Comments on: Quandary

By: ange

ange — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:48:20 +0000

For me, I don’t know who my audience is…family, friends, strangers, me??? I don’t know what my purpose is… deep thought, fun, updates on the boys, craft? I refuse to “pimp my blog” and I moved to google reader to track a few blogs I read, stop following comments to other blogs (as to not feed my obsessive-compulsive cycle)… so my audience doesn’t grow. But do I want it to? I hear every word you are saying, some of which you’re not saying outloud. Good luck.

By: Emily R

Emily R — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:45:25 +0000

I am in exactly the same place and the forced time off from the move has given me perspective. I am unsubscribing from a lot of blogs. I like them a lot, I wish I could keep reading, but I cannot. So, I have to unsubscribe to a lot I have started reading recently.

By: Chicken And Cheese Monday, Monday

Chicken And Cheese Monday, Monday — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:56:28 +0000

[...] and new, like white sheets fresh from the dryer.The week away from the blogosphere was more necessary than I thought. I took the time to look around me, really look, and I was [...]

By: Dorothy Stahlnecker

Dorothy Stahlnecker — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:34:21 +0000

Wow, this helped me. I thought I was the only one feeling burned out. And I blamed it on the cancer and chemo therapy. I think by reading everyones comments, been doing this a year this past December. We must all go through times when we need to back off and take a look at what we really want for ourselves. Thanks for the introspective. I think it helped me and I’m hoping time will help you.

My best,
Dorothy from grammology
remember to call gram
http://www.grammology.com

By: nan

nan — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:57:25 +0000

Total loss of identity does happen when you have a baby. With my first, I thought it was THE END! My life was OVER! By boy number three, I knew that it was just a phase and I enjoyed it. I only started blogging in September, and it has been SO wonderful. I love Bloggers, and I WISH I had had that suppourt when I had babies! But could I have made the time? I hope you can, in the midst of raising a baby boy! Good luck!

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:43:53 +0000

Get a Dell. Seriously. My husband’s Dell fried from Cordy knocking it off the couch, and the in-home tech came the next day and replaced the mothereffin’ motherboard on the laptop. The entire thing was taken apart. But it works great now, and was out of commission for only 32 hours.

As for blogging, I know how you feel. I go through phases where I’m so self-conscious of my traffic, stats, etc. And right now I can’t seem to find the right balance of writing, reading, commenting, and Twitter. It’s taking up too much of my life, and that’s not good.

Hope you find the solution that works best for you. (And I hope you’ll share it with all of us who might be looking for a solution, too.)

By: creative-type dad

creative-type dad — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:50:07 +0000

Sorry to hear about your baby. My battery nearly exploded on mine

By: Bipolarlawyercook

Bipolarlawyercook — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:20:25 +0000

Whatever decision and arrangement you make will be fine, so long as you don’t just stop. No pressure.

I know what you mean– as I craft yet another site redesign, make possibly another job change, and otherwise rearrange everything, I need to reconfigure my committment to posting and keeping up with commenters and quality, because right now, I’m beat. But it’s worth it, just gotta figure out how.

By: AB

AB — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:23:31 +0000

We’ll be here waiting. As for me…blogging began with a two-fold purpose. The first was to give myself an public outlet for my writing since so many of the paid gigs I had before had dried up. Secondly, I hoped that the new world of blogging would actually lead to something bigger. Professionally speaking…it hasn’t. While some of these rockstar bloggers enjoy so many of the opportunities denied the rest of us, there seems to be no “trickledown”. Socially, however, I have gained some wonderful friendships. That part really surprised me. So…that your Spring Break to relax and recoup. We’ll be here when you get back. Please don’t stop blogging. We need you.

By: LifeAsIKnowIt

LifeAsIKnowIt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:22:50 +0000

Hope the computer is fixed soon.
Yes, it is so easy to get hooked on the comments and statcounter and everything else that goes along with this blogworld. When I first started I had no idea that anyone would ever read. I wrote for myself because it made me feel better.
Sometimes you need to take a break to find that feeling again.
Good luck. I hope you don’t stop blogging. I would miss reading you.