Perhaps the reason so many people end up either shuttering their blogs or becoming part of group efforts is the simple fact that there are times when daily blogging is just too hard. Lately, I've had to really force myself to blog, and both the quality and quantity of posts here has been declining, as I'm sure my few remaining readers have noticed.
It's not that there's nothing going on, either in the world or in my own personal life. The problem is, most of what's going on in my own life I'm finding it hard to write about -- for example, Scott's health issues are his, not mine, and it's not really my place to talk about them here. Another big issue is that I don't know what's going to happen with my internship after I graduate. I'm so stressed out that it's a conversation that I just don't want to have with my boss, yet it's one that I really need to have: knowing whether I still have a job, and if it is a part-time or full-time gig, and at what rate of pay, is not unimportant information! I have 2 challenging finals standing between me and graduation, and my parents are coming to visit on Thursday which means I need to clean the hell out of my house. And I have no clue what I am going to wear for Graduation under the cap and gown. (Please no dirty jokes)
Dealing with all of that has pushed my ability or desire to pay attention to the rest of the stuff that is going on in the world to the back burner. All in all, I'm feeling overwhelmed, and the more overwhelmed I feel, the less I feel like blogging. It would be nice to have a few co-bloggers to fall back on in times like this. But for better or for worse, Fiat Lux is a solo effort, so as I go, so goes the blog.
This isn't a "Goodbye Cruel World" post. I'm not shutting down for good. But I suspect that light blogging will be the rule of the day for the next few weeks.
Comments (4)
I can understand that. It seems to be the rule for me as well. I think that blogging is different from being part of an online community. And I have come to the conclusion that many people aren't interested in any opinion other than their own. I'm more involved in the real world than I used to be and that limits the time and interest that I have for blogging. I reserve my online time for those people who will at least listen, whether they agree with me or not.
Also, I am maintaining multiple sites, and (like my friend Rachel told me) I'm pretty busy swimming to stay ahead of the sharks. :-p
Posted by artistry | December 8, 2006 9:34 AM
Everyone needs time for themselves, everyone needs to make room for the other parts of their lives. Blogging is a passion - but even the most passionate among us needs to be able to eat, drink, sleep, work, play, sing, laugh, and bitch and moan without a thought of how to form a post about it.
Go deal with your life. We'll be here when you get back. :-)
Posted by LarryE | December 8, 2006 8:06 PM
ie- Fiat Lux-(Let there be light) to us Masons means to bring someone to understand that doing good for others will make you and them a better person.
It has been a part of our teaching for hundereds of years.
Posted by Blackstone | December 9, 2006 7:21 AM
Blogging is so often like talking to the wind : there is little immediate response to help clarify what one is doing or why.
I started up on comments threads and a home blog was an anchor for contacts. Oddly, that was much harder than responding to context ; nor did many visit or return. I think the best thing I did was to add a site counter to see how many hits I was getting. The spammers in comments are complimentary !
Many bloggers "burn out" under self-imposed ideas of what they must post and a schedule to enforce writers' discipline. Patience is a commodity I have learned from sales contact work. You don't need much growth to eventually accumulate an audience. Try to have fun with this. I find visiting and chatting with people whom I would interact with in no other way an adventure.
One last radical proposition. Cold calls take fearless resolution, regardless of what your past experiences are, every new beginning is unique. A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet.
Posted by opit | December 12, 2006 6:52 PM