It's been about 4 weeks since I posted anything. That's a really long time for me. I went almost 90 weeks straight with at least a Turnover Tuesdays post. What happened?
I don't want this blog to be a job.
I have been blogging for a long time, since the end of 2011. Until recently I enjoyed blogging a lot. It was a great outlet for me. Instead of boring all the people around me I could bore everyone in cyberspace and no one had to offend me when they stopped reading. Win, win.
That changed with my Turnover Tuesdays series at some point. I had to put out a post on Tuesday and I wanted it to be a more substantive post. Many times I would only think of topic on Tuesday afternoon or Tuesday night and frantically put something (mildly) entertaining and substantive out there. I also pretty much stopped posting any other idea because I thought I was wasting a Turnover Tuesdays opportunity.
I was starting to dread Tuesday and they don't pay me enough to be dreading my hobby so one Tuesday night I was about to write a post and then a business meeting happened suddenly and I didn't have time to put anything out there.
I feel liberated
I thought I would be disappointed to lose my streak but I didn't. I felt great about it. It was such a load off my back. It started to hit me that I stopped loving blogging and that was the biggest disappointment for me.
I'm a lot more busy than I used to be
As my Amazon business grows (and other parts of life grow too), I've had less time for non essential activities. I would much rather have my blog fall by the wayside than my family.
I don't plan on stopping, at least not yet, but it has been great to take some time off. Going forward, I hope to post randomly on stuff I enjoy. Hopefully you enjoy it too. Time to get back to basics!
I don't want this blog to be a job.
I have been blogging for a long time, since the end of 2011. Until recently I enjoyed blogging a lot. It was a great outlet for me. Instead of boring all the people around me I could bore everyone in cyberspace and no one had to offend me when they stopped reading. Win, win.
That changed with my Turnover Tuesdays series at some point. I had to put out a post on Tuesday and I wanted it to be a more substantive post. Many times I would only think of topic on Tuesday afternoon or Tuesday night and frantically put something (mildly) entertaining and substantive out there. I also pretty much stopped posting any other idea because I thought I was wasting a Turnover Tuesdays opportunity.
I was starting to dread Tuesday and they don't pay me enough to be dreading my hobby so one Tuesday night I was about to write a post and then a business meeting happened suddenly and I didn't have time to put anything out there.
I feel liberated
I thought I would be disappointed to lose my streak but I didn't. I felt great about it. It was such a load off my back. It started to hit me that I stopped loving blogging and that was the biggest disappointment for me.
I'm a lot more busy than I used to be
As my Amazon business grows (and other parts of life grow too), I've had less time for non essential activities. I would much rather have my blog fall by the wayside than my family.
I don't plan on stopping, at least not yet, but it has been great to take some time off. Going forward, I hope to post randomly on stuff I enjoy. Hopefully you enjoy it too. Time to get back to basics!
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