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Who started it? Does anyone know? Who started this “name five reasons you blog” meme? It’s everywhere, in any language, scooping every mind, digging, asking for more. This is the monster of all memes. I was really wondering when it’s going to come my way. I was really afraid of the day when someone would tell me: Mig, you’ve got tagged. Name five reasons you blog. And the day arrived. A tag from Villager and now I have to start making that list. And I hate lists. Always did. I even hate shopping lists, yet I managed to write down 25 things you didn’t know about me. So it shouldn’t be so difficult to write five reasons I blog. But what if there aren’t five? What if there are more? Should I list the more important? And how do I choose? Decisions, decisions!

  1. I blog to be. This could be my first reason. Because blogging gives me a sense of existing, of being in the world, although this is just a virtual world. But I take my real-life experiences and bring them into the virtual world, to create a real presence.
  2. I blog to share. This comes natural: I create a real presence by sharing my dreams, ideas and even ideals with the virtual world. The sharing brings incredible rewards: a virtual smile, the warmth of a comment, the feeling that someone needed your words, that someone is grateful for your advice.
  3. I blog to change. To make a difference. At least I try to.
  4. I blog to fulfill. Blogging completes me. Through sharing and giving I become a better person. And I learn each day from my readers, I follow the links in their comments and go to their blogs to learn from there too.
  5. I blog to dream. Part business, part fantasy… this blog is just one of the many I have. My dreams are best expressed in my native tongue, and that’s no surprise I suppose. But I don’t really promote my Romanian blogs. I don’t know why. Maybe I should. Yet there are dreams you tell and dreams you wait for the others to discover.

And now I’m supposed to tag other bloggers to participate in this meme. But as far as I know, this meme went around the world and back. So I will not tag anyone. I just invite you to leave a link to your five reasons to blog in the comments. :)

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