My business blog on the other hand, is designed to communicate with people in my business circle of influence. They can subscribe to my posts, “hear” my thoughts and plug-in as desired. It would be hard for me to stay connected to 2900 people any other way. Indeed, sometimes I have nothing to say, and sometimes a lot. When I am vacationing (which I do often) I stop writing. I think it is okay not to feel forced. Then the content degrades to junk. But, if you discover something, or have a unique thought, then blogging is a nice way to return to the modern day version of the front-porch dialogue that our society lost many decades ago.

I think if my readers really dropped off and I felt it was not being read then I would think about it. That said I keep a daily journal and have done so for 19 years – its part of my life and a habit like taking a daily shower.
Perhaps a question about not blogging would be more a question of wanting to change my daily routine rather than stopping blogging.

Writing a blog is the same but also different. I feel compelled to write a keep a more constant schedule because I have readers other than just myself.

But I think writing is a compulsion that many people just have to do. I know that I need to write. As such blogging is important to me. So is my journal.

I don’t think we should have expiration dates at all. I just think anyone that starts a blog should work hard to continue it, even if it is only updated once a month.

My own reasons are to teach myself about xhtml and css, image creation using Fireworks and improving my writing and brain function.

I don’t have a stats counter and am sincerely not bothered whether people read it or not. It’s for my own entertainment. I aim not to offend and try to make my site a pleasant experience for anyone who does come accross it.

I do, however, find it fascinating that so many people tie themselves up in knots about something which is, after all, fairly trivial.

I think part of what I feed off of is the learning process. Learning how to craft a blog article and marketing my blog has helped me in so many other areas in business.

I don’t see myself quitting blogging, but what does concern me is when some of my favorite new bloggers suddenly stop posting with no explanation, no final post, no good bye. As bloggers we grow to care about each other, and I worry when someones blog suddenly becomes dormant. It’s like losing a friend, but not knowing why.

This issue was on my heart so I wrote a post about it. Surprisingly, several of the bloggers showed up and gave me an update; their personal lives got too busy.

I fit into the latter category, which implies a marriage between blogs and posts – the current and the cumulative. I still struggle with WordPress and how to meet both of my objectives, i.e. how to even configure my site to do that.

When my cumulative work is done, I also will stop blogging, leaving only my footsteps in google.

Now, if I could only configure WP I would be a happy camper. Presently I am suffering death by a thousand cuts – SOOOOOO much information about wordpress, it’s killing me. But at least I know why I even try.