61 ways I’ve used blogging

Here are 61 ways I’ve used blogging (not even counting reading/commenting on others’ blogs) for my personal and professional lives:

1. jokes
2. personal growth
3. public accountability
4. report news
5. share videos of me
6. long lists
7. promote talks
8. teach
9. ask questions
10. recap TV shows
11. make new friends
12. share opinions
13. lose weight
14. gain weight
15. be transparent
16. document a relationship
17. live-blog TV events
18. interview people
19. selling products
20. promoting others
21. book excerpts
22. movie reviews
23. talk politics
24. demonstrate features
25. tell secrets
26. share ideas
27. spark a discussion
28. exercise my creativity
29. review goals and progress
30. link out
31. show off Birmingham
32. portfolio
33. serve as writing coach
34. provide a forum for guest bloggers
35. practice writing
36. learn CSS
37. learn WordPress
38. complain
39. procrastinate
40. practice journalism
41. cry over typos
42. hold contests
43. show off
44. practice creating headlines
45. publish scoops
46. surprise readers
47. surprise myself
48. break my site
49. write ebooks
50. compile videos
51. raise money
52. recap vacations
53. revisit the past
54. practice humility
55. make (most) deadlines
56. post job listings
57. improvise
58. fend off comment spam
59. become healthier
60. become smarter
61. become wiser

How have you used blogging?