Alright, I'm back.
After almost a year, I suppose I'll try this again. I'll tell ya why I stopped.
After posting a number of suberbly written and creatively illustrated blogs (lol), people began to shower me with praise. "You're such a good writer! Keep posting, I want to hear your thoughts!" Even my parents started a blog, on which there remains one and one only post. Under the onslaught of all this praise, I began to feel as though I had to perform. I began to THINK about my blogs, to record ideas in rough form for "future editing", so they could eventually be "presentable" for the blog page. And when I began to think about my blogs, they became work. And to someone who already struggles with laziness (perhaps the fact I am typing this on my work computer right now is a testament to that) a mode of e
ntertainment which feels burdensome loses its appeal. Its like chewing a pack of gum which quickly looses its flavor, (bazooka brand specifically comes to mind, because it sucks) and then makes your jaw tired. Such is only good for spitting out.
ntertainment which feels burdensome loses its appeal. Its like chewing a pack of gum which quickly looses its flavor, (bazooka brand specifically comes to mind, because it sucks) and then makes your jaw tired. Such is only good for spitting out.However, I like reading my friends' blogs and I had some nice thoughts to share so here I am again. No guarantees I'll stay, but whatever.
2 comments:
Bazooka bubble gum rocks, not so much for the gum, but for the great comics that come on the wrappers.
I'm soooo glad that you're back to blogging! I went through precisely the same sort of feelings you did when I blogged, only I took much longer to go through the cycle.
For two years I blogged, thinking that I had to be witty and entertaining every time I wrote. And then I stopped, started up my new blog, and figured that I should just write without pretension.
No matter what, your readers (me among them!) want the REAL YOU. So write from your heart and don't worry about appearances! Your readers already love you, just as you are!
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