Reading and writing are basically the two major activities of my life. I was done with school earlier this month, and as I consider higher studies options- I really want to pick a field/career/profession which allows me to read and write to my heart's content.
Ever since I became interested in reading (non-fiction), I always wrote to whatever small extent possible. This usually translated to making posts on forums, facebook, whatever. These disparate ruminations would usually get lost to time. That's why I like the blogging platform so much. On one hand, it makes you committed enough to keep all your writings in one place for posterity. That way your disparate writings actually count for something. You would have a substantial archive to show for if you blog for a year or so, as opposed to all of this effort just being for naught if all you wrote were in forum posts or YouTube comments. At the same time, the blog platform is light enough for you to write down your day-to-day thoughts and theories even if they're half-baked and underdeveloped and doesn't have any of the finesse of actual articles. It's simple enough to be effective stress relief, and demanding enough to not be a total waste of time. It's the best of both worlds.
As of now, I maintain two blogs- the main one is a little serious and exclusively dedicated to my readings on philosophy and science. The other one (at the risk of shameless self-promotion) is a nascent blog on PC, where I write about things not serious enough to merit its place in the other one.
But maybe that would amount to something someday too, who knows.