The First Blogger Ever

Posted from Royal Oak, Michigan--

I really enjoy blogging.  It's so much fun organizing my thoughts and arranging them in a theme that I would post entries even if no one read them except me.  Hmmm . . . on many days, that's the case. 

There are so many things to write about.  I'm currently listening to an audio series titled, The Great Courses.  I've been learning about about Marcus Aurelius, who for all intents and purposes was the first blogger.

Apparently, old Marcus would go home after a hard day at The Forum and log a few thoughts.  This running journal was eventually published as The Meditations, the Emperor's brilliant observations of the day.  Here's a sample bit of prose from the first blogger:

"Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good."

Comments

[Michael Angelo Caruso]

Thanks, Steven. Your points are good ones. I think that blogging usually requires a healthy ego. (I should know. I have one.) It requires a certain mindset to think that other humans would even care to read one's blog. Keep up the good work!

[Steven G. Atkinson]

I do not equate a blogger with someone who is keeping a journal.

In most cases a blogger wants to be read by others, those who keep journals usually do not. They many times are doing it simply as a way to keep a record of what they are doing, and some to practice at the art of writing.

Also many have turned to using blogging software as a replacement for newsletters and even websites. I know I have. It's a way to get information out to clients and would-be clients in a quick and economical fashion.