In the past couple of months I have seriously been thinking about ditching my blog. It really serves no purpose for me anymore. Most of the time I have to steal time to work on it. Usually the stolen time is taking away from more important daily tasks that need to be accomplished.
As of late, I really don't enjoy it much anymore. I almost dread it now. I feel compelled to write something interesting and captivating..my daily life is definitely not as interesting or captivating as I would like it to be. Certainly not a bad life, but definitely not interesting enough to write a book about.
The initial purpose of my blog was to keep my family and friends informed of my daily life while living a few states away.
To be quite honest, I'm not really sure my dad reads my blog...I would guess not. I KNOW for a fact my son does not nor does my youngest brother. I KNOW that some of my favorite family members on hubby's side do not. Maybe a few distant and estranged family members may "check in" every once in a while.
I DO KNOW that a couple of good friends keep track. I DO KNOW that hubby reads it even though I don't know why.....he knows everything that is happening before it is written. I DO KNOW that my oldest brother reads it periodically.
I do enjoy writing for myself, but most the time when I feel compelled to blog for myself it's to vent, bitch, or criticize. Most the stuff I would say in a personal journal would not be blog worthy material and would probably not make my little light shine.
I have given myself to the end of the year to publicly blog. I will then reassess the situation and see how I feel...my mood seems to change from day to day lately.
I don't feel moody today, but I know I sure sound as though I am.
By the way, nothing noteworthy happened today.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Yep...as much as I hate the pressure of my own blog, I sure love reading yours. Not sure I'll continue with mine either...just no time, or desire ;~)
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and would be oh, so sad if you didn't continue!!! Maybe your mood will change. ;) If it doesn't, though. .you could always just update a couple of times a week. Maybe that would help the feeling of "pressure." ??
ReplyDeleteDon't stop blogging. I love reading your blog!! Maybe just blog when you feel motivated or pick a day each week and recap the highlights.
ReplyDeleteI would miss your blogging! However, I get that sometimes it's hard to be creative. I could never do an every day sort of entry...too much pressure! Slow down and just highlight once a week or so and see if it gets any better. :-)
ReplyDeleteSorry I have not checked in more often, but I love reading your blog and seeing what you guys are up to. I wish I had more time to update mine. Please don't stop completly Kathryn and I love to look at the pics and reading what you and Summer and Toby are doing there. BTW loved seeing the fall colors we don't get many of those here.
ReplyDelete