Why blog?

I had an interesting interaction these days. While I was in class waiting for it to start, I opened Bearblog (the class happens in the “computer room”), and the girl who sits by my side asked what I was looking. I told her it was a blog, and she was excited because she used to have one back in school but did not remember the name or login. I told her how I had a blog and posted in english and she was surprised. She started to ask many questions, what platform I used, if I knew how many people read my blog and things like that. But then she asked, “Can you earn money with a blog?” I was surprised and kinda sad. Blogging is a hobby, why would I want to monetize it? I remembered this image: Original TikTok It’s kinda sad that nowadays everything you do, even your hobbies, has to earn you something. This is my first blog (and who knows? Maybe I’ll use it forever?) and I never wrote here for anything other than my own enjoyment. I said to her I didn’t know, but probably yes on another…