For the past few weeks, almost past two months, I’ve been blogging up a storm, posting an average of three to four pieces a day on the weekdays, sometimes as many as seven. Delighted with this increased prolificness, I assumed it would continue.
I had planned four posts for Wednesday, but ended up writing only one. When I sat down to blogging, my mind was elsewhere. I could not focus. It was a labor to write the one post I did get up yesterday. The words did not flow as I would have liked them to.
When I was done, I felt a lot like I did when I used to run competitively. After a big race, I’d be beat; it might take me a day or two to resume my normal running routine. Then, I pushed myself to my physical limit. One minute, I’m running the fastest I could run, the next I could barely manage a jog.
Maybe this process holds true for writing. One day I can whip out five posts, the next I can barely write one. It seems there’s a word for it, something like compensation. (But, then again, there are some bloggers who manage to post thoughtful pieces at a steady pace seven days a week.)
I don’t quite know how to explain this phenomenon, but I do expect to resume regular blogging today, perhaps at the pace of past days or perhaps at a more “deliberate” rate.
Or maybe it’s just that I didn’t refrain from blogging on Saturday (the Jewish Sabbath) as is normally my wont. And the Sabbath is there for a reason. Our psyche does need a day of rest.
Such rest rejuvenates us, giving us energy for the rest of the week.
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*Not sure this is the right word.
I blame it on having a job that does not look at blogging as a work related activity. I think of stuff and then realize I need to earn a living before I can write about it.
Then there are hobbies…do I want to blog or go play mandolin, forge steel with the boys, or turn wood? Blogging comes in last normally.
Reynolds is a freak, let’s face it. For normal people, a group is key to the blog having steady output.
Comment withdrawn as per NDT30’s comment below.
GPW, you’re talking about the wrong Kevin. I happen to know this Kevin, and he is a most fascinating individual.
And he’s right. My blog ebbs and flows with what I am involved with personally, and — as I intend to post about later today — that often means the various impedimenta of life sometimes slow down posting.
oops, my apologies, will delete the comment.
Hi Patriot:
I’m a blogger in NC and I completely understand your dilemma. I’m a former professional writer, GOP activist, former campaign consultant, and such. I gave it up to stay-at-home when my son was born about three years ago. My “outlet” is now my blog, which focuses on politics in North Carolina from a conservative point-of-view.
Sometimes readers have a hard time understanding how much time, thought, and research goes into a post. Since it’s got your name on it, you want it to be the best it can be. It takes time. I might work eight hours on two posts, uninterrupted.
Sometimes I start on them, save them and come back later, and realize my muse has left me.
I’m glad to see a Gay conservative. I used to volunteer for former senator Jesse Helms and so many people thought he was a gay basher. He hired many gays on his senate and campaign staffs and believed in getting the best person for the job, no matter what. The gay family that lived across the street from me, hated me for having a “Jesse” sticker on my car.
Sadly, so many gays in North Carolina have hitched their wagons to the liberal causes, or are moderate Republicans. God bless you sir. I don’t care who you sleep with, just the kind of person you are.
Take care and I’m glad to have found you via sister toldjah.
Katy
Hey GPW,
I’m the fellow you had the discussion about misquoted scripture with and judgements. You know the one who went to the best liberal arts school in NE? The one down river from Hartford in the nice city? Lordy, I didn’t realize I was so forgettable?
I had the pleasure of having coffee with the gentleman who blogs Dallas North Thirty just before he moved to the West Coast.
Maybe I should sign this “technogypsy?”
Kevin–Sometimes we poor bloggers confuse names when they post without faces attached. 🙂
Yes, I was quite depressed when I dropped by and found these comments with my name attached. I wondered if my meds had gone bad…