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A personal blog is an online diary or journal in which an individual writes (or blogs) about their feelings, thoughts or ideas. They could share photographs, recipes, dreams, stories and news with family, friends and strangers who happen upon their blog.

The expansion and popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and the latest, and fastest growing social networking site, Twitter, has given birth to a whole new generation of public forums in which anything is ‘said’ and read by public ‘voyeurs.’

Nothing seems to be private any longer, said one researcher as to the question of why people post everything to blogs. People are opening their doors and inviting anyone and everyone into their lives to have a look around. Many blogs have space in which a reader can leave a comment about what the blogger posted, this at times, can open a new ‘can of worms.’

Blogging became popular, and remains to some extent, a safe place for political disagreements and discussions during a presidential race or other high profile government race; even those running for a seat on their local school board would benefit from a personal blog about their platform and core beliefs in addition to information regarding their family and background.

People are nosy and want to know what others are doing, mainly to compare with their own life or lifestyle to see if they are ‘keeping up with the Joneses’ or to see if they or their family is ‘normal.’ Although, an Internet blog might not be the best place to discover ‘normalcy’ because there are hundreds of thousands of blogs available for ordinary people to read on just about every subject under the sun.

Blogging has made anyone with a blog an instant ‘published writer.’ Because blogs are a way to reach thousands and thousands of people at one time, people who have something to say about nothing at all or people who have nothing at all to say about something can do both whenever they feel like it. There is free blog space available on many different websites in addition to a person being able to set up their own free website and blog pages.

Personal blogs bring people together, a woman who gave up her baby at his birth, a childless couple looking to adopt, a single woman looking for ‘Mr. Right,’ an aspiring writer looking for her big break and scenarios too numerous to list. People blog for many different reasons, mainly to be heard, to feel that what they say has meaning and matters to someone and when they get feedback, even if its criticism, most bloggers are simply delighted that someone took the time to read what they wrote and decided to write back.

It seems as if everyone wants to know what everyone else is doing. And it’s not just teenagers and the younger generation. Older individuals who have become Web savvy may decide to begin a blog about their adventurous life as a ‘living’ legacy for their children or grandchildren. They may feel as if they have advice that could help someone or just want to be heard and a blog is the perfect way to release this energy onto the unknown.

An individual, who decides to create a personal blog, should take precautions to safeguard themselves and their family against unknown and unwanted dangers. A personal blog should not contain any identifying information such as a full name or address, telephone number or email address. People can leave comments on most blogs as a way to reach the blogger.