Talking To No One

It dawned on me today that I have been blogging in various forms, in various places, for seven years now.

That isn’t supposed to be impressive, merely a fact to place my conclusion in context. There is one thing I have come to realize more than anything else during this time, and it can be summed up succinctly:

People don’t care what I have to say.

It’s the truth. No matter what subject I’m talking about, it appears that I’m almost always talking to myself. That normally wouldn’t bother me, but it does make me wonder why I go through the trouble of posting anything if I don’t believe anyone is ever going to read it. Hubris? Boredom? Stupidity?

I think the answer is something less exciting, simply that I like having a record of some of the things I spend my time thinking about, because I’m sure I’ll forget somewhere down the line how much certain things affected me.

I bet you’re glad you missed out on the phase where I really did say things, aren’t you?