I Don't Even Know Anymore
The dreaded blogger hiatus. It affects even the greatest of bloggers from time to time. As for me, it hits me more often than I’d like to admit. I try to bring my various blogs back, but then something comes up and I make one post, maybe two. (And of course that one post is made up of, "I’m trying to bring the blog back, please bear with me, new content soon!" and then... radio silence again. It's a wonder I have any readers anymore.(I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that I didn't, actually.)
I get consumed by certain things, where it's what I want to do all the time, and that's what can affect what I'm blogging about. If I have a blog related to what I'm currently into, I'll blog about it. Otherwise, I won't. (Though, now that I think about it, I should use this blog for anything that doesn't follow the "rules" of my other blogs, since it truly is a catch all grab bag blog for everything else that doesn't fit on my themed blogs.)
Maybe blogging just isn't for me, I don't know. I used to really enjoy writing about my day, or doing blogging/journal memes, or just keeping this thing semi-updated back in the days when LiveJournal was really big. (The only reason I haven't moved from this blog is the history, to be honest. I created this journal in 2002. I loathe to start over anywhere else, and I also have this weird quirk that I don't want multiple blogs on the same platform. Like, my cross stitch blog is on Blogger, so none of my other blogs can also be on Blogger. It's why I have blogs on LiveJournal, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress, Weebly, and Postach.io.)
Now, of course, the next question that I inevitably struggle with is why have so many blogs? Why not consolidate them all and just have one blog? So if I want to blog about cross stitching one day, and about makeup the next. That way the blog stays current. And I've thought about it, I really have. And at one point, I believe I did do that here. But then I read those "How To Gain Blog Reader" guides that tell you to not have too broad of a subject matter otherwise you alienate your audience (people there for nail posts don't wanna read about cross stitch/crafty stuff and vice versa. Stuff like that.)
I find it funny that I do this, after making a blog post about a year ago on how to avoid this. I should learn to practice what I preach, huh?
We'll see.
Edit: Apparently this is my 900th post. Go figure.
I get consumed by certain things, where it's what I want to do all the time, and that's what can affect what I'm blogging about. If I have a blog related to what I'm currently into, I'll blog about it. Otherwise, I won't. (Though, now that I think about it, I should use this blog for anything that doesn't follow the "rules" of my other blogs, since it truly is a catch all grab bag blog for everything else that doesn't fit on my themed blogs.)
Maybe blogging just isn't for me, I don't know. I used to really enjoy writing about my day, or doing blogging/journal memes, or just keeping this thing semi-updated back in the days when LiveJournal was really big. (The only reason I haven't moved from this blog is the history, to be honest. I created this journal in 2002. I loathe to start over anywhere else, and I also have this weird quirk that I don't want multiple blogs on the same platform. Like, my cross stitch blog is on Blogger, so none of my other blogs can also be on Blogger. It's why I have blogs on LiveJournal, Tumblr, Blogger, WordPress, Weebly, and Postach.io.)
Now, of course, the next question that I inevitably struggle with is why have so many blogs? Why not consolidate them all and just have one blog? So if I want to blog about cross stitching one day, and about makeup the next. That way the blog stays current. And I've thought about it, I really have. And at one point, I believe I did do that here. But then I read those "How To Gain Blog Reader" guides that tell you to not have too broad of a subject matter otherwise you alienate your audience (people there for nail posts don't wanna read about cross stitch/crafty stuff and vice versa. Stuff like that.)
I find it funny that I do this, after making a blog post about a year ago on how to avoid this. I should learn to practice what I preach, huh?
We'll see.
Edit: Apparently this is my 900th post. Go figure.