Comments on: How to Beat the Blogger’s Blues http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/ Find Your Voice Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:33:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: How to Beat the Blogging Blues http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-635 How to Beat the Blogging Blues Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:24:58 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-635 [...] post was my first ever guest post! It appeared over at Blogopolis Blueprint  and I’m grateful to Sean and Eric for giving me the chance to connect with their [...] [...] post was my first ever guest post! It appeared over at Blogopolis Blueprint  and I’m grateful to Sean and Eric for giving me the chance to connect with their [...]

]]> By: janice http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-636 janice Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:13:32 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-636 Sorry I didn't reply sooner; the time zone difference caught up and then life itself threw me an illness curve ball. @Eric Thank you for trusting me to do this. Blogopolis Blueprint was born at the same time as I started building my new blog. I feel like one of the BB babies and it has really helped me take my first steps knowing that this community is here. I'd like to take the chance here to thank you for always, <i> always</i> replying to comments and emails kindly, generously and promptly, no matter how busy you are. It probably comes so naturally to you that you don't realise what a breath of fresh air that is in the blogging world. Not everyone does it. @Keith Thank you! I am so relieved to hear that I'm not the only new blogbuilder who struggles with finding a sustainable pace. That's what's really inspired me about the comments here and the people who have taken the time to write. BB readers may be at different blogging stages but everyone seems to be equally passionate about blogging! @Elizabeth Thank you - it was my first guest blog post ever and I've loved the chance it's given me to connect. Your blog post title says it all - serenity starts with an open mind and I reckon an open mind starts with a love of clearing out, of preconceptions, old dreams, tolerations, toxic thoughts and everything that stops us expressing our gifts vibrantly. One of the things I like about the whole concept of blogging, all the different aspects of it, is the flow, how it balances input and output. Some days I'm open to just reading, learning and supporting while other days I love contributing and ache to write. The internet can be an amazing source of abundance as long as we know what to put on our spiritual shopping lists to the universe! Sorry I didn’t reply sooner; the time zone difference caught up and then life itself threw me an illness curve ball.
@Eric
Thank you for trusting me to do this. Blogopolis Blueprint was born at the same time as I started building my new blog. I feel like one of the BB babies and it has really helped me take my first steps knowing that this community is here. I’d like to take the chance here to thank you for always, always replying to comments and emails kindly, generously and promptly, no matter how busy you are. It probably comes so naturally to you that you don’t realise what a breath of fresh air that is in the blogging world. Not everyone does it.

@Keith
Thank you! I am so relieved to hear that I’m not the only new blogbuilder who struggles with finding a sustainable pace. That’s what’s really inspired me about the comments here and the people who have taken the time to write. BB readers may be at different blogging stages but everyone seems to be equally passionate about blogging!

@Elizabeth
Thank you – it was my first guest blog post ever and I’ve loved the chance it’s given me to connect. Your blog post title says it all – serenity starts with an open mind and I reckon an open mind starts with a love of clearing out, of preconceptions, old dreams, tolerations, toxic thoughts and everything that stops us expressing our gifts vibrantly. One of the things I like about the whole concept of blogging, all the different aspects of it, is the flow, how it balances input and output. Some days I’m open to just reading, learning and supporting while other days I love contributing and ache to write. The internet can be an amazing source of abundance as long as we know what to put on our spiritual shopping lists to the universe!

]]> By: Elizabeth Stanfill http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Elizabeth Stanfill Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:41:31 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-628 Bravo Janice! Well said, great post. I love that you say, "clearing out makes way for abundance..." It is so true and what a great thing to do when we are blogweary. Elizabeth <abbr><em>Elizabeth Stanfill’s last blog post..<a href="http://elizabethstanfill.blogspot.com/2009/03/destress-yourself-with-and-open-mind.html" rel="nofollow">Destress Yourself With and Open Mind</a></abbr></em> Bravo Janice!

Well said, great post. I love that you say, “clearing out makes way for abundance…” It is so true and what a great thing to do when we are blogweary.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth Stanfill’s last blog post..Destress Yourself With and Open Mind

]]> By: Keith http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-634 Keith Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:58:12 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-634 I really like this article Janice! I only recently began my blog but it didn't take me long to fall into the trap of "I gotta get another post up ASAP!" mentality. I am still disciplined enough to be sure I keep things moving along but now try not to freak out if I haven't completed my list of "25 daily blog duties". LOL You have great advice here in this article and I am taking it. :-) <abbr><em>Keith’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.thinkformoney.com/2009/03/16-symptoms-of-a-successful-person.html" rel="nofollow">16 Symptoms Of A Successful Person</a></abbr></em> I really like this article Janice! I only recently began my blog but it didn’t take me long to fall into the trap of “I gotta get another post up ASAP!” mentality. I am still disciplined enough to be sure I keep things moving along but now try not to freak out if I haven’t completed my list of “25 daily blog duties”. LOL You have great advice here in this article and I am taking it. :-)

Keith’s last blog post..16 Symptoms Of A Successful Person

]]> By: Eric Hamm http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Eric Hamm Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:53:03 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-629 Wow Janice, you really knocked this one out of the park! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing all this meaty insight. I love this part: "Maybe a stint of blogging has made you realize that we create our own cubicle nation mentality and take it with us." Very true! I think many of us chant our freedom as bloggers and yet become slaves to our little spot in front of our computers. Great first guest post, Janice! :-) Eric Wow Janice, you really knocked this one out of the park! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing all this meaty insight.

I love this part:

“Maybe a stint of blogging has made you realize that we create our own cubicle nation mentality and take it with us.”

Very true! I think many of us chant our freedom as bloggers and yet become slaves to our little spot in front of our computers.

Great first guest post, Janice! :-) Eric

]]> By: janice http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-630 janice Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:01:13 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-630 Thanks, Gary! I've learned a lot over here today and the experience has certainly reminded me of the aspects of blogging I love most! Thanks, Gary! I’ve learned a lot over here today and the experience has certainly reminded me of the aspects of blogging I love most!

]]> By: Gary http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Gary Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:50:43 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-633 Wonderful! Great ideas to help keep blogging fresh and focused. Always helpful to take a pause and reflect on why I do this! Thank you! Wonderful! Great ideas to help keep blogging fresh and focused. Always helpful to take a pause and reflect on why I do this! Thank you!

]]> By: janice http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-632 janice Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:35:06 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-632 Really appreciate it, Randi, more so because I love reading your comments too, over here at BB, at WD and in all the other places where I keep 'bumping into' you and other people I 'recognise'! I'm old fashioned because I still think community's important, even if it's a cyber community, and I like to gradually get to know the people who comment in my favourite blogs; it's one of the things I enjoy most about blogging. Good luck with the spring cleaning! I'm just about starting to see light at the end of the tunnel with mine! Really appreciate it, Randi, more so because I love reading your comments too, over here at BB, at WD and in all the other places where I keep ‘bumping into’ you and other people I ‘recognise’! I’m old fashioned because I still think community’s important, even if it’s a cyber community, and I like to gradually get to know the people who comment in my favourite blogs; it’s one of the things I enjoy most about blogging. Good luck with the spring cleaning! I’m just about starting to see light at the end of the tunnel with mine!

]]> By: Randi http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-631 Randi Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:00:49 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-631 Thanks for the timely tips, Janice! I could especially apply section 3. I plan on following some of the tips there to do some spring cleaning. Glad to see you on a guest post because I love reading your comments! <abbr><em>Randi’s last blog post..<a href="http://foreignquang.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-tell-when-spring-has-sprung.html" rel="nofollow">How to Tell When Spring has Sprung...</a></abbr></em> Thanks for the timely tips, Janice! I could especially apply section 3. I plan on following some of the tips there to do some spring cleaning.

Glad to see you on a guest post because I love reading your comments!

Randi’s last blog post..How to Tell When Spring has Sprung…

]]> By: janice http://blogopolisblueprint.com/how-to-beat-the-blogger%e2%80%99s-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-627 janice Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:30:28 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=898#comment-627 Thanks, Barbra. You'd laugh if you knew how long it's taken me to get a photo of me for my new blog that I don't loathe! Rightly or wrongly, I always have a gut reaction to the photos on people's blogs so I think it's worth getting something that you're happy with and that the feedback is positive on. I sent a range of photos for feedback to colleagues who'd only ever read my writing. Spookily, they all chose the same favourite and said that's what the 'me' in my writing looked like. Thanks, Barbra. You’d laugh if you knew how long it’s taken me to get a photo of me for my new blog that I don’t loathe! Rightly or wrongly, I always have a gut reaction to the photos on people’s blogs so I think it’s worth getting something that you’re happy with and that the feedback is positive on. I sent a range of photos for feedback to colleagues who’d only ever read my writing. Spookily, they all chose the same favourite and said that’s what the ‘me’ in my writing looked like.

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