I’m going through this “thing” again. Why do I blog? What’s the point? What do I expect to get out of it? Why do I do this to myself?
Because, I’ve got to face it, I’m not setting the world on fire with this place. I’m not raking in the dough or receiving requests to write for high paying magazine gigs.
I can’t give it up though. I’m hooked. Plus, I’m narcissistic. Oh, and let’s not forget the fact that I like how the keys feel beneath my fingers. Tap, tap, tap.
Blogging and writing are in my blood.
I just don’t know what to do with it right now.
I’m going to be honest for a minute, although…I’m not sure why I prefaced what I’m going to say with that because…I’m ALWAYS honest! I would SO MUCH like to see my blog rock the interwebs. It does, I know. But not in the capacity that it should.
I don’t fit into a nice, neat little niche. I’m a random, vomiting of the mind type blogger. I don’t do reviews. I don’t do coupons. I don’t do diapers…cloth or otherwise.
I am who I am. A Mommy who has a Blog. Hi.
Right now, as far as blogging goes, I don’t feel like that is good enough.
Twitter is boring me to tears. Plus, I still feel like I’m talking to myself. If that’s the case and I really am chatting in 140 characters into the air well…that just is a stupid waste of time. Considering I can just sit in a room and talk to myself and not keep cutting myself off after 140 little letters and signs.
Facebook annoys me because I don’t give a rat’s ass what kind of food you’re eating or who you are hanging out with. (You in the ubiquitous sense of the word)
Which leaves me, once again, in bloggy limbo. Which, right now at this moments, is at my kitchen table.
Maybe it’s the time of the season.
But really? There has GOT to be something more, when it comes to blogging, than THIS.
Is there?
I go through this same thing every few months. I don’t have an answer for you, but I know how you feel.
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Dude! I was just thinking that about 2 weeks ago. I had a huge talk with my husband about it. Deep Breath!
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Take a break from blogging. We’ll still be here when you get back. And as for Facebook? Just deactivate your account and move on with your life. I hate FB.
Same thing happens with me and comedy girly! Then I drag my ass on stage and try and hold to that 10 minutes “high” I get when everyone in the room is laughing at my ranting. Or maybe that is just the vodka I am feeling, I am still not sure!
I know what you mean. Feel the same way at times. And my real job is taking a ton of my time, as maybe it should….. Wish I had an answer for ya. But know that you are not alone. And why don’t you want to know what I’m eating????!??!?! ;o)
Seems like I spend most of my time marking blog comments as sp*m these days, which is annoying.
And I’ve got the Twitter ennui right now myself. I feel your pain with the “talking-to-myself” feeling. F’sure.
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Totally know where you’re coming from. I have a draft of a blog post that I’ve been sitting on for MONTHS because I know it’s not finished (this is ironic, I get that) called The Perils of the Generalist…Online. It seems to me that all the “it” bloggers or sites have these really focused messages, really tight branding, even if it’s just a mom and an idea (like the very awesome PhD in Parenting, by example.) I’m just interested in waaay too many things to limit myself to only blogging about gifted education or breastfeeding or technology consulting or writing or being a (not-too-crazy-but-sometimes-angsty) mom or whatever.
And I get frustrated because I get people telling me all the time about how I’m a great writer, they love my stuff, they ask me about blog posts or comment about them when I see them IRL…but they literally NEVER comment on my blog. Hey – in my view you’re a winner, you’ve got 7, 8 comments here on this post! 😉
But I hear you. We’ll just have to shout in the wind together, won’t we? So much of what I get out of blogging is what I put into it. The process of writing helps me clear up my thinking about things. When I apply the discipline of writing to my thought process, it all becomes so much less chaotic, so much more clear, so much less scary. I can’t stop writing. I literally can’t.
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As I was reading this I first thought, I LOVE this girl. Then I thought, Is she reading my mind? And then I thought about a conversation I had with Theresa’s husband last Friday night about the subject. THEN, I read the comments to find Theresa’s comment. Weird. Her hubby likened Twitter to a circle jerk. After I laughed my ass off, I agreed. I’m getting over it too. But I do still love blogging and tweeting even though it does feel like we’re talking to thin air. My take away for now, besides the millions I make in my mind, is the outlet for all the crap that’s in my head and also the friendships, like yours, that I’ve developed. The blogosphere is the proverbial water cooler for us moms, and we need it! Love ya!
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you are reading my brain right now! i feel exactly the same way, about the keys beneath my fingers, about the need for the blogging, everything. i totally want my blog to be more than it is, but i’m having a hard time figuring out the best way to do that without changing my focus or selling my soul. so when you’ve got it all figured out, holla, would you?
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I adore your blog, and think that there is something fabulous waiting for you. I could have written this post 6 months ago, and suddenly, good things started happening. It’s still not enough, but I can see myself moving in the right direction. They say that content is key, and you’ve got that. I think everything else will follow if you stick with it.
I, too, adore your blog. But truth? There aren’t that many ‘Heather Armstrong’s or ‘Pioneer Woman’ out there. And truly? I would not want HUNDREDS of comments on everything I posted. There would not be enough time in the day. For me, it has to be enough that there are those who would miss me were I to stop blogging. And for me? That IS enough.
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Any thing that you love to do is hard. I get the sense that you LOVE to blog – that you adore your readers – and so, well, it is going to be hard. And, I go through the same thing every 6 months or so, and I have no where near the readership/popularity that you do. But, I plow through it and keep moving forward.
Hang in there – deep breaths.
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You have totally read my mind. I am not a ‘niche’ blog either and I am just basically a random, egomaniac. what to do? It reminds me of the quote about writing ‘i write because i can’t not write’- this is sort of how i feel: ‘i blog, because i can’t NOT blog.’
so yeah, i don’t have any answers, but i totally hear ya loud and clear.
if you figure it out, let ME know!!
do love your blog (and you!!) though so hope you keep pluggin (or tappin) away!
xoxo
OK, so all the commenters (including me) are in a little club! General bloggers who happen to be moms. Did I get that right?
I don’t call my kids cute little names. I don’t do a million giveaways–and the ones I do don’t get that much attention.
Thanks for writing a post I’ve thought about!
xo Susie