3 years
It is 3 years since I started blogging. I started at yahoo blogs moved to blogger and finally made it home on my own domain with wordpress.
Someone asked me what I write about – well I write about me. I write my emotions, my perspectives and everything that is ME. As Joan Didion said , I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear. Writing clears my mind and hence I write…I look back to the 400+ posts I have made during these 3 years and realize this blog has reflected ME.
I blog in bouts – I go through a phase when I blog nearly every day or atleast every other day (like in December 2009) and then through a dry phase where I rarely blog. It is so me. I take up something and get a bit obsessive with it and then cool off but with this blog I have been trying hard not to cool off and sustain my interest in blogging.
I blog about the flavor of the day – Just like I go through phases of blogging, I go through phases with different interests. Right now it is baking and few months back it was crocheting and before that was eco-friendly stuff. It is not that I give up my interests, they just move down on my priority list. Soon there will be more flavors
I am still paranoid – about what I post online. I try to avoid posting pictures of me or my family though most of my readers are either family members or friends I know well. There are a few people who drop in when they blog hop and have ended up being friends and I am thankful that my blog has brought in some great friends. If you frequent my blog and I do not know you, I would love to get to know you. Do leave a comment.
I am lazy – to comment on others blogs. I follow around 300 odd blogs on my reader and I rarely leave comments. I have been trying hard to leave a comment if I see something I like and that flows over to my blog as well. I rarely reply to comments. These days I have been trying hard to reply to comments in my blog. So if I do not reply shoot me!
Thanks for staying with me the past 3 years and wish me luck to go on and write more….. and is there anything you wish me to write about? Let me know I will share my 2 cents
pooh
February 8, 2010 at 10:19 am@Paula Jo I am trying hard to do better and ofcourse what better way than to challenge myself.. Our labor division sounds great! Hope you had a good weekend
pooh
February 8, 2010 at 9:52 amKK Thanks! I am much better… sometimes I cannot believe it has been 3 years and I still write.. nothing much but something atleast.
Paula Jo @ Home and Garden Decor
February 6, 2010 at 9:10 pmDon’t worry pooh, you are doing fine. See, I couldn’t maintain my own blog, due to I wouldn’t know what to write about almost every day and due to I wouldn’t have time enough.
Having an own house and big yard and the online store I’m trying to update and to work on bringing more traffic in, keeps me pretty busy all day.
So you write the blog and I do the commenting – we just share the work. LOL
Take care and have a nice weekend
PJ
KK
February 6, 2010 at 6:59 pmCongratulations on your 3rd blog Anniversary! Hope you are feeling better now recovering from cold. 400+ posts in 3 years is quite something. As a new blogger myself I agree comments do inspire you to write more.
pooh
February 6, 2010 at 5:24 am@Homecooked… I am posting them soon.. R just took the pictures…
Homecooked
February 6, 2010 at 4:19 amCOngrats on your blog anniversary Pooh 🙂 I would love to see ur crochet work. Did u post any pics on ur blog?
pooh
February 5, 2010 at 5:19 pm@Paula Jo I totally know about commenting and attracting traffic but let us just say I am lazy. I read blogs but do not comment. I am trying hard to change it. Thanks for your comments!
Paula Jo @ Home Garden Decor Accents
February 4, 2010 at 5:40 pmIf want other bloggers to comment on your blog you will need to leave comments too. Otherwise the whole blogging thing is very one sided. So try hard … LOL …and you will see, it will generate even more traffic to your own blog.
What you write about in your blog is one and only up to you. There are lots of people following personal blogs, blogs they are not intend to sell something. I enjoyed reading your blog posts, all the different subjects you write about. So keep on with the good work. I’ll be back and yes, I will read and comment. 😉