75 reasons to start a personal website

I love having a personal website. Here, I share reflections, stories, thoughts, ideas, and more. Because I have a website, I always have the idea in the back of my mind that there is a place for my writing. I can write a story and share it with friends, and even the world. What I write might not be perfect, but it is mine. This is my home for my creative works.Earlier today, I read Kaia make an argument for having a personal website that really struck a chord with me:so this manifesto isnt overly long to just go tell you to make a site in defiance of social media or anything like that (although thats a valid reason). i want to encourage you to be creativeI love the idea of defining websites in terms of what they can do, rather than in opposition to what exists. This got me thinking: maybe I should make a list of reasons why someone might want to start a personal website? And so I went to my whiteboard and started jotting down ideas. Before I knew it I had 10, 20, 30 reasons why…