I have written this little essay to give you about 30 reasons why you should own a website. And if these 30 reasons aren't enough, here are 95 reasons why you should own one.

1. To own your own corner of the internet that doesn't come with an algorithm or ads.
2. To post your essays, articles or poems.
3. To keep and tend to a digital garden.
4. To act as a commonplace journal.
5. To keep a daily log.
6. To keep track of the books you read.
7. To update what you're doing now.
8. To keep track of things you want to do someday.
9. To keep a digital collection of images.
10. To keep a list of things.
11. To keep a collection of quotes you like.
12. To keep a list of bookmarks you find while surfing the internet.
13. Because you want to use less of the popular brain-rotting platforms.
14. To keep and share a wiki of your learnings.
15. To showcase your work.
16. To design and create a website you'd like to see and use.
17. For the love of the IndieWeb.
18. For the sake of having a hobby.
19. To learn HTML and CSS.
20. To bring back guestbooks.
21. To find and make new friends.
22. To join several webrings.
23. As a form of web manifesto.
24. To have your own microblog or feedbackless feed.
25. To create a personal directory of your favourite websites, people and internet discoveries.
26. To document your projects, experiments and things you're learning.
27. To share your favourite music, films, games and other things you enjoy.
28. To build little interactive things just because you can.
29. To make a personal homepage that reflects who you are, beyond your social media profiles.
30. To contribute to making the internet a more interesting place.
31. To create a little website about yourself, your interests, likes and dislikes, and share it with someone during the talking stage so they can get to know you beyond the usual questions.