a season
Maybe I am over blogging. Sure, it's a worn out subject, but I've noticed many of my favorite writers have stopped updating their blogs or do so occasionally. I used to think - back when I posted daily; I was bubbling over with ideas - how ludicrous and sad it was, this giving up or in or whatever had crossed my mind at the time.
I could write about the copious amounts of rum I drank to unclench my aching jaw after watching my friend sign divorce papers or couple skating with my husband last weekend, my heart full of gratitude, but when words come to mind these days, I spill them in short spurts on facebook; I let them brew, fiction fermenting.
Sure, I'll still be here from time to time. I'll still stop by your place sometimes.
But I'm letting myself off the hook, the guilt I feel when days, weeks pass and my blog collects dust.
It feels good.
I could write about the copious amounts of rum I drank to unclench my aching jaw after watching my friend sign divorce papers or couple skating with my husband last weekend, my heart full of gratitude, but when words come to mind these days, I spill them in short spurts on facebook; I let them brew, fiction fermenting.
Sure, I'll still be here from time to time. I'll still stop by your place sometimes.
But I'm letting myself off the hook, the guilt I feel when days, weeks pass and my blog collects dust.
It feels good.
Comments
Blogging should give something back, like a release or joy or satisfaction or something. Definitely not guilt!
I think this medium, just as everything else in our lives, serves its purpose when the time is right. But sometimes we've got to let up in one area to fully focus and partake of other sweet fruits in our life.
Do what's good for you, and don't feel guilty! I miss the posts but can content myself with sporadic musings!
So maybe for some it means posting less often, sharing what needs to be shared when it insists on jumping out of us and into the world?
Maybe blogs have seasons, just like we do.
That's what I've been thinking. Maybe.
Sometimes I think I am ready to shed this MM gig, and do something else - with a little more anonymity - after about 800 posts. Maybe I'm just done with this one, just like Much to my Sjogren. One day, I just didn't feel like talking about it anymore.
So much to ponder.
Here's to Guilt Free Blogging When You Feel Like it!
When it starts to feel like a chore... well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, right? I'm still having fun.
Still, I'd like to see you stick around, even if you don't have much to say sometimes. We all understand! It makes us smile wider to see you come up in our readers when you DO have something to say and we can catch up on things. It's all good.
Have a great day :)
:)
I just keep an eye on my RSS feeds.
-Stu
Blogging and facebooking each serve a purpose...we go to them when we need them. I find that i have slacked off a bit on blog reading because so many of my "friends" are also blogging buddies...FB is instant....but i like the depths that can be reached with our blogs....i'll keep checking in here, but....i'll see you on fb too.
Seasons....i like that.
I feel incredible guilt when I let too many days go by without blogging, but even worse when I'm not reading my favorite blogs. And you are one of them.
I understand. I'm finding it hard to do it all.
And...oh, my God, what K said. So incredibly beautiful.
don't quit and keep writing due to the fact it simply just nicely to read it.
excited to look over much more of your current content articles, have a great day :)