Jen recently wrote about her struggles with the state of the blogosphere and the status of her own blog within that community. I too have struggled with this recently. Since becoming a Mom I have less time, and lets face it, less interest in blogging. I feel like I have less to say that would interest people. It was easy when I was travelling and I had some weird and wacky adventure every week. It was easier when I had hours to devote a post so that I could work on it and get it just right. Now I am forced to quickly bang out blog posts and they aren't well written. I don't even re-read them before I publish. They could be so much better but I just don't have the time. To make matters worse, I have another blog which I have been spending far more time on and this one has sort of faded into the background. It is read by family and young people and so I am more guarded. I read some other blogs and I feel ashamed that theirs are so good and mine is so weak. I have never benefited socially from blogging like Jen or so many other women bloggers and I have maintained it out of a sense of duty. Duty to what few readers I have and most of all, to Paisley. Her monthly newsletters are what keep this blog going at this point.
I am out of adventure and angst. I have no major decisions facing me and my existence is pleasant, if boring. Not great blogging material. I do not want to be a "mommy blogger" and my writing work is all covered by non-disclosure agreements so I can't really venture there. (Although, let me tell you - there is some crazy shit going on in the world of marketing!)
Despite all of this, I just can't do it. I can't bring myself to pull the plug - not yet any way.
2 comments:
I came over from Jen's site. Ironically, her post led me to read a lot of small but interesting blogs like yours.
My life isn't that exciting, either. I think there's something that people don't say, which is this: People with a lot of drama or tragedy in their lives have interesting blogs. It's awful to think about in that way but I see issue-centered blogs getting a lot of traffic. I try to turn that thought on its head and feel lucky that things are good in my life.
Don't leave. I like reading your blog!!
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