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Increasingly more number of blogs are getting shutdown, I recently read somewhere as many as 100.000 blogs per month are going down – by not getting updated or people have lost Interest.
Blogging has emerged as much more than social phenomena. it’s becoming psychological phenomena among tech-savy crowd. Psychologists are rubbing their hands new psycho killer.I have quite number of friends who just disappear once in a while from their blog just to address burnout issues. Here are couple of things I want to convey from my observation.
As usual my observation and thoughts are general and if you are not part of that mob mentality then following thoughts doesn’t apply to you.
Blogging means – A space for yourself. It’s a freedom without leg chains. Most of you feel hammered down by restriction surrounding us to say what we want. Blogging gives us a immense power to express without disclosing identity. and sometime to say something we want to say to someone which we can hardly say in front of him/her (President, priest, pope …..)
Blogging in one way is your deep desire for acceptance, Everyone needs to be Loved and appreciated. Blogging gives you tremendous opportunity to get appreciated without your physical presence. Most of our need to be loved is never for our physical appearance but for your internal character. Blogging allows you to open up your inner world and get appreciated for your inner beauty!.
Blogging in some way is your frustration outlet. Everyone needs a private space to contemplate. In blogging you enter into conversation with yourself and this can be a catharsis for you. Just check this – most of the people i met say they check their blogs and create content late night or early morning.They feel peaceful and prefer to be alone in said timings , they feel quite relaxed and feel quite away from day to day issues. in other words subconsciously blogging allows them to spend some quality time with themself.
Blogging can also be your own defense mechanism towards your attitude and values. Quite a number of times you feel strongly about number of issues but never feel 100% comfortable because you feel small lingering doubt somewhere in your heart’s corner about your own thoughts and values. To find people on web telling you about they also feel the same way makes you feel more comfortable with your own life, thoughts attitudes and ideals.
Is blogging new tension of your life? If blogging over a period time is sucking you and you feel that tremendous need to blog irrespective of how you feel on a day means you need to take a deep breath and answer few questions. I have set of contemplating questions for you . See if it can help you.
- Do you check your blog often just to see traffic and comments continuously? why do you do that?
- What happens if no-one reads your blog? will you still write?
- How much blog has affected your life? Do you feel a subtle tension to go update, Check blog and respond. Can you say blogging is one of the positive influences in your life?
- How do you handle negativity on your blog? does bad comments keep bothering you even after you walk away from your computer?
- What creative energy has been enhanced after you started blogging? Have you felt uplifted or does it feels like obligation after sometime?
- Is blogging your way telling world how angry you feel about issues? then don’t stay angry about the same thing after you write- let it go. why do you still stay angry after you wrote what you wanted to write?
- Do you feel you have been disconnected from your world just because you are not updating blogs and making comments?
Just take a minute and answer few of the above questions and I am sure they can be fun
Make your blog fun activity , words carry energy and if you are discontented person then it shows on your blog. Don’t add new tension to life, Blogging can be powerful catharsis to create beautiful energy which can influence millions of people in positive way. it’s OK if no one likes your blog as long as you feel good and uplifted by blogging. then that alone can have positive affects on your immediate family.And Happy families create happy communities.
If you are coming close Blog burnout, Take a deep breath and start having fun. Just to let you know- blogging is just a private conversation between you and yourself.
Relax and I want to visit your blog next time you write, Let me know your place and I would be happy to drop few flowers on your door step!
Love as usual and that’s a ton dear ones
Cheers
Suresh
You raise an interesting point. We write and don’t have the slightest idea whether anyone will ever read our words. But you’re right that writing is essentially a creative and therapeutic activity … and the author is also the “first reader.” It’s interesting to be able to come back to what we have blogged about as a way of reflecting on past experiences, and so it’s valuable for that reason as well.
That’s a gorgeous photograph. Where was it taken?
David
Thanks David , It is LAke Tahoe! in Early Morning Hours!
oh suresh, my suresh! …..Your great! i wish i could blog just even a 5% of what you have written. But i just can’t compose the right words to say. I wanna express whats on my mind but the words of silence does always come out.
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Very interesting thought suresh! Great photo too.
“blogging is just a private conversation between you and yourself.”
very well written, suresh. reading your posts, i am sure you are on a very high philosophical plane. hope to get more such gems from you, so that mortals like me can atleast get to read your thoughts.
you have been blogrolled sir.
best wishes and regards
rk
Suresh, we are really privileged to read your blogs. I remember your talk in Sweden on Occult Practices Last year. I was fortunate to attend your talk at your friends place. Hilariously All of us were waiting for some Guru from India to speak and then you walked in with a Armani T shirt and Jeans. But what happened after you started speaking was magic. We were spellbounded by the mysteries and magic of this world.
I bumped into your site through Google search when I was trying to read on UG. This article on Blog is really eye opener for me. How you dissect even Blog writing with absolute beauty is a joy to read.
Again thanks and now i know your blog, you can expect lot of spams from me
Suresh, you are so wise. I realize from your words that I have been victimized by my own blog! Answering your questions revealed that to me. Reading your blog is like a cool, refreshing glass of spring water! Thanks for the soul balm!
Wow, Suresh – Your photograph is awesome.
Very interesting thoughts on blogging. I began to blog because of intense boredom. Living away from my home country and not having the drive to move out of my shell and make friends, I was loitering around the internet. So for me blogging came as a result of boredom burnout.
Priya , your point is interesting and valid. I guess only way to take out boredom is thru activity and if activity creates interest in you, You already found a way to spend time the way you want. I guess it’s not a bad idea to start a blog if you are bored.
At least looking at Priya’s website – we have to thank boredom. otherwise we wouldn’t have got such a lovely website.
THank you RK , It’s been a honor to Know you
Well written Suresh, ….. well written!
And, … such a beautiful image to go along with this.
Very nice!!
Great post, Suresh!
I am even not surprised you came up with this topic as I felt through last weeks the signs of blogging burn-out syndrome from you. Great way you came out if it!
I love your thought “Blogging gives you tremendous opportunity to get appreciated without your physical presence.”, though I hope you do not mean that only people who lack love like to blog.
In my case, I am getting loads and loads of love from everywhere, and blogging is the way to give it back to even more people…
hello Suresh,
I try to visit your blog from time to time and this time, a friend of me, has brought this topic under my attention. The blogger burnout. I liked it and have also written something about it on my blog ‘Time to NOW’ (www.timetonow.com). I’ve referred to your blog so I hope you don’t mind – it’s all about spreading the word. You triggered me with your questions and other topics so I’m quite sure we will be connected again (virtual or maybe even in a personal way … you never know).
Thank you for your inspiring topics & nice pictures!
Timeless regards, Cyriel
don’t we do it all for our own sake, for our own subconscious pleasures and satisfaction!
SIMPLY AMAZING PHOTO
SIMPLY AMAZING PHOTO
It gives lot and lot and the post follwed is simply superb. for novice like me who is not a techie these blogs have given me immense pleasure it knowing so many things and making lot of friends irrespective of the age etc., and loved the entire thing. only thing I personally felt blogs should not become a forum for mudslinging and fights you can always have views of your own and express them without hurting the sentiments of otheres and you can always agree to disagree but continue your meaningful purposeful discussion for the benefit of entire bloging community. the community with whom I am interacting is group of highly talented committed individual (including SG) and I simply adore them.
My blogging experince (withou having a blog of mine) is simply superb and it has extended so many links past present and also for the journey to continue.
Suresh one nice person who has got lot of philosophical thoughts and a genius in his own and posts are simply superb even though I have read only a few.
keep going suresh let us have the pleasure of reading your well thoughout posts
I think we put too much pressure on ourselves to put up a blog a day. I’ve found that the solution to blogging burnout is setting up group blogs (like we did at http://www.agnosticatheism.com ) where there’s not that self inflicted pressure on anyone the “have to” blog. When we do it when we want to, it’s fun.
aA
I take breaks from my blog every now and again. Like most people, my genius dribbles out fitfully
you make some wonderful points, suresh. thank you for writing about this and sharing such a beautiful photo.
I have felt the burnout, too; but for the most part, I’ve stayed away except for updating once a week or so. I did once feel the need to blog every single day, and for a while, I was doing it and happy that I was. You see the stats go up (I was addicted to stats!) and you get a rush of excitement that all these people are at least clicking in.
For me, blogging is a positive experience. It keeps me connected to myself. Being a stay at home mom, I miss intellectual communication. Writing keeps me in practice. But you know, I think the Universe is telling me that I need to write privately because I have given myself the project of writing down my words for my son. Something that he can have of me should I go unexpectedly. Not being morbid, just trying to be open to all possibilities.
Thanks!
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