Blogging is a fun pastime. At least that is what all bloggers say. It is a great way to vent, share opinions, interact and spout your imaginary wisdom. Yet, I find certain aspects of blogging confusing. Let me share some of them with you and ask you for your inputs.
Blogging is stressful!
Pray why? Wasn’t it supposed to be a way to de-stress, even unwind after a tiring day at work. Most of us got into blogging because of that. Mommies wanted to connect with similar mommies out there and get a break from the baby chores. Travelers shared travelogues, gyan gurus gyan, humorists lightened proceedings, aspiring writers their stories and on goes the list. This was their place to rant, to lose steam. But now, we have bloggers who worry why they aren’t writing often enough, being more organized, writing every day and so on. Why stress? Wasn’t it appealing to blog because it was unstructured, because you did not have deadlines for it? I am very sure, your readers are not stabbing themselves to death over it. Unless you live under the illusion that you have any reader (even your most ardent self-proclaimed admirer) who is actually waiting with bated breath for you to churn out something spectacular :). Or perhaps, it is stressful because you missed the deadline for a contest post!
I can’t read enough
This part is true! I am sure there are some truly sparkling blogs out there that we all haven’t read. Why fret? I am aware that there are only 24 hours in my day, and that I am already short on time. I come back to the same premise. Reading and writing blogs is pleasurable and not a PR activity. Read what you genuinely like and what you can. You have a life beyond blogging. Don’t feel guilty about living life :).
The elusive stats!
Someone really needs to explain this one to my dense brain. As far as I am aware, most bloggers are not making money from their blogs. Some of them turn their self-righteous noses at you the moment you mention the word ‘monetization.’ Hence higher stats are not earning you more or getting you more kudos. If you are a decent blogger, most of the people who read you are reading you anyway. So, why do the stats matter so much to the bloggers except for giving some ego boost? Loads of spam in our spam folders proves that many views have nothing to do with reading, anyway. Many of those who comment also have no clue what the post was about. Yet, we fret over our traffic. Is it a way for us to assess our self-worth in writing or to prove to ourselves that we are popular?
This is a testimony to the fact that sometimes a harmless activity can end up creating its own complications. What does help is having non blogger friends. If you have any false pretensions that you have become popular or a successful blogger, they will quickly bring you down to earth, quickly. Blogging is not as big or life changing, as we bloggers think in our head :).
Have you been baffled by some aspects of blogging? Do you have some conundrums of your own to add here?
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