Comments on: Balancing Your Mojo Before You Land in Blog Burnout

By: Pour Your Heart Out: When Blogging Changes

Pour Your Heart Out: When Blogging Changes — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:17:56 +0000

[...] Theta Mom- it was in her archives and I actually went looking for it knowing I needed to reread it: Balancing Your Mojo Before You Land in Blog Burnout. I highly recommend that you read it. It really helped me to see that what I was feeling was pretty [...]

By: natalee

natalee — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:44:44 +0000

Thanks Heather (and Shell) I needed to reread this… xoxoxox

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:54:11 +0000

Never read this initially, and Shell called it out today.

Amen. I realized this myself over a month agao.

WIth over 500 followers, I could not keep up.

Could not. Now, I post 1 or 2x a week.

Growth has slowed down significantly, but I was dying.

Had to pull back.

And, now? It’s fun.

No more guilt about getting back to commenters.

I am only human, and I have a family.

By: Simone @ Greatfun4kids

Simone @ Greatfun4kids — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:00:07 +0000

Hi !
I was one of your very early readers and in those long ago early blogging days, you used to kindly visit me too… all the way in obscure Kiwi blogland.
Now look at you!
You are a master networkerand blog grower. I can only sit at a distance and gaze in awe at your followers list… wondering and scratching my head at how you American girls get such big numbers???!!!
I’ve koined SITS and Blogfrog, Top MomBlogs and Mom Bloggers Club… I’ve commented, signed up for twitter, made a facebook fan page… slowly slowly my follower numbers creep up one at a time…
I KNOW I have good content. I KNOW I connect with my readers and what I write encourages them and is a good ole read… cos they tell me.
And yet, with my hard-earned 281 google followers… I am struggling over with the very same thing yiou spoke of here. A bit of disillusionment combined with trying too hard??? And getting ADDICTED???
I just read a post my Shell at Things I can’t Say, where she quoted you and linked to this post and here I am.
Nodding my head at all that good sense.
Clapping my hands and shouting, “Amen sister! Preach it!”
You took the words right out of my mouth. thanks.
This was a great post and SO VERY TRUE. All of it.
xx

By: Theta Mom

Theta Mom — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:33:30 +0000

Shell,
I am so glad you did and I often find myself re-reading this post, reflecting on the very words that I wrote so many months ago. I struggle with this constantly. My blog grew what seemed to be overnight and it is *impossible* to keep up with it all, especially when you add in the time spent on Twitter, FB and even responding to emails… I have seen my traffic go up and down and what I’ve realized is I never want my kid to remember me sitting behind a computer – so if my comments are next to nothing, it doens’t matter because I have to remind myself that this is for *fun* and the moment it doesn’t feel like fun anymore, it’s time to re-read this post again!

Thanks for leaving such an awesome comment and I hope this post helped in some way.

By: Shell

Shell — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:58:05 +0000

I had to come over and reread this post- because it is something that I’m really struggling with lately, as my blog has been growing. It’s just impossible to keep up.

But, then I remember what is really important- my family. A year from now- heck, even a month from now- will someone remember that I took the time to return every visit/comment to their blog? Probably not. But, will my kids remember that I stepped away from the computer and played with them? Absolutely.

By: The Only Girl

The Only Girl — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:28:11 +0000

Great post! You make a very valid point about stepping back and making changes that suit you.

PS – dropping by from “Now that I’m no Longer 25″
.-= The Only Girl´s last blog ..Why I’ll Never Buy Socks or Underwear Again =-.

By: Kristen @ Motherese

Kristen @ Motherese — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:54:14 +0000

Thank you so, so much for drawing my attention to this post. You were right: it absolutely resonates with me and I feel very lucky to have read it at the precise moment when I’m starting to feel like something’s got to give (and I don’t want that something to be my sanity!).

Goodness, how did it take me so long to find you and your blog? I’m just lucky that you’ve come into my life now – and just in the nick of time, it seems!

Cheers to you!
.-= Kristen @ Motherese´s last blog ..Guilt Written =-.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:00:34 +0000

I burned out. I took a two month hiatus that made more people angry than I care to even think about, much less face, and coming back has been hard. People are mean. I have gotten nasty comments and all because I said I was done, then changed my mind. I'm a woman, and it is my right as one to change my mind, right?? Anyway...just wanted to share my perspective!! .-= Lee´s last blog ..I don’t do Memes =-.

By: Babes about Town

Babes about Town — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:19:52 +0000

This post could have been written with me in mind. I was experiencing exactly what you’re talking about, ‘bloggy burnout’, with all the effort of trying to keep up with my blog and others as well as manage my family’s expectations.

I’m in the process of a deep ‘spring clean’, not only of our living space but of my mental and emotional space, so I can get back on track and appreciate what I first loved about social blogging – the immediacy of connecting with ‘like minds’, feeling like I’m doing something useful and the sheer pleasure of writing. At the moment, anything else (followers, repeat commenters etc.) is really just gravy.
.-= Babes about Town´s last blog ..Making Cards 4 Cancer =-.