Dear Crushing Silence,
I took the week off... I needed to recover from the overwhelming depression that the Super Bowl and my non-stalgia brought with it. I've also reached the blogging crossroads where you realize that no one really gives a damn what you're writing. I'm pleased with the writing I've done, but must come to grips with the fact that it's completely up to me, not the demands of my 1-3 regular readers to determine what material is or is not included in the blog. So I spent some quality time reflecting, drinking, sitting staring at walls and riding around on the motorbike (sweet new background image, eh?) last week trying to decide how to continue this thing.
I think everyone starts writing a blog with dreams of becoming the next Julie So&So who wrote the Julia Childs blog, got a book deal and was played by Amy Adams in the movie depiction of her life. Watching the little ticker tell me I'm close to 1000 views per month went to my head a little, and I made the mistake of trying to reach out to the mysterious 1000, the very light green on top of Russia on my stat map. People in Russia are reading me! How cool is that? It's come-back-down-to-Earth time. No one is reading; and if no one is going to read, what is the point of writing? Thus, I am going to write about whatever I want. You're not reading it anyway, so I'm not sure why I feel the need to justify my decision. So I'm just going to practice. Write whatever I want.
I needed to get that out. Onto the next inane entry
I think you should keep writing... and not for other people - you should write for yourself. Just because you may not have the audience you think you want now doesn't mean you won't have that audience later. And just because no one comments doesn't mean they aren't reading... you'd be surprised... And if writing makes you happy... gets you from one day to the next... charges your soul... or allows you to vent - then don't stop. At the very least, it will provide you with an interesting reflection one day. Don't stop, keep it up.
ReplyDeleteYep. Fishing for comment accomplished. :) Just kidding! I generally don't comment, but I do read every post, and notice when it's been silent for awhile. Still planning how to get out there to visit you...more on that later.
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