Blogs are good for you

I have come to realize, that in my case at least, having a blog is beneficial to my health. I tend towards depression, and I find that being able to set down my thoughts in this way, helps me to relax and keeps me from staying awake at night with racing thoughts. In fact, when I lay down and my thoughts do start racing, I find that just saying to myself, 'Oh, I will write about that tomorrow' soothes me almost instantly. And I find that, while I would like to have lots of readers, it's not nearly as important as the freedom I feel from writing it down. I do check my stats several times a day to find out if I have new readers lol. I find though that even when no one reads it but me, I am a calmer and more relaxed person. I would definitely recommend blogging to everyone. It helps that I didn't really specify a topic for my blog other than my opinion. Good thing too because sometimes I tend to jump from topic to topic. It works for me because I get all the 'clutter' out of my brain and then I can settle down to what's really important, like facebook lol. I also tend toward what I call the 'what-ifs'. I am a born worrier and this helps with that as well. It's important for me to feel that my opinion is getting out there, especially in matters that I feel are important. I know that I still haven't quite gotten the hang of blogging as much as I would like to, but I am having fun with it and that's what's most important!