Blogging about Blogs

I honestly never thought that I would ever be writing a blog. Over the years I have had some acquaintances start blogs about random topics. Some of them were fun to read, but honestly I thought the whole thing was kind of odd. I never would have the confidence to put myself out there. Some of the stuff I was reading was super personal and putting that kind of information out in the Internet seems really scary. I understand that some people find it very therapeutic, which I think is awesome, but it still seems very intense to put all your thoughts and feelings out their for strangers to read. I always wondered how you would react to someone negatively responding to your inner most thoughts. I guess the issue with my thinking about blogging in that sense is that I am not realizing that a lot of people may blog for themselves, not for the reactions of others (I am sure some want the attention, but you know what I am trying to say).