What Can I Say?
Sometimes I take breaks from blogging, usually because I have nothing much to say, but sometimes because I get in these weird, bored with blog land kinda moods.
I go through the day and while Natalie learns a new word, or does something incredibly cute, I just don't feel like talking about every little thing right then and there and save some stuff for a larger update (like her 15 month post coming soon).
We have play dates with friends or enjoy an awesome afternoon at the park but I'm sometimes overcome with an, "Do I really need to put my whole life on display?" feeling.
Do I even need to write this post now explaining myself?
I know I'm not obligated to blog. I can share as much or as little as I'd like on any given day.
I enjoy it a lot but sometimes I just can't find it in me to stop by and update. I don't mean to sound negative or whiny in any way, I just want to give a brief reason why I go weeks without posting sometimes.
It doesn't help that I get moody about real life sometimes and just feel stuck in a rut. I have such a good life, what is there to complain about?
Absolutely nothing.
I start to feel bored though, or like a loser. I know that sounds kinda fucked up considering my daily life is centered around Natalie. I do get lonely though, especially when the weather is freezing and we are cooped up inside all day. I have been lucky enough to have some friends come visit a few times last week and I'm really grateful for that.
Again, I know I have nothing to complain about and I'm not, I'm just letting out how I feel sometimes.
15 Thoughts :
I get into this same blogging rut sometimes, but not in awhile. I have to admit though.. the only reason I blog frequently now is because I do it all at work since I'm not very busy. I don't blog from home at all. If I didn't work, I'd probably barely blog. I hope you get past your rut. I'd be sad if you stopped blogging.
Thanks Ness! I know what you mean though, if I worked more I would probably blog more too, since I find I have a lot more free time at work than I do at home.
Bored with blog land?? Noooo. Haha. J/k. Ugh, me too. I have been lagging recently...not with posts...but with content and stuff.
Yeh, I get it totally! :)
Cheers.
It is YOUR blog. Write when you want. Write about whatever you like. You are not obligated to please others. :) When I blog, I love to blog about topics that interests me (cloth diapers, It's Deaf Thing, and etc). I write for me not for others. When I get into the mentality of I have to write for others, then it is when I start to feel like I am in rut.
I understand how that goes; I'm a SAHM, and my families don't live nearby. Neither does our friends. So it can get quite cooped up for us. I am anxious for warmer weather so I can take Forrest, and my dog for a walk.
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I'm the same as Vanessa, I do most of my blogging during my downtime at work, if I was a SAHM I would probably blog even less. On the days I have to stay home because Hunter is sick I don't even think of blogging, he hates it when I'm on the computer and by the time he's in bed I just don't have the motivation. I've been in a bit of a blogging rut lately myself.
We all get stuck in a rut sometimes. And especially now with instagram, it's like repeating yourself on FB, Instagram AND blogging!
I have such similar feelings every winter... the lack of sunny weather really takes it's toll on me - so you are not alone there (and not fucked up at all). And I hate feeling obligated (or anything resembling that) to blog - it takes away from the experience. Sometimes I lose motivation for blogging and feel like WHAT is the point..? Other times I can't get enough of it and love writing just for the heck of it.
And I totally love your humor and your thoughts on things so you could blog about the dirt in your front yard and I'd read it and enjoy it 100%, haha! :o) Hang in there, only TWENTY days until spring. That is less than a fricking month. I cannot be more excited and ready for that!!! XXXOO!
We're here whenever you feel like talking girl! ;)
Love on that little girl
I hear ya lady! The last few weeks we have been stuck at home since all of our friends seem to have continuous colds and add in the cold rain and I feel blah. I have been slow with the whole blogging thing lately too since I don't seem to have but a few minutes when I can set Carter down and am not running after Leah! And I don't have anything interesting to say! I did just start an instagram account though and that is my new favorite social media distraction :) Do you have one?
yea I try to blog daily and I worry I will bore someone to tears
Thanks Ali! Once the spring is here I think I'll be jubilant and full of energy. Right now I'm just kinda blah though. Not that I'm a sad sack of it just moping around or anything but it will be so nice to be able to spend hours and hours outside everyday.
I did have one until I realized I spent WAY too much time on there and posted way too many photos! I miss it already though and am thinking of making a new account again. :)
I feel exactly the same lately! Well I've felt like it for months to be honest, I used to do posts on such random topics, but I never have much to say anymore even though I feel like I do so much more in my life than when I first started blogging, so I should have more to say to be honest. Maybe the random topic posts came out of nowhere because I was that bored with life and had nothing else to do.
And I'm barely ever home either, but when I am I can never be bothered to do a post. & For this reason I rarely even read other's blogs anymore which I feel really bad about.
God, my life is difficult at times...
Hope you get your motivation back and hope Natalie gets better soon too!
I think a lot of us can relate. Sometimes broadcasting every little thing gets old. After some time passes, you feel a bit more refreshed to jump back in.
I can totally relate. I have even given my blog an expiration date... I am thrilled to have the memories and the photos within arm's reach, but this isn't a career, it's a hobby. Last week someone emailed me and told me my blogging hasn't been what it used to be... for real... someone I don't even know... I wanted to be like... HELLO THIS IS NOT A JOB IT'S A HOBBY... NO ONE IS PAYING ME! So... I get it, sometimes this blogging stuff is annoying.
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