Ok folks...I've been a pretty active blogger and a pretty inactive blogger. I've been a very active social networker and a very inactive social networker. I go back and forth between getting heavily involved in most activities and then go for long periods of getting stale on it. Heck...that describes my fitness journey and pretty much all my pursuits.
I'm either all-in...or all-out. It is my nature to immerse myself, but that often leads to some burnout...and then I have to tough time just being mildly involved.
Yes...I'm ill. What can I say? I know it.
Regardless...I'm doing some fresh evaluations on the merits of blogging and keeping this community separate from my social networking community. At first, I liked the total separation, but as I've started to "friend" more and more blog followers on FB, I'm actually enjoying seeing a whole new facet to the lives of my new friends...and perhaps considering whether that is the best direction to take.
Certainly, the blogging community allows a much more verbose and sometimes richer communications option for content, but perhaps I could and should be more concise anyway.
Well...this ain't my goodbye...it is just another thought for the day. I know that some bloggers do it all...integrating social networking, their blogs, their public websites...all of it. And many of them are for-profit bloggers. I'm not...and I don't see it ever going that way. I'm liked, but not loved. Followed, but not stalked. And that is okay, if not better since I'm not trying to make a career of it...just trying to throw the thoughts into the void to hear myself say them and see if they stick or have an impact.
I can pretty much do that in anywhere I guess. Thoughts...thoughts...thoughts...
I hope you don't give it up!! I've enjoyed your posts. Very witty.
ReplyDeleteFor me, blogging is just like my little diary and it helps to keep me accountable when I say I'm going to do something. I'm surprised that anyone reads it. I don't make money. I've never tried to make money. I'm not trying to change the world. But I have met some great people and even got to meet some in person. Some have become good friends.
So my thought is to decide what you expect to get out of your blog. Is it for YOU or for others? Are you doing it for the social aspect or to try to change lives and minds?
That being said, I hope you continue with it.
Ack, I'm just getting to know you! Darn it don't leave! I don't do the other media stuff, as I find just keeping up with Blogging is enough and even then I don't do a great job of it! Just know I have enjoyed getting to know you!
ReplyDeleteKeep focused!
You can't leave us!!! I look forward to your post everyday and to be honest your blog is one of the few I follow regularly!! We started our journeys together... =(
ReplyDeleteI like both. Some people don't have FB.... and I blog to keep it in journal form... for me...
ReplyDeleteFB is a social outlet for sure... I get around in there - 1800 people at a time!
The blog is a little more personal... like a candle-lit acoustic "UnPlugged" version -
just us and you! Gotta love that!