Why I Blog

I watched a video the other day that really put my blogging life in perspective. It's from The Bloggy Boot Camp site which the lovely Neely had a link to on Twitter or Facebook, and it really got me to thinking about why I blog.

I'm not going to lie, the past few months I really toyed with the idea of completely shutting down my blog altogether. For some reason I just wasn't getting the satisfaction of it like I use to. I was too caught up in the numbers part - I don't have a huge following, few comments, etc.. But after watching the above video it really got me to thinking....why in this world do I blog, and the answer was...
I blog for my own personal gratification.
Yes, we all tend to get caught up in the numbers, but honestly that's not what matters. I find when that happens I hate blogging. I get jealous of so many other bloggers because of this, even of the blogs I love dearly. When I first started this little blog almost 3 years ago it wasn't about my following. No matter how crappily written posts I wrote, I did it for one thing, me. I'm slowly but surely getting back to that, and surprisingly enough I find more motivation and inspiration to write when I write for the sole purpose of writing for myself. 
I sincerely hope that I find more joy in blogging in the coming months than these past few, because sometimes I've really just wanted to hit the "delete" button. 
Before I turn this into a pity party, why do you blog?