BLOGGING

1. improves one's writing and thinking skills
2. forces one to read and learn more
   
3. contributes to the literature
   
4. defines one's ideological perspective
5. promotes counter-establishment ideas
   
6. gives one a sense of accomplishment
7. provides one a venue to raise his/her personal or social concerns
   
8. robs one of the chance to do other things
   
9. allows one to show-off
10. creates an illusion that one is the center of the universe