diary – that is, not much, if at all. That said, I’m a narcissistic person, so it doesn’t much matter, does it?
