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Why do I do this?

I've been thinking lately my goals for this site. What is the reasoning behind updating this when I do?

Sometimes I see it as simply an online diary. For years, from about the eighth grade until sometime in college, I kept a regular paper journal. I'd write about any random thought that came to my head. As time went on the journal was mostly updated only when a major event occurred in my life, mostly relating to girlfriends.

Sometimes I see it as an historical record of major world events. But for it to truly be this, I'd have to post way more often. I'm much too lazy and out of the loop for it to be comprehensive. Plus, a focus on a certain kind of event would be necessary. Politics. Sports. Technology. Something.

Sometimes I see it as a soapbox. See previous post. I'd have to think that people actually read this at all for this to keep me going on this track, though.

In the end, I do not know why I update this site. As I reach the end of this thought pattern, I do not know why I am posting this very entry. I think I like the notion of an online, permanent, universally accessible time capsule of my thoughts and travels.

As I have done with my paper journals, I think it will be interesting to revisit these old posts years in the future. So, I guess I update this site for my future self. (In which case, it can be all of the above and more.) I like that thought. Completely selfish and utterly harmless to others. I wish more things in life could be like that.