I've been blogging for the past month or so and I went through different phases:
-the craze for reading blogs, commenting on them
-tentatively creating my own blog
-discovering/defining my blog persona
-interacting with other bloggers
My moods during these phases was mostly euphoric, exhilarating and the like. I was pumped up with adrenaline. My expectations of what I wanted to do in the blog world grew (out of proportion of what I could really do). My work did suffer because of my excessive fondness for the new addiction.
However the past couple of days there has been a cooling off of the feelings and I am getting to be more realistic. I know that there is only so much time that I can set aside for this activity. I am now bothered/worried whether I will ever be able to do justice to my blog? Will I continue to post? I certainly want to.
Dear veteran bloggers out there - can you predict the course of this disease?
Talking of veteran bloggers, today I got a comment from the Hiphop Grandma, (it made my day). I visit her blog and get different insights into life. I've wanted to write about her on my blog and today seems the right time to do so. Her tag will be a nice place to enter her blog, to know the kind of person she is. Cheers.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
At the cross-roads
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Dont worry boss . It happens when u enter the blogworld for the first time. But i think gradually u will adjust to it....
All the best for blogging. Dont stop them!!! its only kind of relief....in office atlest..!!!
The disease is a familar one :)
I also started off also as an enthusiastic blog-reader, last year, during a phase when I didn't have too much work in office. I'd been reading some blogs and I automatically gravitated to creating one for myself - that was a time when blogging wasn't spoken about as much as it is today, so for me, my blog was created with the concept of an online diary - a place where I could put my rants, and get some psychological relief. And once I'd created the blog, I was hooked :)
After 4-5 posts however, something strange happened. I realized that I didn't really have time to write new posts, and worse, even when I did have the time, I was experiencing a sort of block, because I didn't know what all I could write about. There weren't enough rants in my life, since I'm not a perennial cynic. And I didn't want to write anything too personal, so the blog couldn't really be an online diary.
[I think you are going through a similar phase.]
During the phase, I'd sit down many times, to post something, but my mind would experience a black-out and I would end up deleting the draft, because it would end up sounding concocted (sthg I was averse to) - and I wouldn't enjoy the process of blogging at all.
I then decided to stop forcing myself to post regularly, and write only when I had something that I felt should be expressed. That logic worked for me... Slowly, I began observing my thoughts in terms of things I wanted to say - rants, reviews, things I appreciated, travel, pictures etc..., and my blog started developing a character. My character :). That was also when I decided that my blog wouldn't be anonymous, because I enjoyed having the blog reflect my own persona.
Now blogging is now an integral part of my life (but not the only part), and yes, I'm enjoying it completely.
I think you should give yourself time, and realize that all your blog related activities ultimately should make you comfortable. If you have lots of work to do, refrain from spending time on blogs, cos if you do, your innate worry may make the process tedious. Also, don't worry about doing justice to your blog. Let your blogging activities be instinctive and within the scope of your regular day/activities. And don't set any expectations, or be bogged down by other people's expectations (or rather appreciation :), which leads you to set higher goals for yourself), because when you attempt to fulfill them, you'll lose out on your original purpose of blogging.
this stage like all others will pass.happy blogging.BTW thanx for that comment on my blog and linking me.
@nanuseena - Thanks for the encouragement - I sure will continue!
@shikha - Thanks for that lengthy and very useful comment. I sure will keep your words in mind.
I have a suggestion to make - your comment ought not languish within the confines of my comment space; you ought to actually put it on your blog as a regular post, where it can be available to a larger audience.
@hip_grandma - Thanks g'ma, its my pleasure :)
hi visitor thanks for the link :) i'm still in the honeymoon phase since last october, still come up with stuff to write about and if not my friends come up with something for me. since i type fast and mainly post pictures it doesn't take too much time.
thanks for the birthday wishes and the link... although my name is Ranjit Warrier (with an E, not an O... only one of my great uncles spells it with an o). I don't mind the O though so if you like it more, feel free to keep it.
Your intention to create this account was to comment on others. Why this sudden urge to start blogging. Please continue to do your droppings stuff on other's blog :)
@mosilager - Lucky you, still in the honeymoon period.
@anon - that'swhat I still do :), but human mind always craves for more, I thinks it is something that cannot be avoided.
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