Three Secrets of No-Pressure Blogging
It's amazing how sometimes a post comes at just the right time. Amy Gahran in replying to the Wired article has suscintly and clearly given the three secrets to not getting burned out blogging:
- Post only when you have something significant to say.
- Accept no guilt trips.
- Set limits, especially on your own response reflex.
I've also had the feeling…jeez I haven't seen anything to post today, I should post something. But if blogging is supposed to be fun and, as Amy says, informative and high-quality then we owe to ourselves and our audience (large or small) to try to follow these “secrets”.
Three Secrets of No-Pressure Blogging
The July 8 Wired News article Bloggers Suffer Burnout, by Daniel Terdiman, has sure generated a lot of buzz in the online world.
Bloggers are burning out, he writes, either from self-imposed compulsion to post, or thanks to thanklessly demanding readers. “Several bloggers contacted for this story noted that their readers seem to look at their regular, consistent posting patterns as somewhat akin to a sign of physical health. And any break in that pattern is sometimes seen as a cause for alarm.”
OK, for those of you who might have worried about my absence over the last few days, I was camping in the mountains. Wait ??? no one was worried? Oh my God, have I ceased to matter? Do I still exist? Will my mother still love me?