Where Does Blogging Fit Into Your Life?
Blogging often starts as a curiosity or minor interest. You write a few posts, get a few visitors and a subscriber or two. You start reading other blogs (if you’ve not been doing this already) and adding more and more to your RSS reader. After a couple weeks, you find that ideas for you blog creep into your head during business meetings and social conversations. Soon blogging becomes a passion….no, an obsession.
For many of us, blogging started as a hobby but became something more. In my own life, I started blogging as an outlet from work; a way to share my ideas and gain ideas from others. But it didn’t take long for blogging to become much more than that. Soon it was two blogs, then three. A couple months ago I added a fourth blog as a resource for a training workshop I was doing. Four blogs will keep you very busy.
But I also have a life outside of blogging. And recently, that life has gotten in the way of my blogging. Well, maybe that’s not a good way to put it. The fact is, I have to set priorities for my life, just like each one of you. And my priorities are family and work. It was work that needed the most attention and will continue to consume the majority of my time for the next month. So, something had to give, and it’s been my blogging.
I don’t blog for a living. Heck, I could probably make more with a sign on the street corner. But I do value my blogging for other reasons. Nonetheless, blogging has taken a backseat in my life for the past several weeks. Any of my regular readers already know this just from the infrequent posting on this blog. I’ve even got a few kind emails (thank you) from readers wanting to know what had happened. As I said to them, it’s just a situation where life had other plans than I did.
When you are blogging, or involved in any hobby for that matter. You need to keep things in perspective. Keep your priorities straight, even if something has to suffer a bit. I’m not suggesting that you neglect your blog, but don’t let it take over your life. We’ve probably all heard the jokes about husbands or wives that seem wed to their blogs, allowing their relationships to suffer. But when it really happens, something is desperately wrong. Put blogging in it’s correct place, and give it the proper attention only AFTER you have taken care of the other priorities.
So, I’m probably not going to be posting as often as I’d like during the next month. Let me apologize to you now. You may want to take the time to visit some of my older posts or spend the time working on your own blog. I will be posting once or twice a week, so I’m not disappearing entirely. And watch out for mid-May, when I get some of my free time back. There is still a lot I want to accomplish on this blog and a lot that I want to share.
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Comments
Hey buddy, long time no see! I’ve been a bit out of the blogging loop lately and am slowly catching up. 
I had to step back from blogging a bit as well due to some things happening in the real world. And you’re right when you say that blogging can soon become a passion…an obsession. So many of us have experienced that, which is why it’s so important to find that perfect balance between blogging and living. The last thing I want to do is die at my computer while in the middle of writing a blog post. 
Shine on,
Aaron
I totally relate, I haven’t been posting that often either (I used to every day). I’m not making any money out of my blog, which means I have to put lots of hours into my full time job. And blogging did become more than a passion already, it would be nice if I had more time for it. It’s hard to live in the real world and online at the same time.
Good luck to you!