Life streaming is a new concept in online networking. In many ways, it takes social networking to a new level by exposing your entire life to the world at large. It is something like opening your diary and daily activities up for everyone to see.

You may wonder why anyone would ever want to do this, and that is a good question. Alternatively, you may ask what interest people may have in your life. It seems that this concept is more for the benefit of the life streamer than the reader. It is essentially venting to the world about your entire life.

So, what are the real benefits of life streaming? Some may say that the benefits are only for the life streamer. By telling the world about your day, your boyfriend, the music you love, or what you had for dinner is somehow cathartic. For some people, the massive amount of information available to them is too much to simply keep inside their head. They feel a need to share it with others. However, much like the friend who religiously forwards "funny emails", this sharing can sometimes get out of hand.

Some life streamers think of themselves as amateur "writers" and consider their life stream to be a book of some sort. Perhaps they think of it as practice for when they become legitimate authors later in life. For them, life streaming is a way to hone their skills.

For readers of life streams, they can get a glimpse into the lives of others and see that, no matter where we live, our lives are much the same. They can read life streams of friends who live overseas or far away, and feel closer to them. They can read life streams of strangers and make new friends.

The benefits of life streaming are many - both for the reader and the life streamer. Perhaps the biggest benefit of life streaming is the creation of one humankind, that no matter where we live, our color, our gender, or our nationality, we are all very much the same and share the same kinds of daily trials and tribulations.

Spend a few hours looking through various peoples' life streams and you will find many similarities with your own life.