This is about me. Me, a literary husband, six busy kids, one and a half excitable dogs, and three cats who own us all.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Echo...Echo...Echo...
I am bored up to here with this blog. I have to rethink the format or something, cause otherwise I may abandon it. Stand by for further developments; and if you have any suggestions, feel free to comment!
5 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Why tired of the blog? Do you wonder if anyone reads it because comments don't happen? Or do you find that it's hard to find things to write about? (Both of these things happen to me, by the way. If people don't comment, I feel like I'm babbling to myself. Since I already know what happened, why say anything else?)
I have been blogging for three years now... I do really enjoy it, and have made some GREAT friends (and reunited with some others.. Ahem, Ahem) from it.
It is true that (from time to time) content (QUALITY content) gets difficult to come up with.. Especially stuff that I have not rambled on about at one other point.
Early on, I tried to be a "once a day" poster... That became overwhelming.... I then tried to be a "once a week" poster... And even that became daunting... I still enjoyed blogging, but I had to discover what was making me feel "overwhelmed". That's when it hit me. When I put a requirement on my blogging. When I told myself when and how to blog. I found that I was "searching" for reasons to post... (Could I blog about this? Could I blog about that?) It was becoming another "chore" - something else to add to my already busy list.
So I scaled back... I went several weeks without posting... and decided that I would only post when it felt "natural". I was not going to force anything. If I posted every day, so be it... And, if I did not post for a month... So be it. I took a much more relaxed approach to the whole concept. After all... It's nothing more than a hobby, right?
I seem to have found a groove that falls somewhere between "once a week" and "once every two weeks". One of my closest friends Many Things Do Not Fly used to post quite often... Now, she only posts once a month at best. As a reader, that's A.O.K with me!
Abandonment? That seems so cold, so... so final.
What's wrong with leaving it as is. Removing any guilt for "not posting" - and letting sit there until you find that something does happen... something you want to share, something you want to tell the world, or something that may be helpful to be able to solicit some unbiased advise for...
Ultimately, the decision is yours - but I'd say give yourself a buffer period. 6 months... maybe even a year... before you make a final decision on abandonment... Even if you don't post anything in that time frame.
I'm still hoping you drop by FOF from time to time though! Your always welcome there! (Even if I have not posted in a while!)
Then how would I already know that news when I talk to you? That would just be no fun at all! S even reads your blog. I hope you don't pull the plug, but the choice of uthenasia is up to you.
5 comments:
Why tired of the blog? Do you wonder if anyone reads it because comments don't happen? Or do you find that it's hard to find things to write about? (Both of these things happen to me, by the way. If people don't comment, I feel like I'm babbling to myself. Since I already know what happened, why say anything else?)
I have been blogging for three years now... I do really enjoy it, and have made some GREAT friends (and reunited with some others.. Ahem, Ahem) from it.
It is true that (from time to time) content (QUALITY content) gets difficult to come up with.. Especially stuff that I have not rambled on about at one other point.
Early on, I tried to be a "once a day" poster... That became overwhelming.... I then tried to be a "once a week" poster... And even that became daunting... I still enjoyed blogging, but I had to discover what was making me feel "overwhelmed". That's when it hit me. When I put a requirement on my blogging. When I told myself when and how to blog. I found that I was "searching" for reasons to post... (Could I blog about this? Could I blog about that?) It was becoming another "chore" - something else to add to my already busy list.
So I scaled back... I went several weeks without posting... and decided that I would only post when it felt "natural". I was not going to force anything. If I posted every day, so be it... And, if I did not post for a month... So be it. I took a much more relaxed approach to the whole concept. After all... It's nothing more than a hobby, right?
I seem to have found a groove that falls somewhere between "once a week" and "once every two weeks". One of my closest friends Many Things Do Not Fly used to post quite often... Now, she only posts once a month at best. As a reader, that's A.O.K with me!
Abandonment? That seems so cold, so... so final.
What's wrong with leaving it as is. Removing any guilt for "not posting" - and letting sit there until you find that something does happen... something you want to share, something you want to tell the world, or something that may be helpful to be able to solicit some unbiased advise for...
Ultimately, the decision is yours - but I'd say give yourself a buffer period. 6 months... maybe even a year... before you make a final decision on abandonment... Even if you don't post anything in that time frame.
I'm still hoping you drop by FOF from time to time though! Your always welcome there! (Even if I have not posted in a while!)
Our best to you and yours!
Father of Five
oh no! don't close it please. This is one of my favourite blogs!!
Then how would I already know that news when I talk to you? That would just be no fun at all! S even reads your blog. I hope you don't pull the plug, but the choice of uthenasia is up to you.
Ok so I can't spell euthanasia! I hate it when I type and I'm tired. Nothing comes out right.
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