I like blogging. I like the word...the word came into existence around 1999 and actually is another name for Weblog, which we all know started out as a a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer.

However, blogging is such a cool word. Much better than saying "I Weblog". People would look at you and wonder if you were going off the deep end.

So why do I like blogging. Because of this, what I am doing right now. I am putting all my thoughts and ideas down to share with others. Providing those who are interested want to share it with me. No one has to read it or agree with anything I write. It is nice if they like what I write, but not necessary to my overall satisfaction.

I have been article writing for my home business for some time. I like my home business, I enjoy it, I find great satisfaction from working at home. But I never really felt comfortable writing an article. I think it stems from my childhood and the problems I was told I had with the English language. The offhanded remarks of some pretty insensitive teachers gave me a lifelong fear of writing my thoughts for anyone else to read. I never even kept a diary for fear someone else would read it and make fun of it.

So it was with great anxiety that I even started writing for my home business. Fear kept me from writing as I wanted to write. Which tends to be a bit of ramblings. I tended to paraphrase someone else's thoughts, which I guess is all right when you are starting, but you have to get over that fear and start your own thoughts or you will become stagnant. You know like a body of water that is standing still.

This is why I like blogging. Because who cares if you ramble, or if your opinion is different. Who really cares if your punctuation, or grammar is not the best. As long as you get the point across in a manner which is easy to read and understand, you have done the job. I also find if I use my own thoughts and ideas I tend to get more readers. Because what I write is all me.

Also when I am using my random thoughts and putting them down in some structure, I become more organized. How does that happen? I haven't a clue. I just know that when I write like I want to write, and put things down as I want to and not someone else's thoughts, I have more ideas, more things to write about, and it is a whole lot less stress. Which at my age...stress is not needed.

So even though I feel blogging is an interesting word in itself, it is even more interesting to blog your thoughts and ideas to the world. You can use blogging to promote your business, your interests, or just about anything you want. Do you want to brag about your family? Blog it! How about the success of your home based business? Blog it! Pick a topic, create a blog either using Blogspot.com (Free) or use Wordpress.com (also free), and you are off on an adventure.

Using the blog as a means of advertising a business is a great way not only to make sales, but meet people who share your common goals.

Isn't it time you become part of the Blogging World?