Soooo, I haven't really been around much lately.
We HAVE been doing things. I HAVE been taking pictures.
I have photos from two shoots, including a wedding, to edit. I am dragging my feet. And until they're done, I don't feel like I am allowed to edit and post my OWN pictures. And this is all really stupid, because Editing is No Big Deal, usually. Right now, though, it feels insurmountable. My eyes get twitchy, the boy wants to talk to me JUST AS photoshop finally opens, there is something REALLY important to watch on Shark Week, and I just don't do it.
I am also thinking about why I blog. It used to be fun, a way to celebrate my days and share with my friends. Lately, most the blogs I read are following the trend to Be Useful. To show readers how to do things, be inspiring, make stuff, and be awesome. The voyeur inside misses the days when reading blogs was like reading a real journal or a letter. I don't always want to know how to sew my kid's clothes, grow organic tomatoes, be a super-fun-awesome artist, or how to win friends and influence people. I just want to know how people are doing, what their lives are like. Are all of these bloggers' lives really as lovely and uncomplicated and creative and full-of-wonder as they seem? Because if so, I am seriously missing out on something. My life is a constant balancing act of trying to be a good enough mother, housekeeper, wife, friend, creative person while not losing my temper and my mind.
I guess I'm feeling the pressure to have one of those really cool blogs. My blog is just my web journal. It won't teach anyone how to cook, sew aprons, or take great photos. I'm not disparaging the blogs that do teach those things. I just don't know where I fit in anymore.
Anyone feeling this?
Preach it, sister !
Umm- not sure what category am I in?
Not really cool.
Not really useful.
nor “… lovely and uncomplicated and creative and full-of-wonder…”
What was the question again?
Just write what you want- put up the pictures you like- and get over the worry. Who cares? I just want to know how you are doing and see lots of pictures.
I love YOU!
(just the way you are. Fred Rogers would have said.)
I went through a long period of inactivity on my blog because I just didn’t have anything to say. I think that maybe what you are experiencing might have had at least a little something to do with it.
I don’t worry about any of that any more and now I’m enjoying blogging again.
Imagine that!
Write about your days. That’s what counts.
Keep writing and I’ll keep reading.
Yes! Most of the other blogs make me feel like a failure. I have stopped reading so many because I don’t believe in their perfect little fairy tale worlds… I could list the ones I have stopped reading… but it would fill this box tenfold.
I love reading about you and your family and what you do. Don’t ever change it!
I feel the same way, although I also got sidetracked with my brother’s family living here and the kids’ overwhelmingly detailed schedules. I’m thinking of easing back in slowly… I ALWAYS read what you write and always love it!
It looks like I’m stalking your blog- but I really just wanted to check out some people on your blog roll and everytime I return feedjit puts my picture up! I like that picture, but it is starting to freak me out!
Love you-
Thanks everyone. I think I got it out of my system with this post. I was just feeling overwhelmed and had lost my sense of purpose in my blog. I do love my blog–it’s almost five years old! I miss it. I’m going to keep writing and posting.
hey, late to join in here, but I read your blog, and love it 🙂 you are real, and that’s good! i get sick of perfect (quote unquote) facebook statuses, perfect blogs and perfect unrealistic standards I see out there every day! there is no way I can do it all, and keep it together, and those sites definitely don’t help me with that struggle. my blog doesn’t seem interesting to me, andI also fight with how much personal stuff to put up there (how’s it going– no big changes, so why post?) but also am trying to keep the few people who do read it informed and get a glimpse at our lives. anyways, i’ll talk to you later, need to see if you are still up for leah days in september? 🙂