Comments on: A Blogger’s Life: Why Blog and When Do You Stop Blogging?

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:30:16 +0000

Ah, five years young. You are very welcome. I have no idea when exactly to start counting my “blogging years.” I started publishing on the web somewhere around 1988-1990 but the first websites came out as homepages in 1993-1994 and I had one of the first ones as part of testing them. When you have been doing it that long, you learn a few things along the way. Luckily, I’m constantly surprised at the changes and evolution of web publishing, so I’m with you.

The further apart we think we are from each other, the closer we are heading into each others’ arms. An old Up With People song was called “The Further We Reach Out.” “The further we reach out, the closer we become…” That is so true today with social media. Thank you for reminding me.

By: iuvetravel

iuvetravel — Tue, 07 May 2013 20:00:24 +0000

I thing there are 3 kinds of blogs: personal (as diaries), business ones (also two kinds, real blog business), and supportive ones – including pure SEO blogs. Well, there are 5 years since previous posts, so anybody could say this right now, but this species is evolving cause is in direct link with human nature to express it self to others… Why? Because is in our nature to be part of a… network, a social one… thank you lorelle for your blog, even after 5 years…

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By: GilGerretsen

GilGerretsen — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:52:22 +0000

This is an interesting discussion thread. I maintain both a personal (www.gilandvicki.info) and a business blog (www.biztrek.net). I see more and more people using personal blogs as an easier way to stay in touch with friends and family. I have friends and family spread all over the continent. I use Facebook to stay in touch with some. However, our personal blog allows picture and news sharing to anyone who wants to check in and “subscribe”.

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.

By: sharonb

sharonb — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:18:15 +0000

Whenever I feel like calling a halt to blogging I take a break for a little while. As yet I have not seriously thought of not blogging and I have been doing so almost daily since Jan 2004.

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.

By: Kathyp

Kathyp — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:24:02 +0000

Many times I wanted to stop. I think I’ve stuck with it just to prove that I’m not a quitter. I don’t want to be one those bloggers who posts her “last post” only to come back the next week calling it a false alarm, either. The best advice I can give is that unless blogging is your livelihood, try not to take it so seriously that it becomes a chore.

By: Chase March

Chase March — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:41:10 +0000

I’ve written a journal for eleven years. I used to write in it daily but I stopped doing that. Soemtimes I will not write in it for months at a time but something always draws me back to it.

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.

By: Ulla Hennig

Ulla Hennig — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:55:22 +0000

I deeply enjoy blogging. I have a photoblog with some ideas or thoughts going with it. Sometimes it’s hard to go for new pics, or to select one which I think could be of interest or joy for others. And of course it’s hard to stick to a schedule. But since the time I know some people are following my blog via RSS I look forward to give them something to look at.

By: scatterbrain

scatterbrain — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:51:22 +0000

Everyone blogs for a variety of individual reasons, I believe. Some for business, some for money, others to have somewhere to express an opinion or show off.

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.