Recently, I’ve been thinking about my own purpose and why I decide to do what I do. I’ve been thinking a lot about the question “why”.
Thus: Why do I want to write a blog?
Whenever I talked to someone about potentially starting this blog the initial response has frequently been, why do you want to do that? What’s your purpose?
Is it because I have something incredibly unique to share? Some particular synthesis of information to add to the world?
No, not really. Or at least I’m not confident that I do.
There’s an identity component to asking “why”. What kind of person does my motivation make me?
Ultimately, I’m finding my drive to write a blog is almost entirely self-focused. I want a place where I can work out what I’m thinking about and build a process for creativity into my life.
I want to consider myself someone who has a blog. I want to be someone who is intentional about thinking and processing. I want to be generous with my thoughts, in case there’s anything in them that might be useful to someone else.