blogcranky

Been feeling kinda cranky around blogging lately.  Kinda forgetting why I started doing it in the first place ... self expression, connection, fabulosity, new variant on writing practice, blahblahblah. 

In the last week or so it's felt like just another thing that I have to do that I don't make enough time for and when I don't, it it just throbs at me: you're ignoring me ... you're ignoring me.  And with no comments in my email in-box to spur me on to write (yes, feedback/comments keep me going i totally cop to that...) it feels like a "should" not a "want to."  (kvetch, kvetch, kvetch...)

In a way I "blame" the Blogging the Artist's Way stuff - spurred on by that work, I've been getting deeper into my own writing and I'm feeling a little less 'sharey' than usual.  Interesting.

Just thought I'd write about it because there's something about blogging that reminds me of exercise ... and I know that the longer I stay away from both, the harder it is to come back.  And most of the time I feel better that I've done it. 

So, this is my walk on the blog treadmill for today.  My heart's not 100% in it, but sometimes you just have to put on the sneakers and walk, and the heart will follow.

Comments

[Marilyn]

I would have been leaving comments if I could have! I'm feeling TOTALLY WEIRD about blogging right now...like, rusty as hell. It was hard to be without a computer for an entire MONTH! (I'm sure it'll take me a week to get through all of the feeds in my Bloglines account...I read WAY too many blogs!) :)

[MB]

cranky or not, I like checking in with you! :-)

love

MB

[maria]

Hey Deb ... I can relate, too. Lately, with AW and all the new stuff going on with the jewelry biz, I've let blogging take a bit of a back seat. It's either that or not do the morning pages, etc., or not get enough sleep, or let some other ball drop, so I've just tried to get clear on the order of priorities and have made peace with it for now. I have been reading my fave blogs, though, but haven't been very good about leaving comments ... again, just a time thing, hopefully temporary.

Anyway, I like the suggestions you're getting. You'll figure out what works best for you ... and I'll always enjoy checking in and finding a new post when there is one. :-)

[kat]

i get blog cranky at times too. like everything it ebbs and flows. i'm sorry it feels like exercise though!!

i've been thinking of you, wondering how you were doing. i appreciate your checking in even if your heart wasn't in it 100 percent. i hope you'll come back and write more soon!! perhaps visiting some aw members blogs will provide some inspiration for writing here? (((hugs))))

i haven't been able to get a connection to the daily show so far. have you had any luck?

[bad andy]

for me the topics and reasons change all the time... what doesn't change so much is the community and the way I connect to it. Sure I don't always have anything to right.. sometimes I feel more inspired to listen and read other blogs than contribute to mine. I think of it like calling home or family. I don't always think to do it.. I don't always want to do it... sometimes there is something new.. most times there isn't... just check in and say you are there.. or spit out a question... you might get some interesting comments and answers.